Listed here are 41 PhD, Postdoctoral and Research Fellowships at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), Italy. Click on each opportunity for details and to apply.
Post-Doc Opening in Social Cognition in Human-Robot Interaction
15/06/2019 – BC: 76645
Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), is looking for a postdoctoral researcher to work in the “Social cognition in human-robot interaction” Research Line. We are seeking a highly motivated, skilled and experienced researcher with the focus on computational modelling of cognitive processes involved in perception, action, and decision making in the context of social interactions with natural a …
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Post-doctoral position in spatial modulation of action selection
21/06/2019 – CB 75216
The Neuroscience and Behaviour Research Line led by Prof. Giandomenico Iannetti is opening a Post-doctoral position for studying space-dependent action representations across species. This research will involve finding common principles in action selection, using space-dependent modulations such as those described in peripersonal space research as testbeds. Depending on the applicant’s experienc …
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Post-doctoral position in Neuroscience and Behaviour in Ecological Environments
21/06/2019 – CB 75217
The Neuroscience and Behaviour Research Line led by Prof. Giandomenico Iannetti is opening a Post-doctoral position for studying the detection of sudden and unexpected sensory events that drive immediate motor behaviour. The successful candidate will be developing experimental paradigms that allow the investigation of human behaviour in ecological environments, capitalising on the available techno …
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Post Doc in Adaptable Growing Soft Robotics
30/06/2019 – CB: 76756 – 76784
Two Postdoctoral researcher positions are available at Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia within the Center for Micro-BioRobotics in Pontedera (Pisa), Italy. The Bioinspired Soft Robotics (BSR) Research Line at Center for Micro-BioRobotics (CMBR) of IIT aims at designing and developing new robotic solutions and advanced components by taking inspiration from Nature. The group works in a dyn …
Postdoctoral fellow in “Immunomodulation in Neurodevelopmental Disorders”
30/06/2019 – CB 76498
We are seeking a highly motivated and creative candidate with a strong background and interest in neuro-immunological processes and neurodevelopmental disorders for a Post-Doctoral fellowship to join the “Genetics of Cognition” Research Line. Previous expertise in flow cytometry and cell sorting, immune system, astrocytes and microglia functioning, or single cells sequencing are highly valued …
Researcher in “RNA synthesis”
“Computational and Chemical Biology” Research Line is looking for an experienced PhD level Scientist to head a new small research group devoted to the design, chemical synthesis and testing of innovative nucleic acid-based drugs. Candidates’ areas of expertise should include short and long noncoding RNAs, siRNAs and antisense oligonucleotides. The research activities in which the scientist …
Postdoctoral position in molecular biology in neurodevelopmental disorders.
A Postdoctoral position is available in the area of Neuroscience and Brain Technology of Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genoa, Italy. The research activities will be performed within the “Local Micro-environment and Brain Development” Research Line led by Dr. Laura Cancedda. Our goal is to understand the molecular determinants of neuronal circuit development in health and disease with a com …
One Post Doc in the development of novel wearable and sensing devices for the monitoring of the status of the patient and for the feedback control of medical devices
The Rehab Technologies Research Line, (http://rehab.iit.it/) at Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), Genova, Italy, is seeking to appoint one Postdoc to carry out research on the development of novel wearable and sensing devices for the monitoring of the status of the patient and for the feedback control of medical devices. Rehab Technologies Lab (http://rehab.iit.it/ …
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Postdoc position in biohybrid materials for brain regeneration
The Enhanced Regenerative Medicine Research Line invites applications for 1 post-doc position to promote brain regeneration by means of novel biohybrid materials. The successful applicant will work in a highly stimulating environment to pursue an exciting visionary cross-disciplinary European project aimed at repairing the epileptic brain by means of functional intelligent biohybrids. Th …
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Fellow position in Humanoid Technologies: Humanoid and Human Centered Mechatronics Lab
The Humanoid and Human Centred Mechatronics Research Line at Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), is seeking to appoint international well motivated outstanding young fellow with a strong ambition to pursue a research career towards the design and control of robotic systems addressing the upcoming societal grand challenges. At the time of the application, the prospected candidate is about to rec …
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Post-Doc positions for “Numerical modeling of Plasmonic Neural Interfaces with optical fibers”
The Center for Biomolecular Nanotechnologies (CBN), an IIT Network Center based in Arnesano, Lecce, is opening 1 Postdoctoral position in the area of “New Technologies for Neuroscience Research”, in the framework of the FET OPEN project NANO-BRIGHT (PIs Prof. Massimo De Vittorio, Dr. Ferruccio Pisanello and Dr. Cristian Ciracì) grant agreement n. 828972 The main objective of …
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Post-Doc positions for “Wavefront engineering for Plasmonic Neural Interfaces with optical fibers”
The Center for Biomolecular Nanotechnologies (CBN), an IIT Network Center based in Arnesano, Lecce, is opening 1 Postdoctoral positions in the area of “New Technologies for Neuroscience Research”, in the framework of the FET OPEN project NANO-BRIGHT (PIs Prof. Massimo De Vittorio, Dr. Ferruccio Pisanello and Dr. Cristian Ciracì) grant agreement n. 828972 The main objective of …
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Deep Learning & Computer Vision Software Developer
Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) is seeking to appoint a software developer (technician with full-time, fixed-term contract) that will work on the development of visual perception algorithms in the Humanoid Sensing and Perception Research Line (https://www.iit.it/research/lines/humanoid-sensing-and-perception) within the iCub team, in the context of an industrial project. In particular, the c …
Post Doc in Adaptable Growing Soft Robotics
A Postdoctoral position is available at Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia within the Center for Micro-BioRobotics in Pontedera (Pisa), Italy. The post is based on a four-year research project on ‘Climbing Plants Inspiration’ for ‘Adaptable Growing Soft Robotics’ in the context of the European Union’s Horizon 2020 framework programme for research and innovation under the action entitled ‘T …
Postdoc Position on Simultaneous Localisation and Mapping (SLAM) for next generation visual inspection at Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT – Genova)
The Visual Geometry and Modelling (VGM, https://vgm.iit.it/) Research Line at Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) invites qualified applicants to submit their CV’s for a Postdoc position in Genova, Italy under the supervision of Dr. Alessio Del Bue. The VGM mission is to provide computational tools for the digitisation, interpretation and understanding of large-scale 3D information extracted …
NeuTouch Marie Skłodowska-Curie PhD Fellowships
NeuTouch, a European research project funded by the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions European Training Networks (ETN) action of the European Union Horizon 2020 (H2020) program, under grant agreement No 813713, has made available PhD Fellowships positions to work on the development of touch sensing technology for robotics and prosthetics, grounded on biological touch perception. NeuTouch will train …
PostDoc on digitisation of Cultural Heritage (CCHT@CàFoscari)
The Center for Cultural Heritage Technology (CCHT@Ca’Foscari) of Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (Venice, Italy) aims at researching and promoting new technologies for analysis and preservation of Cultural Heritage, both tangible and intangible, expanding and improving current approaches. More broadly, it engages in the field of Digital Humanities by applying digital analysis to the textual and …
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Post-doc – Nanodiagnostics/Point-of-care tests
The Nanobiointeractions & Nanodiagnostics Research Line invites highly motivated and talented candidates with backgrounds in nanobiotechnology, molecular biology, nanoparticle synthesis and functionalization, and proven work experience in in-vitro diagnostics and colorimetric assays to apply for one post doctoral position. Applicants should have hands-on experience in molecular biology (PCR a …
Post-doctoral position in Advanced optical approaches for the investigation of brain circuit function
04/06/2019 – CB: 75197 – 76285
Two post-doctoral positions focusing on the application of causal optogenetic approaches to dissect the neural circuits underlying sensory perception are available within the Optical Approaches to Brain Function Research Line at Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genoa. The applicants should have a strong background in neurophysiology, circuit neuroscience, or behavioral neuroscience and be highly …
PostDoctoral position on low-latency vision for autonomous robotics
The Event-Driven Perception for Robotics (EDPR) Research Line (www.edpr.iit.it) at the iCub facility – Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) – is seeking to appoint a postdoctoral fellow in the area of low-latency vision for autonomous robots. We are looking for a talented and enthusiastic postdoc who will join our team to develop algorithms for low-latency and high-speed vision for motion es …
Post-doc opening in autonomous navigation for mobile robots
The iCub team (https://www.iit.it/research/lines/icub) at Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) is looking for a highly motivated post doc researcher with strong enthusiasm to work with robotic platforms and skills to investigate (and implement) algorithms for autonomous navigation and self-localization in known environments. The project will be carried out on the R1 platform, a full-fledged …
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6 PHD POSITIONS (PAVIS AND VGM) AT THE IIT (GENOVA) IN COLLABORATION WITH UNIVERSITÀ DI GENOVA
IIT has established a collaboration with Università degli studi di Genova a PhD curriculum in “Computational vision, automatic recognition and learning” (Visione computazionale, riconoscimento e apprendimento automatico – codice 7790) within the general course in “Science and technology for electronic and telecommunication engineering” (Scienze e tecnologie per l’ingegneria el …
2 PHD POSITIONS for FET PROACTIVE HERMES AT THE IIT (GENOVA) IN COLLABORATION WITH UNIVERSITÀ DI GENOVA
IIT has established a collaboration with Università degli studi di Genova a PhD curriculum in Neuroscience and Neurotechnologies within the general course in Neuroscience and finances several PhD positions. All research activities are expected to be developed within IIT premises, in Genoa, under the supervision of IIT researchers. Training will be shared between the University and the IIT. 2 pos …
Post-Doc Opening in Social Cognition in Human-Robot Interaction
Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) is looking for a Postdoctoral researcher to work in the Social cognition in human-robot interaction Research Line. The candidate will work in the framework of Project InStance (funded from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme – Grant Agreement No 715058). We are seeking a highly motiv …
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2 PHD POSITIONS THEORETICAL PHOTONICS AT THE IIT (GENOVA) IN COLLABORATION WITH POLITECNICO DI MILANO
IIT has established a collaboration with the Department of Physics of the Politecnico di Milano and finances 2 scholarships linked to PhD positions available at the PhD Programme in Physics, organized by Politecnico di Milano. Research and training activities are jointly conducted within IIT structures in Genova. The two positions offered are linked to the following research projects: Teorethi …
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2 PHD POSITIONS IN PHYSICS AT THE CNST (IIT) IN COLLABORATION WITH POLITECNICO DI MILANO |
IIT has established a collaboration with the Department of Physics of the Politecnico di Milano and finances 2 scholarships linked to PhD positions available at the PhD Programme in Physics, organized by Politecnico di Milano. Research and training activities are jointly conducted within IIT structures and Politecnico di Milano. The two positions offered are linked to the following research proje …
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PhD Positions – Neuroimaging and circuit physiology – Università degli studi di Trento
The Functional Neuroimaging laboratory, at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Rovereto (Italy), invites applications for two Ph.D. scholarships, to investigate the neural basis of connectivity disruption in brain disorders. The studentships are part of the Doctoral programme in “Cognitive and Brain Sciences” organized at the CIMeC – Centro Interdipartimentale Mente/Cervello, in partnership …
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Technologist – Flexible Piezoelectrics for Internet of Things
IIT is currently seeking brilliant and highly motivated applicants to join the Center for Biomolecular Nanotechnologies in Lecce (CBN@UniLe Lecce) for 1 technologist position. The selected candidate will be hired in the framework of activities of the Asse II – PON R&I 2014-2020 project: “Smart Energy Efficiency & Environment for Industry (SE4I)” granted by MIUR Area: “Smart Factory� …
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Post-doctoral position in Neuroscience of Pain
The Neuroscience and Behaviour Research Line led by Prof. Giandomenico Iannetti is opening a Post-doctoral position for contributing to address one of the core questions of the laboratory: does the brain activity sampled by functional neuroimaging techniques when a human subject experiences pain reflects the neuronal activity causing the painful experience? This research activity is part of a larg …
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Post-doctoral position in Sensorimotor Neuroscience of Joint Action
The Neuroscience and Behaviour Research Line led by Prof. Giandomenico Iannetti is opening a Post-doctoral position for studying (1) sensorimotor integration in the context of collaborative motor tasks such as joint action, interpersonal coordination and cooperation, as well as (2) the interfering effect of suprising environmental events on such tasks. The laboratory uses psychophysical and neuro …
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Software Engineer
The Humanoid & Human Centred Mechatronics Research Line at Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) is seeking to appoint an enthusiastic young mind with an excellent Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Software Engineering or Computer Science. You will be responsible for the front-end and user interface development for our emerging robots. Ideally, you have already experience in software devel …
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Technologist – Smart Materials for Energy Efficient Buildings
IIT is currently seeking brilliant and highly motivated applicants to join the Center for Biomolecular Nanotechnologies in Lecce (CBN@UniLe Lecce) for 1 technologist position. The winning candidate will be hired in the framework of activities of the Asse II – PON R&I 2014-2020 project: “Smart Energy Efficiency & Environment for Industry (SE4I)” granted by MIUR (Area: “Smart Factory� …
Fellow Position in Surgical Robotics: Design and Development of Robotic Devices for Laser Microsurgery @ IIT, Genova, Italy.
The Advanced Robotics Research Line of Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia is seeking a highly motivated Fellow in the area of robotic laser microsurgery and medical robotics. We are looking to appoint a skilled and enthusiastic engineer to work on the design, development and automation systems for laser microsurgery. The candidate should possess an MSc degree in mechanical/mechatronics engineering, …
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