[Opt-net] PostDoc Position in Optimal Control at IWR, Heidelberg

[Katja Mombaur]

PostDoc Position in Optimal Control at IWR, Heidelberg


The Optimization in Robotics & Biomechanics group at the

Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing (IWR) at

the University of Heidelberg, Germany is seeking a

PostDoc candidate for a joint European project with the

LAAS-CNRS in Toulouse.

The goal of the project is the development of numerical

algorithms for the generation and control of optimal paths

in complex changing environments and their application

to industrial robots in a manufacturing scenario as well as

the humanoid robot HRP-2.

The ideal candidate has a Doctoral degree in Applied

Mathematics, Robotics or Computer Science and

experience in nonlinear optimization, direct optimal

control techniques, numerical simulation and mechanical

modeling, as well as excellent programming skills.


The position is offered for 18 months, starting in

November 2010.

Please send your application, including a statement of

motivation, curriculum vitae, a summary of your PhD thesis,

two sample papers, as well as names and addresses of two

references to

Prof. Dr. Katja Mombaur
IWR , Universitaet Heidelberg
Im Neuenheimer Feld 368
69120 Heidelberg
Germany
kmombaur at uni-hd.de

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