[Eeglablist] [jobs] postdoc position at ATR in Japan

[Hidenobu Sumioka]

** Apologies for cross-postings **

ATR Hiroshi Ishiguro Laboratories (HIL, http://hil.atr.jp/en/index.html
) are looking for a postdoc researcher or a robotics engineer for brain
machine interface, supported by Impulsing Paradigm Change through
Disruptive Technologies (ImPACT) Actualize Energetic Life by Creating
Brain Information Industries.

[Candidates]
    a postdoc researcher or a robotics engineer

[Duration]
  ・From April, 2016
  ・One-year contract. It will be renewed according to your performance
and our funding situation (max. the end of January, 2019)

[Job description]
  Our aim is to improve healthcare and educational situations by using
semi-autonomous/teleoperated robot controlled with using physiological
state including brain activities and human behavior. The applicant will
join research and development regarding signal processing and pattern
recognition for brain machine interface with humanoid robots. Therefore,
the applicant should have expertise in the research fields of machine
learning, signal processing, or brain machine interfaces.


[Requirements]
   ・Ph.D in robotics, engineering, machine learning, informatics ore a
related field
   ・Proficiency with Matlab, C++, and Python
   ・Motivation to solve challenging problems and to apply them on a
real-world system
   ・(preferable) speaking skill of Japanese

[Location]
   Hiroshi Ishiguro Laboratories, ATR, 2-2-2 Hikaridai, Seika-cho,
Soraku-gun, Kyoto, 619-0288, JAPAN

[Compensation]
   ・full-time
   ・Salary is decided by our salary regulations.

[Submission]
   The following documents should be submitted via email:
   ・CV
   ・List of publications
   ・key papers (within 5 papers)
   ・Your background (2 pages of an A4-size document)
   ・Research plan (1 page of an A4-size document)
   ・Names and contact information of at least two references

[Deadline]
   March 15, 2016
   The selection will be conducted in order of arrival of documents. It
will be closed once we choose a candidate for the job.

[Others]
   ・We will interview candidates after documentary elimination through
Skype.
   ・We will not return submitted documents to the candidates.

[Contact]
   Hiroshi Ishiguro Laboratories, ATR
   Hidenobu Sumioka
   Email:　geminoid-job at atr.jp

-- 
住岡英信/Hidenobu Sumioka, Ph.D.
Group Leader
Presence Media Research Group
Hiroshi Ishiguro Laboratories
Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International
Tel: +81 774 95 1451
Fax: +81 774 95 1408