Thinking of doing a PhD or Postdoc with us? Check the opportunities below.
If you find something that fits, or if you have another source of funding, send an email to sabine.hauert@bristol.ac.uk with your CV, and a motivation letter.
PHD Opportunities
We currently have one funded PhD position available in the design of safe swarms. More information here.
Postdoc Opportunities
We are currently hiring 1 RA/Postdoc role!
Research Associate in Trustworthy Swarms
We’re looking for a Research Associate to help us engineer trustworthy robot swarms.
Swarms composed of large numbers of robots have the potential to boost productivity, power a low touch economy, and improve quality of life. Applications range from swarms for logistics, for example to automate pop-up warehouses, or manage stocks of small enterprises, to swarms for environmental monitoring. Yet designing swarms is challenging because their behaviour results from many robots reacting to their environment and neighbours, rather than following a central plan. This self-organisation holds the potential for products that are useable out of the box, without expensive planning or infrastructure. Our recent user study showed that there was excitement about the use of swarm technology, if we could make it trustworthy and safe.
You can find more information about the need for trustworthy swarms for real world applications here:
A checklist for safe robot swarms – Nature Machine Intelligence
Distributed situational awareness in robot swarms – Advanced Intelligent Systems
Mutual shaping in robot swarms – Frontiers in Robotics and AI
For more information and to apply, check here.
Additional Funding Pointers
Bristol University Scholarships
EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Future Autonomous and Robotic Systems
Bristol Centre for Functional Nanomaterials Doctoral Programme
EPSRC Postdoctoral Fellowships
Marie Curie Individual Fellowships
HFSP Postdoctoral Fellowships
