Aamir Ahmad

Important note: Last date to apply for this position is 16th May 2014.

The Institute for Systems and Robotics at Instituto Superior Técnico (ISR/IST), Lisbon, opens a call for a summer internship (4 months) for students that are currently enrolled as a PhD candidate in any recognized university around the world. PhD students who are enrolled in a European University and are aiming to obtain the European PhD degree are particularly encouraged to apply to this position. The number of currently available positions is one (1). The internship is suited for those developing their research work in the area of robot vision and networked robot systems. Please find more relevant info below.

Short description of work:

The intern will be developing a person detection and tracking system within the context of networked robot systems. Extracting relevant information and fusing them in an optimal way through various mobile and static vision sensors in an environment will be the key focus of the research work. Static sensors will include wall/ceiling mounted network cameras, whereas mobile sensors will include conventional/non-conventional cameras as well as kinect-like sensors on a mobile robot platform. Eventually, the intern will have the opportunity to test the developed system in a home-like environment setup - the RoCKIn@Home testbed at ISR/IST.

Expected Qualifications and Skills of the Candidate:

We seek highly qualified candidates pursuing a PhD degree in a field that is relevant to carry out the proposed task during this internship. The candidate should have fluent command of English as a written and spoken language. Prior experience in computer vision and image processing is essential. The candidate must have excellent programming skills in one or more languages, e.g., C, C++ and python. Knowledge and experience in Robot Operating System (ROS) will be a plus.

Selection Procedure:

Interested candidates who meet the above mentioned requirements should send the following documents as soon as possible (all in pdf format) to plaa@isr.ist.utl.pt by May 16th 2014:

  1. Curriculum Vitae (Including a list of only peer-reviewed publications. Please do not include technical reports that have not been peer-reviewed. However, team description papers concerning participation in any recognized robotics competition should be included!)
  2. Online link to their own code snippets or softwares developed (these can be inserted as a section in the CV).
  3. A 1-page summary of the research the candidate has been doing over the last years for her/his PhD thesis.
  4. Copy of the most recent diploma and transcripts (grade sheet).

Links:

Intelligent Robots and Systems group at ISR/IST homepage: http://welcome.isr.ist.utl.pt/labs/irsgroup/

RoCKIn Coordination Action page: http://rockinrobotchallenge.eu