[agents] PhD and Postdoc Positions at INF-UFRGS

[Rafael H Bordini]

(apologies for multiple postings)

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PHD AND POSTDOC POSITIONS AVAILABLE AT INF-UFRGS
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A number of PhD scholarships are available at the Institute of 
Informatics of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul 
(http://www.inf.ufrgs.br), in Porto Alegre, Brazil 
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porto_Alegre). Applications are welcome in 
most areas of research in Computer Science. Prof. Ana Bazzan is seeking 
outstanding applicants interested in research on Multiagent learning, 
Traffic Simulation, and Coordination & Task Allocation; Prof. Rafael 
Bordini is seeking outstanding applicants interested in Formal 
Verification of Multi-Agent Systems, Multi-Agent Oriented Programming, 
and Development of Autonomous Software Applications. The most promising 
applicants, regardless of research area, are selected by the 
Post-graduate Programme in Computing (http://ppgc.inf.ufrgs.br) to 
receive the available scholarships (including a stipend of about 1200 
USD pcm, which is over 3 times the minimum wage in Brazil). Deadline for 
application is 2nd of June and applications should be made at:

http://inf.ufrgs.br/ppgc/applying-en/

We are also interested in post-doc research associates in those same 
areas of research. In Brazil, there is a number of opportunities for 
funding post-doc positions but it requires applying to the funding 
agencies on an individual basis. Researchers who recently finished or 
are about to finish a PhD in the topics above in well-known research 
groups in the area of Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems are 
encouraged to contact Prof. Ana Bazzan (bazzan at inf.ufrgs.br) or Prof. 
Rafael Bordini (r.bordini at inf.ufrgs.br) to discuss common interests for 
submitting a joint post-doc grant proposal.