START

1st January 2021

DURATION

The grant will be for 12 months with a yearly salary of € 25.000,00

TOPICS

Adaptive Multimodal Human-Robot and Machine Interaction

Language requirement

English

Description

The goal is to study and design adaptive multimodal interaction mechanism. In multimodal interaction, research focus is to rely on different modalities and investigate how to apply fusion techniques on these in order to generate the correct interpretation of the user intention. Here, we will investigate also how to select the proper communication channels and to optimize their features to each user. In this view, the majority of the robotic applications are based on static user models: this prevents systems from adapting independently and proactively to changes in the needs and preferences of users. The aim of the present proposal is to investigate how to merge human-robot and, in general, human-machine multimodal interaction research issues with online adaptive learning ones.

Applications are invited from candidates with a Ph.D. in Robotics, Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, or other relevant disciplines. Candidates are expected to have research expertise in some aspects of human-robot interaction, machine learning, or related areas. Candidates must have a background in software programming.