Research assistants to join our Research Project

[Number of positions]

a few, on an as-needed basis

 

[Salary]

About 2.4 million JPY per year

 

[Address of work location and other information]

1-1-1 Noji-higashi, Kusatsu, Shiga, Japan

Ritsumeikan University, Biwako Kusatsu Campus

Department of Information Science and Engineering,

College of Information Science and Engineering

 

[Research Fields]

– Artificial intelligence

Machine learning, Speech recognition, Language acquisition and understanding, Soft computing

Probabilistic programming, Deep learning, Bayesian modeling

 

– Robotics

Symbol Emergence in Robotics, Cognitive Robotics, Domestic Service Robots, Cognitive architecture

 

– Social Systems

Communication field mechanism design for human organization, Decentralized Systems, Emergent Systems

 

[Expected candidate skills, interests, and backgrounds]

For all candidates

– Good academic skills, e.g., critical thinking and technical writing.

– Good mathematical background.

– English communication skill for daily discussion and writing papers, e.g., IELTS 6 (TOEIC 740).

– High motivation to adapt to and learn Japanese cultures and ways of research.

 

For candidates related to AI and Robotics

– Programming skills in C++, Python, and related frameworks or libraries, e.g., Tensorflow, scikit-learn, and ROS, for machine learning and intelligent robot.

– Applicants are expected to be interested in natural language, language acquisition, and machine learning . Having related academic backgrounds is preferable.

– Willingness to contribute our RoboCup @Home and World Robot Summit teams (http://www.robocupathome.org/, http://worldrobotsummit.org/)

 

We will evaluate the candidates based on the criteria described above, and achievements.

 

[Qualifications]

Applicants must be interested in the research topic and have a strong will to conduct their research positively and actively.

Applicants must have a master degree in a related field before they start working as research assistants.

Applicants must have strong willingness to not only conduct their study by themselves but also contribute to collaborative research in the laboratory and help to build research environment together as a team.

Applicants must study in the doctoral course of Graduate School of Information Science and Engineering while they are hired as research assistants.

 

[Starting date]

After the admission to the doctor course

 

[Employment status]

A labor contract is an annual contract.

It can be extended every year based on evaluation by the supervisor up to 3 years at most.

[Selection process (selection method and hiring decision), notification of result]

Preliminary screening by reviewing documents, and secondary screening by presentation and interview.

We conduct the selection and provide a tentative decision before you apply for the doctor course.

(If you could not enter and start the doctor course at the designated timing, your qualification of the research assistant would automatically lose.)

 

[Application method (including where to send documents)]

1. Curriculum vitae including e-mail address, academic experience, and work experience, etc..

2. List of publications [peer-reviewed original papers, proceedings papers, review articles, books, patents, and others].

3. Copies of major publications (within three articles).

4. Letter describing the outline of past research and outline of prospective research (Free format).

5. Reference letters or a list of researchers whom we can ask the applicant’s background (within two letters).

* Attention

The doctor course requires Admission Fee & Tuition.

http://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/gsise/eng/admissions/tf.html/

# We always look for self-funded Ph.D. student as well.

 

We recommend that the candidate places a contact ASAP if he/she has a possibility to apply for this position.

If you have any question, please don’t hesitate to ask.

Tadahiro Taniguchi, Professor

Yoshinobu Hagiwara, Lecturer

 

Contact Email: adm (at) em.ci.ritsumei.ac.jp

(Please use “@” instead of “( at )”.)

 

[Contact details (department, official position, name, e-mail address, and phone number of the responsible person)]

1-1-1 Noji-higashi, Kusatsu, Shiga

525-8577

Tadahiro Taniguchi, Professor

Yoshinobu Hagiwara, Lecturer

Email: adm”(at)”em.ci.ritsumei.ac.jp

(Please use “@” instead of “( at )”.)

TEL: 077-561-5745

Web: http://www.em.ci.ritsumei.ac.jp/

Twitter: @tanichu