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OPEN POSITION
2 positions as PhD student within the field of Complex Decision Making are open for
3 years. The positions are part of the project "Complex Decision-Making Under
Uncertainty: Experiments with a Robotic Assistant for Persons with Disabilities" and
the details can be found in http://www.damas.ift.ulaval.ca/~chaib/Sujets-PhDs.pdf.
The project is supported by the provincial agency of Québec FQRNT (Le Fonds
québécois de la recherche sur la nature et les technologies).
PROJECT
The goals of this project are two-fold. In the first part, it aims to design an agent
that can (i) learn how to determine and update its states, actions, transitions,
rewards via a partially observable Markov decision process (POMDP) model ; (ii)
make robust sequential decisions; (iii) interact with other entities in its environment
via a spoken dialogue system. In the second part, it aims to validate the techniques
generated in the first step in the context of a robotic assistant for individuals with
disabilities where the objective is to maximize the mobility and reduce the cognitive
load for the target population.
QUALITY of The ENVIRONMENT TRAINING
All the members of the team in charge of this project are currently supervising a
substantial number of postdoctoral, graduate and undergraduate students. All these
students are integrated into various aspects pertaining to complex decision making,
machine learning and robotics, and therefore will be able to support the new PhD
students.
QUALIFICATIONS
The applicants must have relevant background and research interest fitting the
project and the activities of the group in charge of the project. The PhD students
must hold a master degree, or equivalent, with a specialization in optimization,
machine learning or formal AI (oriented complex decision making).
DUTIES and FINANCIAL SUPPORT
The PhD students must take part in the Computer Science Department approved
PhD program, Laval University--Québec, Canada. A financial support of 18 000$CND/
year is assured for a period of 3
years.
APPLICATION
Interested candidates are requested to contact Professor Brahim Chaib-draa by
email: chaib@ift.ulaval.ca
2 positions as PhD student within the field of Complex Decision Making are open for
3 years. The positions are part of the project "Complex Decision-Making Under
Uncertainty: Experiments with a Robotic Assistant for Persons with Disabilities" and
the details can be found in http://www.damas.ift.ulaval.ca/~chaib/Sujets-PhDs.pdf.
The project is supported by the provincial agency of Québec FQRNT (Le Fonds
québécois de la recherche sur la nature et les technologies).
PROJECT
The goals of this project are two-fold. In the first part, it aims to design an agent
that can (i) learn how to determine and update its states, actions, transitions,
rewards via a partially observable Markov decision process (POMDP) model ; (ii)
make robust sequential decisions; (iii) interact with other entities in its environment
via a spoken dialogue system. In the second part, it aims to validate the techniques
generated in the first step in the context of a robotic assistant for individuals with
disabilities where the objective is to maximize the mobility and reduce the cognitive
load for the target population.
QUALITY of The ENVIRONMENT TRAINING
All the members of the team in charge of this project are currently supervising a
substantial number of postdoctoral, graduate and undergraduate students. All these
students are integrated into various aspects pertaining to complex decision making,
machine learning and robotics, and therefore will be able to support the new PhD
students.
QUALIFICATIONS
The applicants must have relevant background and research interest fitting the
project and the activities of the group in charge of the project. The PhD students
must hold a master degree, or equivalent, with a specialization in optimization,
machine learning or formal AI (oriented complex decision making).
DUTIES and FINANCIAL SUPPORT
The PhD students must take part in the Computer Science Department approved
PhD program, Laval University--Québec, Canada. A financial support of 18 000$CND/
year is assured for a period of 3
years.
APPLICATION
Interested candidates are requested to contact Professor Brahim Chaib-draa by
email: chaib@ift.ulaval.ca