The research activity comprises the integration of robotic perception and execution mechanisms for task-oriented object manipulation in everyday environments. The (negotiable) focus is on affordance-driven object part segmentation and object manipulation using reinforcement learning.
The monthly gross salary is based on the FWF salary scale for doctoral candidates (https://www.fwf.ac.at/en/research-funding/personnel-costs). Note that the gross salary per month is paid 14 times per year. Furthermore, the university has numerous attractive offers (https://www.uibk.ac.at/universitaet/zusatzleistungen/).
The position is already available. The starting date is as soon as possible and will be defined with the selected candidate.
The University of Innsbruck offers a complete set of academic curricula and currently counts 28000 students. Founded in 2001, the Department of Computer Science is highly productive in diverse research domains and is internationally well connected and recognized.
Innsbruck offers an idyllic living environment surrounded by summits of up to 2718m in the Tyrolean Alps, with outstanding opportunities and high quality of life all around the year. It is a vibrant city of 130000 inhabitants, home to 35000 students who imprint a distinctive, international atmosphere.
For further information and applications, please send an email to Alejandro Agostini (alejandro.agostini@uibk.ac.at).