<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">_________________________________________________</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">Call for Applications</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">1 Early Stage Researcher/ PhD Positions </span></div><div style="caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">Marie Skłodowska-Curie – ITN</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">PERSEO Project</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(11, 76, 180);" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline;" class=""><a href="http://www.perseo.eu/" class="">www.perseo.eu</a></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">_________________________________________________</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""><p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">Applications are invited for 1 Early<span style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">-</span>Stage Researcher (ESR) position to be funded by the Marie-Sklodowska-Curie European Training Network on “PErsonalized Robotics as SErvice Oriented applications” (PERSEO)<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" class=""> </span>within the Horizon 2020 Programme of the European Commission.</p><p style="font-style: normal; margin: 5px 0px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">The ESR positions to be filled is:</p>
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<li style="margin: 5px 0px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">ESR12, Università Degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy: Personalized Social Cues for Robots as Information Providing Interfaces </li><li style="margin: 5px 0px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(81, 81, 81); caret-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.847);" class="">OBJECTIVES</span><span style="color: rgb(81, 81, 81); caret-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.847);" class="">: Design and develop a set of solutions for a multimodal user interface to maintain engagement through personalized social interaction and to enrich such interaction with social cues that can influence persuasion. To pursue this goal, the project will hybridize domain knowledge with on-line learning of the social strategies that are more effective for each specific user. The expected benefit is the reduction of the time needed for familiarisation with the robot and the support of the long-lasting use of it, minimizing the risk of rejection by frustration. Selection and social colouring of recommendations and instructions will be introduced by balancing the candidate output with the estimated receptiveness and engagement of the user.</span></li></ul><p style="font-style: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">The network will train 15 early<span style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">-</span>stage researchers in the context of research and development for “PErsonalized Robotics as SErvice Oriented applications” (<a href="http://www.perseo.eu" class="">www.perseo.eu</a>). The consortium is formed by 8 prestigious European Universities and 2 leading robotics businesses plus 9 partner organisations to cover a full training programme on scientific, technical<span style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">,</span> and personal development skills. Placements will include secondments in current world-leading organisations in Spain, Germany, Austria, UK, Italy, Denmark, the Netherlands, etc. to gather the necessary knowledge and implement it in Europe. Thus, collaboration within the network is strongly encouraged.</p><p style="font-style: normal; margin: 5px 0px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><br class=""></p><p style="font-style: normal; margin: 5px 0px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">Candidates</p><div style="font-style: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">We are looking for talented and highly motivated early career researchers with a degree giving access to PhD studies in a domain relevant to the ESR position of interest (such as Computer Science, Cognitive Science, Robotics, Engineering). We expect dedication and enthusiasm for experimental research, combined with scientific curiosity and the capacity to teamwork in an interdisciplinary environment. Preferred qualifications include excellent grades, research talent and personal ambition. Applicants should have excellent command of English, together with good academic writing and presentation skills.</div><div style="font-style: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-style: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">Additional preferable requirements:</div><div style="font-style: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">- Advanced programming skills</div><div style="font-style: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">- Experience in robot programming and/or human-robot interaction research</div><p style="font-style: normal; margin: 5px 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><br class=""></p><p style="font-style: normal; margin: 5px 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">Fulltime employments as PhD students are offered for 3 years. The starting date of the contract is negotiable, but ideally it would be 1 November 2021.</p><p style="font-style: normal; margin: 5px 0px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><br class=""></p><p style="font-style: normal; margin: 5px 0px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">Benefits</p><p style="font-style: normal; margin: 5px 0px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">PERSEO fellows will benefit from:</p>
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<li style="margin: 5px 0px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">Outstanding training aimed at fostering scientific, technical and transferable skills</li>
<li style="margin: 5px 0px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">Short-term secondments in the PERSEO network </li>
<li style="margin: 5px 0px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">Scientific advice from internationally recognized experts</li>
<li style="margin: 5px 0px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">A solid mentoring strategy followed up through a personalised career development plan.</li>
</ul><p style="font-style: normal; margin: 5px 0px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">The position will permit to carry out research in a stimulating group with the chance to join high-level training events. You will get a very attractive salary plus an allowances package in accordance with the <a href="https://www.bioremia.eu/fileadmin/bioremia/h2020-wp1820-msca_en.pdf%22%20%5Ct%20%22_blank%22%20%5Co%20%22Read%20more%20about%20the%20rules" class=""><span style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(37, 37, 255);" class="">Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) rules</span></a> and the personal circumstances of the applicant. The monthly gross ESR salary<span style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">,</span> subject to local tax, social benefit and other deductions following national regulations is of 4000€<span style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">.</span> The PhD students will be employed with full social security coverage and all benefits in accordance with the Marie Sklodowska-Curie ITN fellowship regulations of the European Union.</p><p style="font-style: normal; margin: 5px 0px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><br class=""></p><p style="font-style: normal; margin: 5px 0px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">For further information please visit the <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/res" class=""><span style="color: rgb(37, 37, 255);" class="">MSCA website</span></a>.</p><p style="font-style: normal; margin: 5px 0px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><br class=""></p><p style="font-style: normal; margin: 5px 0px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">Eligibility criteria</p><p style="font-style: normal; margin: 5px 0px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">To be eligible, the candidate:</p>
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<li style="margin: 5px 0px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">must be in the first four years of her/his research career. Candidates should ideally possess a master’s degree in a relevant academic field or a comparable degree that allows them to embark in a PhD (applications from candidates who already possess a doctoral degree cannot be considered).</li>
<li style="margin: 5px 0px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the country of the institution that recruits the student for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately before the recruitment date. Short stays such as holidays and/or compulsory national service are not taken into account.</li>
<li style="margin: 5px 0px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">must be willing to spend a prolonged time in another institute/country of the network during the PhD thesis period.</li>
</ul><p style="font-style: normal; margin: 5px 0px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">For further details on eligibility criteria please check in the Information <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/research/mariecurieactions/sites/mariecurie2/files/msca-itn-fellows-note_en_v2.pdf" class=""><span style="color: rgb(37, 37, 255);" class="">Note for ITN Fellows</span></a><span style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">.</span></p><p style="font-style: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><br class=""></p><p style="font-style: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">Application</p><p style="font-style: normal; margin: 5px 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">DOCUMENTS TO BE SENT</p><p style="font-style: normal; margin: 5px 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">1. Application form (see Project Website <a href="http://www.perseo.eu" class="">www.perseo.eu</a>)</p><p style="font-style: normal; margin: 5px 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">2. a copy of the passport</p><p style="font-style: normal; margin: 5px 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">3. a full CV</p><p style="font-style: normal; margin: 5px 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">4. a 2-page motivation letter including a description of previous research experience (1 page) and current research interest, outlining the fit to the desired ESR (1 page)</p><p style="font-style: normal; margin: 5px 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">5. one or more reference letters and names of 2 referees including contact details </p><p style="font-style: normal; margin: 5px 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">6. Transcripts of grades obtained for B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees, expected final grade</p><p style="font-style: normal; margin: 5px 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">7. Certificates</p><p style="font-style: normal; margin: 5px 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">8. List of Publications (if any)</p><p style="font-style: normal; margin: 5px 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">Only documents in English language will be accepted<span style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">.</span></p><p style="font-style: normal; margin: 5px 0px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">Applicants should submit the documentation exclusively via e-mail in ONE PDF document to <a href="mailto:applications@perseo.eu" class=""><span style="color: rgb(37, 37, 255);" class="">applications@perseo.eu</span></a> (max file size 5 MB) by 1<span style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">0</span> October, 2021 at 23 pm (GMT). Your application will be jointly processed by the members of the PERSEO consortium and treated according to the GDPR<span style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">.</span></p><p style="font-style: normal; margin: 5px 0px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">Applications failing to include the requested documentation or do not meet the eligibility criteria, WILL NOT be considered in this competition.</p><p style="font-style: normal; margin: 5px 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><br class=""></p><p style="font-style: normal; margin: 5px 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">SELECTION OF CANDIDATES</p><p style="font-style: normal; margin: 5px 0px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">Shortlisted candidates will be selected on the basis of the fit of their CV and research interests with the chosen research project(s). These candidates will be invited for an online interview and positions will be offered after approval by the PERSEO Committee.</p><div style="font-style: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">To ensure equality of opportunities<span style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">,</span> we strongly encourage women with the appropriate qualifications to apply. If equally qualified, participants with a handicap will be preferred. </div><p style="font-style: normal; margin: 5px 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><br class=""></p><p style="font-style: normal; margin: 5px 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">FURTHER INFORMATION </p><p style="font-style: normal; margin: 5px 0px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">It is strongly recommended to contact supervisor <a href="mailto:silvia.rossi@unina.it" class="">silvia.rossi@unina.it</a> via E-mail before submitting an application. </p><div style="font-style: normal;" class=""><br class=""></div></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-style: normal;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""><br class=""></span></div></body></html>