Two Short-Term Post-Doc/Visiting Researcher/Visiting Scholar/PhD Positions ...

Two Short-Term Post-Doc/Visiting Researcher/Visiting Scholar/PhD Positions

The Swarm Systems Research Laboratory (http://suru.etu.edu.tr/) at the
Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at TOBB University of
Economics and Technology situated in Ankara, Turkey invites application for
two postdoctoral positions.



The candidates will work in the context of the European FP6 research project
GUARDIANS (http://www.guardians-project.eu/). The topics include but are not
limited to: multi-robot cooperation; cooperative

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navigation and positioning;
communication constrained control, coordination, and navigation of a group
of mobile robots; cooperative SLAM; cooperative search and exploration;
olfactory based swarm navigation and chemical plume localization. The focus
will be on both theoretical and implementation aspects of the above (or
related) algorithms. Implementations will be done using the Player/Stage

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simulator and on a real mobile robotic system composed of 9 Khepera 3 mobile
robots. The positions are available immediately and will last until January
31, 2010.

Candidates with backgrounds in Multi-Robot Systems, Mobile Robotics,
Automatic Control, Mathematics, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning,
Computer Science, Mechatronics, and other related areas are encouraged to
apply. Strong theoretical background and analytical skills or extensive
implementation experience is considered an advantage. Candidates are also
expected to be experienced with programming in C an

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d Matlab as well as
program development under Linux. The candidates applying for a
Post-Doc/Visiting Researcher position should hold a Ph.D. or equivalent in
one of the above or a closely related field. PhD students in the final stage
of their studies who are working on one of the above mentioned or closely
related topics are also strongly encouraged to apply.



Applications should include statement of intent, curriculum vitae, list of
publications, and the names and email addresses of at least three
references.

For more information please contact Veysel Gazi at vgazi@etu.edu.tr.
Applications should also be sent by email to vgazi@etu.edu.tr.