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 =====Open researcher positions=====
-== Doctoral Candidate / Early Stage Researcher position ==
-As a research associate at the Institute for Artificial Intelligence, you will develop systems for automated knowledge representation and knowledge acquisition, which combine the human ability of understanding language, perceiving objects and learning from experience. In particular, intelligent robots are to be endowed with the capability of autonomously acquire knowledge in order to robustly act in human environments and competently and successfully achieve everyday human-scale tasks.
-In particular, your challenges comprise the following:
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-  * the development and implementation of probabilistic models and algorithms for learning and reasoning in complex scenarios of intelligent service robots,
-  * the creation and maintenance of software documentation as well as the presentation of research results at top-tier international conferences,
+== PostDoc (f/m/d) in in the ERC Advanced Grant project FAME: Open-Ended Manipulation Task Learning with FAME (Future-oriented cognitive Action Modelling Engine)“  (salary scale TV-L 14 - 100%) ==
-  * self-organized and ambitious work both individually and in a team of researchers,
-  * the authoring of research grant proposals.
+With our new project FAME, we aim to lay the groundwork for robots that achieve the competence level of humans in the area of everyday manipulation tasks.
+In pursuit of this goals, FAME will investigate the hypothesis that a knowledge representation and reasoning (KR&R) framework based on explicitly represented and machine-interpretable inner-world models can enable robots to contextualize underdetermined manipulation task requests.
+With cutting-edge laboratories and data infrastructure FAME offers attractive workplaces, diverse and responsible tasks, and a wide scope of advanced training options.
+We offer two PostDoc positions (salary scale TV-L 14 - 100%) at the next possible date for the period of three years with the possibility of a two-year extension.
+**Research tasks:**
+As a PhD with appropriate, proven prior experience, you will take the lead in the integration and evaluation research areas in the FAME project and coordinate the research tasks of the doctoral team (see research tasks in the job offer below).
+**Your ideal profile:**
+  * PhD in Computer Science (Master, University Diploma)
+  * Outstanding academic achievements e.g. in the field of robotics, AI, perception, programming, etc.
+  * Profound knowledge in the development of complex software systems, ideally in the field of robotics
+  * Substantial know-how on AI methods in robotic applications
+  * Excellent programming skills: the programming languages used include, for example: Python, C ++, LISP, Prolog
+  * Ability to communicate proficiently in English
+  * High level of commitment, flexibility and team spirit
+Please find the complete job description under the [[https://www.uni-bremen.de/en/university/the-university-as-an-employer/job-vacancies-1/job/2545?cHash=10a1b81aaf4d8bd1b434d1380746c64d|job postings]] of the University of Bremen and contact us with any questions: ai-office(at)cs[dot]uni-bremen[dot]de.
+== PhD candidate (f/m/d) in the ERC Advanced Grant project FAME: Open-Ended Manipulation Task Learning with FAME (Future-oriented cognitive Action Modelling Engine) (salary scale TV-L 13 - 100%)==
+With our new project FAME, we aim to lay the groundwork for robots that achieve the competence level of humans in the area of everyday manipulation tasks.
+In pursuit of this goals, FAME will investigate the hypothesis that a knowledge representation and reasoning (KR&R) framework based on explicitly represented and machine-interpretable inner-world models can enable robots to contextualize underdetermined manipulation task requests.
+With cutting-edge laboratories and data infrastructure FAME offers attractive workplaces, diverse and responsible tasks, and a wide scope of advanced training options.
+We offer three research positions for scientific qualification with the aim of obtaining a doctoral degree (salary scale TV-L 13 - 100%) at the next possible date for the period of three years.
-Prerequisites:
-  * Successfully completed Master's degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science with a major in Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning,
-  * very good skills in Machine Learning and Data Mining; esp. experience with probabilistic graphical models (Bayesian networks/Markov random fields/Markov logic networks) and related formalisms,
-  * very good programming skills in the Python/Cython/C/C++ programming languages and respective libraries for scientific computing (numpy/scipy/sympy),
-  * experience in natural-language understanding and semantic modeling helpful.
-Besides the willingness and ability to quickly dive into new and complex research scenarios and topics, we expect organizational skills, the ability to work in a team and high commitment and dedication to you research. Very good skills of the English language is required.
+**Research tasks:**
+  * Interpretation and analysis of instructional videos on manipulation tasks (e.g. Wikihow videos)
+  * Modular and transparent robot plans for simple meal preparation tasks
+  * Learning and representation of, or reasoning with "intuitive theories", for simple tasks in the kitchen
+  * Simulation of cooking processes and derivation of generalized probabilistic models
+  * Automated programming of robot plans for the acquisition of manipulation skills
+  * Integration of existing information systems with modern knowledge processing technologies
+  * Human-machine interaction techniques for knowledge services based on modern entertainment software technologies
+  * Design and implementation of knowledge services of the Knowledge4Retail platform
-Research associate
+**Your ideal profile:**
-with the Institute for Artificial Intelligence
+  * University degree in Computer Science (Master, Diploma) or a comparable degree
-at the University of Bremen, Germany,
+  * Outstanding academic achievements e.g. in the field of robotics, AI, perception, programming, etc.
+  * Profound knowledge in the development of complex software systems, ideally in the field of robotics
+  * Substantial know-how on AI methods in robotic applications
+  * Excellent programming skills: the programming languages used include, for example: Python, C ++, LISP, Prolog
+  * Ability to communicate proficiently in English
+  * High level of commitment, flexibility and team spirit
-Salary is according to the German Federal pay scale, TV-L 13, full-time. The position is available as soon as possible.
+Please find the complete job description under the [[https://www.uni-bremen.de/en/university/the-university-as-an-employer/job-vacancies-1/job/2543?cHash=148779730d5c41eb546a7bfed0c40ce3|job postings]] of the University of Bremen and contact us with any questions: ai-office(at)cs[dot]uni-bremen[dot]de.
-Please send your application (cover letter, CV, certificates, project references, etc) under reference number **A192/18** to: [[mailto:ai-office@cs.uni-bremen.de|ai-office@cs.uni-bremen.de]]
 =====Theses and Student Jobs=====
 If you are looking for a bachelor/master thesis or a job as a student research assistant, you may find some interesting opportunities on this page.
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+== Physics-based grasping in VR with finger tracking(Student Job / HiWi) ==
+Implementing physics-based grasping models in virtual environments,
+using Manus VR.
+Requirements:
+  * Good C++ programming skills
+  * Familiar with skeletal animations
+  * Experience with simulators/physics-/game- engines
+  * Familiar with Unreal Engine API
+  * Familiar with version-control systems (git)
+  * Able to work independently with minimal supervision
+Contact: [[team:andrei_haidu|Andrei Haidu]]
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-== 3D Model / Material / Lightning Developer (Student Job / HiWi)==
+== Mesh Editing / Mesh Segmentation/Cutting (Student Job / HiWi)==
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-Developing and improving existing 3D models in Blender / Maya (or other). Importing the models in Unreal Engine, where the Materials and Lightning should be improved to be close as possible to realism.
+ Editing and cutting a human mesh into different parts in Blender / Maya (or other).
-Bonus: Working with state of the art 3D Scanners [[https://www.goscan3d.com/|Go!SCAN]] for creating new realistic models.
 Requirements:
-  * Experience with Blender / Maya (or other)
+  * Good knowledge in 3D Modeling
-  * Knowledge of Unreal Engine material / lightning development
+  * Familiar with Blender / Maya (or other)
+Contact: [[team/mona_abdel-keream|Mona Abdel-Keream]]
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-Contact: [[team:andrei_haidu|Andrei Haidu]]
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+== 3D Animation and Modeling (Student Job / HiWi)==
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-== Integrating PR2 in the Unreal Game Engine Framework (BA/MA/HiWi)==
+Developing and improving existing or new 3D (static/skeletal)
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+models in Blender / Maya (or other). Further importing and testing the
+models against Unreal Engine.
-Integrating the [[https://www.willowgarage.com/pages/pr2/overview|PR2]] robot with [[http://www.ros.org/|ROS]] support in the [[https://www.unrealengine.com|Unreal Engine 4]] Framework.
+Bonus: Working with state of the art 3D Scanners [[https://www.goscan3d.com/|Go!SCAN]] for creating sketching new models.
 Requirements:
-  * Good programming skills in C/C++
+  * Experience with Blender / Maya (or other)
-  * Basic physics/rendering engine knowledge
+  * Knowledge of Unreal Engine material / lightning development
-  * Basic ROS knowledge
+  * Familiar with version-control systems (git)
-  * UE4 basic tutorials
+  * Able to work independently with minimal supervision
 Contact: [[team:andrei_haidu|Andrei Haidu]]
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+== Generating Comics about Everyday Experiences of a Robot (BA Thesis) ==
-== Realistic Grasping using Unreal Engine (BA/MA/HiWi) ==
+Summary:
+  * Query experience data from an existing database
+  * Retrieve situations of interest
+  * Recreate the scene in a 3D environment
+  * Apply a comic shader
+  * Find good camera position for moments of interest
+  * Generate a PDF summarizing the experiences as a comic strip
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+Contact: [[team:daniel_bessler|Daniel Beßler]]
-The objective of the project is to implement var-
+== Integration of novel objects into Digital Twin Knowledge Bases (MA Thesis) ==
-ious human-like grasping approaches in a game developed using [[https://www.unrealengine.com/|Unreal Engine]].
-The game consist of a household environment where a user has to execute various given tasks, such as cooking a dish, setting the table, cleaning the dishes etc. The interaction is done using various sensors to map the users hands onto the virtual hands in the game.
+In this thesis, the goal is to make a robotic system learn new objects automatically.
+The system should be able to generate the necessary models required for re-detecting it again and also consult online information sources to automatically acquire knowledge about it.
-In order to improve the ease of manipulating objects the user should
+The focus of the thesis would be two-fold:
-be able to switch during runtime the type of grasp (pinch, power
+  * Develop methods to automatically infer the object class of new objects. This would include perceiving it with state of the art sensors, constructing a 3d model of it and then infer the object class from online information sources.
-grasp, precision grip etc.) he/she would like to use.
+  * In the second step the system should also infer factual knowledge about the object from the internet and assert it into a robotic knowledgebase. Such knowledge could for example include the category of this product, typical object properties like its weight or typical location and much more.
-Requirements:
-  * Good programming skills in C++
-  * Good knowledge of the Unreal Engine API.
-  * Experience with skeletal control / animations / 3D models in Unreal Engine.
-Contact: [[team/andrei_haidu|Andrei Haidu]]
+Requirements:
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+  * Knowledge about sensor data processing
+  * Interest in model construction from sensory data
+  * Work with KnowRob knowledge processing framework
-== Unreal Engine Editor Developer (Student Job / HiWi)==
+Contact: [[team:patrick_mania|Patrick Mania]]
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-Creating new user interfaces (panel customization) for various internal plugins using the Unreal C++ framework [[https://docs.unrealengine.com/latest/INT/Programming/Slate/|SLATE]].
+== Integration von Nährwertangaben für Rezepte in bestehende Website (BA Thesis) ==
+In dieser Arbeit soll eine bestehende Website mit Nährwertangaben und Zusatzfunktionalität zu Produkten um eine Nährwertangabe zu Rezepten erweitert werden. Es handelt sich um folgende website: productkg.informatik.uni-bremen.de
-Requirements:
+Die Aufgaben dazu sind:
-  * Good C++ programming skills
+  * Vergleich von bestehenden Lösungen.
-  * Familiar with the [[https://docs.unrealengine.com/latest/INT/Programming/Slate/|SLATE]] framework
+  * Erweiterung einer Ontologie um Nährwertangaben.
-  * Familiar with Unreal Engine API
+  * Erweiterung der Website.
-Contact: [[team:andrei_haidu|Andrei Haidu]]
+Contact: [[team:michaela_kümpel|Michaela Kümpel]]
-== OpenEASE rendering in Unreal Engine (BA/MA Thesis, Student Job / HiWi)==
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+== Development of Modules for Robot Perception (Student Job / HiWi) ==
+In our research group, we focus on the development of modern robots that can make use of the potential of game engines. One particular research direction, is the combination of computer vision with game engines.
+In this context, we are currently offering multiple Hiwi positions / student jobs for the following tasks:
+  * Software development to create Interfaces between ROS and Unreal Engine 4 (mainly C++)
+  * Software development for our Robot Perception framework [[http://robosherlock.org/|RoboSherlock]] which contains many algorithms for computer vision problems (mainly C++)
+Requirements:
+  * Experience in C++.
+  * Basic understanding of the ROS middleware and Linux.
+The spoken language in this job is german or english, based on your preference.
-Implmenting the rendering of the [[https://data.open-ease.org/|OpenEASE]] knowledge base visualization in Unreal Engine. This will have to be packaged as a HTML5 executable and inserted into the website.
+Contact: [[team:patrick_mania|Patrick Mania]]
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+== Game Engine Developer and 3D-Modelling  (Student Job / HiWi) ==
+A recent development in the field of AI is the usage of photorealistic simulations, for example to create Digital Twins of environments like households or  [[https://iottechnews.com/news/2021/apr/13/bentley-systems-nvidia-omniverse-create-real-time-digital-twins/|factories]].
+In our research group, we focus on the development of modern robots that can make use of the potential of game engines. This requires a high degree of specialized game engine plugins that can simulate certain aspects of our research. Another important task is the creation of 3d models.
+Therefore, we are currently offering multiple Hiwi positions / student jobs for the following tasks:
+  * Modelling of objects for the use in Unreal Engine 4.
+  * Creation of specific simulation aspects in Unreal Engine 4. For example the development of interactable objects.
 Requirements:
-  * Good C++ programming skills
+  * Knowledge of 3D-Modelling tools. Blender would be highly preferred.
-  * Familiar with Unreal Engine API
+  * Experience in Game Engine development. Ideally Unreal Engine 4 and C++.
-  * Familiar with HTML5 and JavaScript
-  * Familiar with the [[https://docs.unrealengine.com/latest/INT/Programming/Slate/|SLATE]] framework
-  * Familiar with basic ROS communication
-Contact: [[team:andrei_haidu|Andrei Haidu]]
+The spoken language in this job is german or english, based on your preference.
+Contact: [[team:patrick_mania|Patrick Mania]]

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