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The Opportunity
CSIRO Early Research Career (CERC) Postdoctoral Fellowships provide opportunities to scientists and engineers who have completed their doctorate and have less than three years relevant postdoctoral work experience.
The CERC Postdoctoral Fellowship in Multi-Level Evolutionary Robotics will undertake research at the intersection of evolutionary algorithms, robotics, and materials science. The Fellow will use state of the art algorithms to search for useful materials, deploy them into components, and subsequently create whole robots that are specialised to both their task and operating environment. This may involve the use of various computational design approaches (from evolutionary algorithms and machine learning to shape/size/topology optimisation), creating models and modifying simulators to capture interactions between the materials, components, and full robots.
The Fellow will be expected to get hands-on with our 3D printers for real-world generation and testing of the robots. The Fellow will also have the opportunity to engage with the AIM Future Science Platform, a cross-disciplinary research program combining materials science, machine learning, and robotics to generate innovative solutions for currently unsolved problems. This project provides opportunities to undertake placements at our international collaborators at INRIA, as well as domestically at Monash University. The Fellow will be guided by an international supervisory team with expertise in machine learning for materials discovery, diversity-based evolutionary algorithms, and evolutionary robotics.
Your duties will include
Location: Pullenvale, QLD
Salary: AU$83k - AU$94k plus up to 15.4% superannuation
Tenure: Specified Term of 3 years
Reference: 61505
To be successful you will need
- A doctorate (or will shortly satisfy the requirements of a PhD) in a relevant discipline area, such as Computer Science, Evolutionary Computing, Robotics, Mechatronic Engineering, Computational Chemistry, or Materials Science
Please note: To be eligible for this role you must have no more than 3 years (or part time equivalent) of postdoctoral research experience.
- A record of science innovation and creativity, including the ability & willingness to incorporate novel ideas and approaches into scientific investigations
- High level written and oral communication skills with the ability to represent the research team effectively internally and externally, including the presentation of research outcomes at national and international conferences
- A sound history of publication in peer reviewed journals and/or authorship of scientific papers, reports, grant applications or patents.
For details about who to contact and for more information please view the Position description
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About CSIRO
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Who we are
CSIRO’s Data61 business unit is the largest data innovation group in Australia, bringing together approximately 600 research and development staff working in digital technologies to create benefit for Australia. Data61 develops Australia's future leaders with its strong 300+ PhD student program in collaboration with our best universities across Australia.
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Applications Close
23:00 AEST 19th June 2019