The HRI Laboratory (http://www.robot.soc.i.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/) at Kyoto University (Kyoto, Japan) is recruiting an outstanding young (post-doctoral) researcher. Our laboratory has strong focus on human-robot social interaction in various human-populated environments, e.g. shopping mall. We have a vacancy in a project under a research funding (till March 2023) about human-robot interaction, human-robot symbiosis, and human-robot moral relationships. Thus, we seek for a person who can contribute to this project (http://www.robot.soc.i.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/english-crest-project/).

In this project, we study social robots that operate in such environments like stores and shopping malls, and aim to develop social interaction of social robots for such a service industry. The project is also motivated by the fact that children sometimes abuse/bully a social robot, which is known as the "robot abuse" problem, and aim to moderate such problems by better establishing moral-relationships between robots and people.

(See some examples here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuJT9EtdETY)

We are seeking applications from young researchers with special interest in human-robot interaction. Candidates with specific expertise/background in the following domains are particularly welcome this time:

– Human behavior recognition using range-finder and/or depth cameras

– Machine learning, such as DNN (deep neural network), for visual and/or auditory perception in context of HRI

– Data-driven HRI, i.e. learning social behavior/interaction from big data

– Human behavior modeling for social robots

– Robotics relevant to social robots

The employment contract is made for each Japanese fiscal year (starting on April and finishing on March of next year); however, the starting period is flexible (after April 2020). Extensions will be expected based on the annual evaluation.

The wage will be decided based on experience and expertise.

Please feel free to ask me (kanda@i.kyoto-u.ac.jp) about details. To apply, please send us email including your CV and a statement about your interest and motivation!

I will participate in IROS 2019, so please feel free to contact me for meeting and talking about more details during IROS 2019.

Dr. Takayuki Kanda

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Takayuki Kanda, Professor

Department of Social Informatics, Kyoto University http://www.robot.soc.i.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/

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