[agents] AI at Umeå Visiting Fellowship Program

[Virginia Dignum]

The AI research groups at the Department of Computer Science, Umeå 
University, Sweden, have established a Visiting Fellowship program to 
foster the development of links with international scholars (at least 5 
years post doctorate). This Fellowship is an exciting opportunity for 
scholars to visit the Department, contribute to its academic life and 
form new collaborations. The focus of the Fellowship is on the impact of 
Artificial Intelligence, in the broadest sense, a key strength and 
unifying feature of the AI cluster, or on a substantive area of interest 
within AI cluster. Proposals for collaborative research with members of 
the AI cluster are especially welcome. Applicants are therefore strongly 
encouraged to engage on interaction with members of the cluster prior to 
submitting their application for visiting fellowship program. We expect 
to support 3 to 5 fellowships per year. Applications can be submitted at 
any time. Decisions will be taken every 4 months around April, August 
and December each year.

_Application__information_

Applicants are expected to be active on AI or other relevant research 
areasand becurrently employed atan institution outside Sweden.

Successful applicants will receive anaward of maximum SEK50000(+- €5000) 
as a contribution towards e.g. travel, accommodation and subsistence 
expenses incurred in holding the Fellowship. Fellowswill normally be on 
paid leave of absence from their employment. Fellows are expected to 
stay in Umeå for a period of one to two months (preferably continuous, 
but can be split into a maximum of two occasions). Fellows will be 
entitled to use University facilities. The AI cluster covers a broad 
area of research, including

  * Responsible Artificial Intelligence:
    https://www.umu.se/forskning/grupper/responsible-artificial-intelligence/,
    Leader: Prof. Virginia Dignum, virginia at cs.umu.se
    <mailto:virginia at cs.umu.se>
  * Socially Aware AI: https://dignum.people.cs.umu.se/, Leader: Prof.
    Frank Dignum, dignum at cs.umu.se <mailto:dignum at cs.umu.se>
  * Interactive and Intelligent Systems:
    https://www.umu.se/forskning/grupper/interactive-and-intelligent-systems/,
    Leader: Prof. Helena Lindgren, helena at cs.umu.se
    <mailto:helena at cs.umu.se>
  * Intelligent Robotics:
    https://www.umu.se/forskning/grupper/intelligent-robotics/, leader:
    Prof. Thomas Hellström, thomas.hellstrom at umu.se
    <mailto:thomas.hellstrom at umu.se>
  * XAI – Explainable AI:
    https://www.umu.se/forskning/grupper/xai--explainable-ai/, Leader:
    Prof. Kary Främling, kary.framling at umu.se <mailto:kary.framling at umu.se>
  * Foundations of Language Processing:
    https://www.umu.se/forskning/grupper/foundations-of-language-processing/,
    Leaders: Suna Bensch, suna.bensch at umu.se
    <mailto:suna.bensch at umu.se>, Henrik Björklund, Johanna Björklund,
    Frank Drewes

_Application__procedure_

Closing date for visiting fellowship applications for the Fall 2019 / 
Spring 2020 is 21 August 2019. Notifications will be send out by early 
September 2019.

Application form ishere: https://forms.gle/AzKiWfjunxKM1hEx9

For more information contact the research leader of the group you plan 
to visit, or contact me (virginia at cs.umu.se)

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Best regards / Med vänlig hälsning,

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*Virginia Dignum*

Professor Social and Ethical Artificial Intelligence

*Umeå University – Department of Computer Science***

*Tel:*(work) +46 90 786 6308; (mobile) +46720 850 890*
Email:* virginia at cs.umu.se <mailto:virginia at cs.umu.se> / 
virginia.dignum at umu.se <mailto:virginia.dignum at umu.se>*
URL: *http://people.cs.umu.se/virginia/
*Twitter: *https://twitter.com/vdignum*
LinkedIn:*https://www.linkedin.com/in/vdignum/https://www.linkedin.com/in/vdignum/

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