Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia – IIT (www.iit.it) is opening a senior post doc position to investigate Regulatory, Legal and Ethical aspects of Artificial intelligence, Robotics, and Humanoids.
Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia - Post doctoral position in Regulatory, Legal and Ethical aspects of Artificial intelligence, Robotics, and Humanoids
Anno 2017
Documented international experience, excellent knowledge of the English language and a PhD in disciplines relevant to the topic of the call (such as Law, BioEthics, Philosophy or similar) are required.
Candidates must have an outstanding track record in one or more of the following fields: law and life sciences, biolaw, intelligent machines, digital regulatory frames, ethics.
Deadline: 1 July 2017
Great multidisciplinary attitude is a mandatory requisite. The research program aims at setting up an advanced analysis of the legal, regulatory and ethical framework and the impact of Artificial intelligence, Robotics, and Humanoids on society.
Candidates must develop an unprecedented multidisciplinary research activity in collaboration with teams of robotics, nanotechnology and machine learning at Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia in collaboration with the BioLaw project at the Law School of University of Trento.
To apply (deadline is July 1, 2017) please send a cover letter outlining experience and qualifications to the position, CV and names of 2 referees to applications@iit.it quoting “Post-Doc position in Regulatory CB 73814” in the subject line.
IIT was established in 2003 and successfully created a large-scale infrastructure in Genova and a network of 10 state-of-the-art laboratories countrywide with an international staff of about 1500 people from more than 50 countries. IIT research endeavour focuses on high-tech and innovation, representing the forefront of technology with possible application from medicine to industry, computer science, robotics, life sciences and nano-biotechnologies.
In order to comply with Italian law (art. 23 of Privacy Law of the Italian Legislative Decree n. 196/03), the candidate is kindly asked to give his/her consent to allow IIT to process his/her personal data.
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Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia is an Equal Opportunity Employer that actively seeks diversity in the workforce.
Contacts: applications@iit.it
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