ESSENCE » nico https://www.essence-network.com Evolution of Shared SEmaNtics in Computational Environments - A Marie Curie Initial Training Network Wed, 14 Jun 2017 15:44:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.18 Submissions for DIVERSITY 2016 now open! https://www.essence-network.com/2016/06/10/submissions-for-diversity-2016-now-open/ https://www.essence-network.com/2016/06/10/submissions-for-diversity-2016-now-open/#comments Fri, 10 Jun 2016 20:54:04 +0000 https://www.essence-network.com/?p=2253 Please submit your paper here!

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Can Robots Behave Well as Members of Society? https://www.essence-network.com/2015/08/18/public-lecture/ https://www.essence-network.com/2015/08/18/public-lecture/#comments Tue, 18 Aug 2015 13:37:02 +0000 https://www.essence-network.com/?p=1709 Join us for a free public lecture by Prof. Benjamin Kuipers, University of Michigan on Tuesday 25th August at 18:00 at the Informatics Forum, University of Edinburgh. Please register on Eventbrite!

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TWO POSTDOCTORAL POSITIONS (BARCELONA and AMSTERDAM) and ONE PHD STUDENT POSITION (BRUSSELS) AVAILABLE https://www.essence-network.com/2015/06/25/postdoctoral-position-available-iiia-csic-barcelona/ https://www.essence-network.com/2015/06/25/postdoctoral-position-available-iiia-csic-barcelona/#comments Thu, 25 Jun 2015 13:54:32 +0000 https://www.essence-network.com/?p=1508 We have openings for two 2-year Research Fellows (Marie Curie Experienced Researcher, i.e. Postdoc) positions (Barcelona and Amsterdam) and a 18-month PhD Student (Marie Curie Early Stage Researcher) position (Brussels) as part of the ESSENCE Marie Curie Initial Training Network. These are high-profile positions that offers exceptional benefits ideally suited for top candidates.

  • The ESSENCE Platform (Postdoc) - Barcelona. This position will focus on continuing the development of an overall architecture for integration of the components developed by the different sub-projects. This task involves both theoretical and practical work, and involves a strong element of aligning heterogeneous methods with each other. The position also has a strong career development focus, as the Experienced Researcher will be trained in research management and coordination, and will have the opportunity to spend extended periods of time with non-academic consortium partners.
  • The ESSENCE Model (Postdoc) - Amsterdam.  The main goal of this position is to investigate with modern data-mining techniques whether, and if so, how, word-meanings and opinions have changed due to developments in artificial intelligence. Assuming that meanings and public opinions did evolve, a further goal will be to increase our understanding of these changes by investigating what triggered them and to provide a more general theoretical model of these changes. The position also has a strong career development focus, as the Experienced Researcher will be trained in research management and coordination, and will have the opportunity to spend extended periods of time with non-academic consortium partners.
  • Open-ended Robot Interaction (PhD Student) - Brussels. This position consists in assisting aspects of research into language grounding on robots and the evolution of symbolic communication. The specific topic will be chosen in coordination with the candidate. It can be experiments in the acquisition and creation of gestural communication, participation in the neural implementation of Fluid Construction Grammar, or more linguistically oriented research towards sophisticated grammars and grammar acquisition.

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PhD and Postdoctoral positions available https://www.essence-network.com/2015/04/20/postdoctoral-position-available-illc-amsterdam/ https://www.essence-network.com/2015/04/20/postdoctoral-position-available-illc-amsterdam/#comments Mon, 20 Apr 2015 14:18:11 +0000 https://www.essence-network.com/?p=1438 The Institute for Logic, Language and Computation (University of Amsterdam) and the School of Informatics (The University of Edinburgh) have an opening for two research positions as part of the ESSENCE Marie Curie ITN.

While the former is a 2-year Experienced Researcher (Postdoc) position concerning The ESSENCE Model, the latter is a 28-month Early Stage Researcher (PhD Student) position dealing with Dynamic, focussed data matching. Both are high-profile positions that offer exceptional benefits ideally suited for top candidates. Please apply here.

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Nico Bova interviewed https://www.essence-network.com/2015/03/10/nico-bova-interviewed/ https://www.essence-network.com/2015/03/10/nico-bova-interviewed/#comments Tue, 10 Mar 2015 17:05:58 +0000 https://www.essence-network.com/?p=1428 Hi, I was interviewed for an article appeared in the magazine of the Italian chamber of commerce and industry in the UK. It is available here.

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The ESSENCE First Summer School was a success! https://www.essence-network.com/2014/11/21/the-essence-first-summer-school-was-a-success/ https://www.essence-network.com/2014/11/21/the-essence-first-summer-school-was-a-success/#comments Fri, 21 Nov 2014 14:22:59 +0000 https://www.essence-network.com/?p=1345 Check out the video resuming what happened at the school!

YouTube Video

 

Moreover, all the videos of the talks delivered by the speakers (along with the slides) are available here!

Have a look at the General Report on the 1st ESSENCE Autumn School by Pavlos Andreadis!

Finally, check out the interviews page!

Stay tuned!

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1st ESSENCE Autumn School https://www.essence-network.com/2014/07/29/1st-essence-autumn-school/ https://www.essence-network.com/2014/07/29/1st-essence-autumn-school/#comments Tue, 29 Jul 2014 11:21:13 +0000 https://www.essence-network.com/?p=606 The 1st ESSENCE Autumn School is officially announced! Check it out and register online before 5 October.

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The ESSENCE channel on YouTube https://www.essence-network.com/2014/06/17/the-essence-channel-on-youtube/ https://www.essence-network.com/2014/06/17/the-essence-channel-on-youtube/#comments Tue, 17 Jun 2014 16:58:01 +0000 https://www.essence-network.com/?p=533 The ESSENCE network now has its own channel on YouTube! Watch the videos of the first ESSENCE workshop in Edinburgh!

 

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We're hiring! https://www.essence-network.com/2014/05/15/we-are-hiring/ https://www.essence-network.com/2014/05/15/we-are-hiring/#comments Thu, 15 May 2014 17:47:27 +0000 https://www.essence-network.com/?p=1 We are currently looking for exceptionally strong candidates to cover two 36-months positions for Early-Stage Reserachers (PhD candidates), all of them starting in September 2014, for the following projects at our participant institutions. This is a rare opportunity to be involved in a highly prestigious European training network for outstanding applicants in an emergent and important research area, led by internationally leading groups in their fields!

All contracted researchers will be expected to travel, participate in network-wide training events, spend extended periods of time abroad with supervisors from other institutions within the network, and during secondments to non-academic and industrial partners.

More information at http://www.essence-network.eu/hiring

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