*Self-modelling for Control, Cognition, and Consciousness*
*Closing date for applications: September 14th 2009
Expected start date: October 1st 2009*
Funding is available from Autumn 2009 for a full-time DPhil (PhD) in
the area of self-modelling for control, cognition, and consciousness,
supervised by Prof. Owen Holland and Dr. Anil Seth. The studentship is
part of the EU FP7 project ECCEROBOT: Embodied Cognition in a
Compliantly Engineered Robot (www.eccerobot.org http://www.eccerobot.org/
). Self-modelling, particularly of the body, is a powerful strategy
for controlling the movements and actions of natural and artificial
embodied agents. It is also involved at many levels in the development
and functioning of cognition, and plays a role in several theories of
consciousness. We are seeking a research student to investigate and
demonstrate the use of self-modelling for control and cognition in a
sophisticated humanoid robot, and to extend the approach in the
direction of functions associated with consciousness. For more
details, and for instructions on how to apply, see http://www.jobs.ac.uk/jobs/FK878/Research_Studentship/
.
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Anil Seth, D.Phil.
Reader, EPSRC Leadership Fellow,
Dept of Informatics, University of Sussex,
Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9QJ, UK
W: www.anilseth.com, T: +44 1273 678549,
*Closing date for applications: September 14th 2009
Expected start date: October 1st 2009*
Funding is available from Autumn 2009 for a full-time DPhil (PhD) in
the area of self-modelling for control, cognition, and consciousness,
supervised by Prof. Owen Holland and Dr. Anil Seth. The studentship is
part of the EU FP7 project ECCEROBOT: Embodied Cognition in a
Compliantly Engineered Robot (www.eccerobot.org http://www.eccerobot.org/
). Self-modelling, particularly of the body, is a powerful strategy
for controlling the movements and actions of natural and artificial
embodied agents. It is also involved at many levels in the development
and functioning of cognition, and plays a role in several theories of
consciousness. We are seeking a research student to investigate and
demonstrate the use of self-modelling for control and cognition in a
sophisticated humanoid robot, and to extend the approach in the
direction of functions associated with consciousness. For more
details, and for instructions on how to apply, see http://www.jobs.ac.uk/jobs/FK878/Research_Studentship/
.
--
Anil Seth, D.Phil.
Reader, EPSRC Leadership Fellow,
Dept of Informatics, University of Sussex,
Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9QJ, UK
W: www.anilseth.com, T: +44 1273 678549,