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PhD student position in embodied cognition & AI, Barcelona (Spain), Deadline: 15 Dec 2018

Pre-doctoral Research Position on Embodied Cognition and Artificial 
Intelligence IIIA-CSIC, Barcelona

The Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (IIIA-CSIC) offers a three 
year pre-doctoral research position for students wanting to pursue a 
full-time PhD degree in Artificial Intelligence. The position will be led 
by Dr. Marco Schorlemmer and Prof. Enric Plaza.

Contemporary cognitive science has provided evidence that a large part of 
our creative reasoning and problem-solving processes are grounded on our 
bodily experience with the world. By means of this research position we 
aim at studying the implications this has for knowledge representation, 
computational creativity, and problem-solving in general.

The IIIA-CSIC (which is located on the UAB campus) belongs to the Spanish 
National Research Council, Spain?s largest public institution devoted to 
research and technological development. The IIIA-CSIC is a leading 
research centre in Europe in the areas of multiagent systems, machine 
learning, and uncertainty reasoning. It attracts funding from the 
European, Spanish, and Catalan governments and has substantial 
collaborative research projects with industry.

Requirements: High-quality master?s degree in computer science, cognitive 
science, mathematics or related fields (or have completed equivalent 
qualifications), good communication skills in English, and be able to 
demonstrate strong motivation to conduct research.

Salary:  20.811,14 ? per annum, payed in 14 instalments (1.486,51 ? per 
month)

Start Date: 1st February 2019 at earliest. It may be possible to start 
later than this depending on the candidates? circumstances.

Application: By email to Dr. Marco Schorlemmer <marco@iiia.csic.es 
<mailto:marco@iiia.csic.es>> including a zip file containing: your 
complete CV in PDF format; a short statement, in English, of why you are 
interested in this position; an academic transcript with grade point 
average; name and contact information of one or two persons who are 
willing to provide confidential references; any relevant scientific 
reports or publications, if applicable.

Closing date for application: 15th December 2018

For further information please contact Dr. Marco Schorlemmer at 
marco@iiia.csic.es <mailto:marco@iiia.csic.es>

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