[robocup-worldwide] Five Robotics PhD Scholarships in The Magic Lab at UTS

Mary-Anne Williams Mary-Anne at themagiclab.org
Tue Jul 26 09:02:10 EDT 2016


PhD Scholarships - The Magic Lab

The Magic Lab <http://themagiclab.org/> seeks to appoint *five full-time
PhD Students* in the following areas: Human-Robot Interaction, Social
Robotics, Machine Learning for Robots, Robot Law and Ethics.

The Magic Lab <http://themagiclab.org/> at the University of Technology
Sydney <http://www.uts.edu.au/> (UTS) is Australia's leading social
robotics research lab. It is home to researchers in robotics, human-robot
interaction, artificial intelligence, data analytics, cognitive science and
computational law. Steve Wozniak, Co-Founder of Apple is a Distinguished
Professor in the research team. The Magic Lab researchers have an extensive
research network including Stanford University, Harvard University, Lund
University, Leeds University, Patras University, and CNRS in France.
Value and duration

Up to five (5) Recipients will be selected for the Scholarship.

Successful candidates will be awarded a scholarship valued at the Australian
Postgraduate Award (APA)
<https://www.education.gov.au/australian-postgraduate-awards>rate
<https://www.education.gov.au/australian-postgraduate-awards> + $10,000 top
up scholarship per annum over 3 years. Students can apply for an additional
6 months extension dependent upon satisfactory progress.
Who is eligible?

In order to be eligible for the Scholarship, candidates must be/have:

   - completed a (i) Bachelor Degree with First Class Honours, (ii) 4 Year
   undergraduate degree with a research component or (iii) Master's by
   Research, or be regarded by the University as having an equivalent level of
   attainment;
   - be able to commence a full-time PhD at UTS before the end of 2016.

Selection process

The recipient will demonstrate:

   - A strong desire to advance the field of social robotics
   - A passion for designing and building intelligent autonomous robots
   - An insatiable curiosity for human-robot interaction
   - A keen interest in social robots as a disruptive innovation in
   business and society
   - A willingness to contribute to and collaborate with The Magic Lab
   <http://themagiclab.org/> research team.

How to apply

Please send your expression of interest (EOI) along with your academic CV
and certified transcript to PhD at themagiclab.org.
Application period

Opening date: 26 June,  2016
Closing date: 9 August  2016
For further information contact*Professor Mary-Anne Williams, Founder and
Director of * research team The Magic Lab <http://themagiclab.org/>
Email: Mary-Anne.Williams at uts.edu.au


*Professor Mary-Anne Williams*

*Director, Disruptive Innovation,* University of Technology Sydney (UTS)
Founder and Director, Innovation and Enterprise Research Lab
<http://themagiclab.org/>, QCIS, UTS
Faculty Fellow,  CodeX, Stanford University
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