The application deadline for the positions below has passed already!
But IIT regularly announces other open positions in several fields of science and has permanent ongoing calls here:
http://www.iit.it/en/resources/calls.html
Doctoral Course on Robotics, Cognition and Interaction Technologies
Call for PhD students for 2012
30 open PhD positions with scholarship are available at the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Genoa, Italy.
Doctoral course starting in January 2012
Application deadline: September 23, 2011
Online application here
I have 2 PhD openings in my group, in the field of Reinforcement Learning with application to Robot Control. You can find details in this PDF document.
The 2 PhD positions under my supervision are in:
STREAM 3: Machine Learning, Robot Control and Human- Robot Interaction
- Theme 2.7: Machine learning for robot control of autonomous underwater vehicles
Tutor: Dr. Petar Kormushev, Dr. Sylvain Calinon, Prof. Darwin G. Caldwell
Number of available positions: 1
- Theme 2.8: Machine learning for a soft robotic arm assisting in minimally invasive surgery
Tutor: Dr. Petar Kormushev, Dr. Sylvain Calinon, Prof. Darwin G. Caldwell
Number of available positions: 1
For further details about these particular PhD positions, please contact me by e-mail.