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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>PhD Opening in Human-Robot Interaction at University of Pittsburgh’s School of Information and Computing<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The PhD programs in Informatics and Networked Systems or Intelligent Systems provide interdisciplinary training in robotics, AI, and HRI. The available position at ULab (<a href="http://www.pitt.edu/~cmlewis/research.html">http://www.pitt.edu/~cmlewis/research.html</a>) comes with a 3-5 year Graduate Assistantship to study human interaction with robotic swarms both in simulation and in our 10 turtlebot testbed. You will work in close collaboration with Prof. Sycara’s laboratory at Carnegie Mellon University (<a href="http://www.ri.cmu.edu/person.html?person_id=304">http://www.ri.cmu.edu/person.html?person_id=304</a>) to study human control of swarms in communication deprived environments. Applicants at either bachelors or masters level are invited to apply. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I will be available at ICRA to speak with interested applicants.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Contact: Michael Lewis <a href="mailto:ml@sis.pitt.edu">ml@sis.pitt.edu</a>, cell: 001-412-445-0823<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>