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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11.0pt">Hi Neuromorphers,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11.0pt">Feel free to share this PhD call with whom you think might be interested!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11.0pt">Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11.0pt">Chiara<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Open PhD positions @IIT Event-Driven Perception for Robotics Lab</span></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">We are looking for three PhD fellows interested in developing neuromorphic systems for robots. They will team up to look at the different aspects involved in developing neuromorphic circuits and computation
 for sensing, perception, and actuation for soft biomimetic robots. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">We will aim at coupling soft materials, sensory transduction, neuromorphic circuits and computation, and soft actuation, towards the design of robots that can seamlessly and gently interact with their environment.
 Each PhD will have their own multi-disciplinary research goals and will be co-supervised by leading scientists in the complementary disciplines:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Neuromorphic distributed intelligence for soft robots – Computation with spiking neural networks for haptic perception and closed loop control of soft robots</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> –
 Supervisors: <u><a href="https://edpr.iit.it/" title="https://edpr.iit.it/">C. Bartolozzi</a></u> &
<u><a href="https://bsr.iit.it/" title="https://bsr.iit.it/">B. Mazzolai</a></u><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Neuromorphic distributed intelligence for soft robots – Design of neuromorphic circuits on flexible substrates for sensing and computation</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">  – Supervisors:
<u><a href="https://edpr.iit.it/" title="https://edpr.iit.it/">C. Bartolozzi</a></u> &
<u><a href="https://sbrp.iit.it/" title="https://sbrp.iit.it/">L. Beccai</a></u><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Online neuromorphic perception and actuation for robots</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> – Italian Institute of Technology  – Supervisors:
<u><a href="https://edpr.iit.it/" title="https://edpr.iit.it/">C. Bartolozzi</a></u>,
<u><a href="https://bri.ucla.edu/people/saray-soldado-magraner/" title="https://bri.ucla.edu/people/saray-soldado-magraner/">S. Soldado-Magraner</a></u> &
<u><a href="https://services.ini.uzh.ch/people/elisa" title="https://services.ini.uzh.ch/people/elisa">E. Donati</a></u><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Location: Italian Institute of Technology, via San Quirico 19D, Genova, Italy
<u><a href="https://iit.it" title="https://iit.it/">https://iit.it</a></u><span lang="EN-US">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Enrolment: DRIM PhD School @ University of Genova
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Official call (with guidelines for applications):
<u><a href="https://unige.it/en/students/phd-programmes" title="https://unige.it/en/students/phd-programmes">https://unige.it/en/students/phd-programmes</a></u><span lang="EN-US">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">PhD themes description: <u><a href="https://drim.i-rim.it/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Research-Themes-Hostile-and-Unstructured-Environments-v1.0_3rdcall.pdf%20-%20checkout%20Themes%203,4">https://drim.i-rim.it/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Research-Themes-Hostile-and-Unstructured-Environments-v1.0_3rdcall.pdf
 - checkout Themes 3,4</a></u>,5<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11.0pt">Deadline for application: June 30^th
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