<div dir="ltr">Cogitai, Inc., an AI-based startup focusing on continual learning, is <br>seeking highly skilled and motivated individuals for immediate hire. <br> <br> <br>About Cogitai <br>============= <br>Cogitai, Inc. is dedicated to building artificial intelligences (AIs) <br>that learn continually from interactive experience with the real world. <br>Our goal is to build the brains, i.e., the continual-learning AI <br>software, that will let everyday things that sense and act get smarter, <br>more skilled, and more knowledgeable over time with experience. This <br>experience will be shared across things and across domains to allow the <br>rapid scaling-up of experience-based learning. In short, we aim to <br>become the world leader in continual learning. <br> <br> <br>Positions <br>========= <br>We seek ambitious and dedicated individuals at the level of Ph.D. or equivalent. <br>The ideal candidate will <br> <br> 1) have extensive AI expertise, especially in reinforcement <br> learning, deep learning, and/or robotics; <br> <br> 2) have strong system-building skills; and <br> <br> 3) be passionate about helping us make continual learning practical in <br> a broad range of applications. <br> <br> <br>Our Team <br>======== <br>Our team consists of many of the leading minds in reinforcement <br>learning (RL), which is one of the core component technologies of <br>continual learning. The three founders have a combined total of over <br>60 years of active research and development in AI, and many of our <br>full-time employees have extensive hands-on research experience in <br>RL. We also have assembled a "Brain Trust" of ten of the world's best <br>academics in this area, who will be actively engaged in technology <br>development for the company. <br> <br>Founders: Mark Ring, Peter Stone, and Satinder Singh <br> <br>VP of Engineering: Peter Wurman (co-founder of Kiva Systems) <br> <br>Brain Trust: Andy Barto, Michael Bowling, Peter Dayan, Charles Isbell, <br>Michael Littman, David Parkes, Doina Precup, Ben Van Roy, Richard <br>Sutton, Jianwei Zhang <br> <br> <br>Timeline <br>======== <br>Thanks to a substantial strategic investment from Sony (see <br><a href="http://www.cogitai.com" target="_blank">www.cogitai.com</a> for details), as well as various other sources of <br>funding, Cogitai is prepared to hire qualified individuals for immediate <br>start. Individuals who prefer to start later (but still within the next <br>several months), are also encouraged to apply. <br> <br> <br>Location and Working Hours <br>========================== <br>We are a fully distributed company, so location is flexible. Employees <br>are expected to be generally available at least during the core hours of <br>8am-2pm PT / 11am-5pm ET on weekdays. <br> <br><br>Contact <br>======= <br>Webpage: <a href="http://www.cogitai.com/" target="_blank">http://www.cogitai.com/</a> <br>If interested, contact us at <a href="mailto:hiring@cogitai.com" target="_blank">hiring@cogitai.com</a><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><p>-----<br>Peter Stone<br>President and COO<br>Cogitai, Inc.<br><a href="http://www.cogitai.com" target="_blank">www.cogitai.com</a></p></div></div></div></div></div>
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