<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal" id="m_-5396298715947448373m_6776838864549389456m_-4150250939351239367m_7418510839420112991gmail-docs-internal-guid-aae0ddf9-7fff-902b-0c6b-46142497f758"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">Dear all,</span></p></b><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><br>

<b style="font-weight:normal" id="m_-5396298715947448373m_6776838864549389456m_-4150250939351239367m_7418510839420112991gmail-docs-internal-guid-aae0ddf9-7fff-902b-0c6b-46142497f758"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-left:0.47472pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.04pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We are searching for an enthusiastic PhD student to join the SIRSLab group at the University of Siena to work in the fields of human-human and human-machine interfaces with a focus on wearable haptic devices. The student will work within the HORIZON-MSCA Project TOAST (<a href="https://es.sonicurlprotection-fra.com/click?PV=2&MSGID=202302200955420232958&URLID=7&ESV=10.0.19.7431&IV=4837C3561137AF5D009AA3DC849EBB3E&TT=1676886943242&ESN=Uu36T9L8%2BL9EGpyGDapt20kj9xd2Jq0zUl6YbIFVz0A%3D&KV=1536961729280&B64_ENCODED_URL=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudG9hc3QtZG4uZXUv&HK=46C665DD54CCDAA333273A0BE0E3CEA61675C013F24BFE63200F11E48507312B" target="_blank">https://www.toast-dn.eu/</a>) and will have the opportunity of interacting with a recognized network of experts in the fields of haptics, robotics and machine learning. More information on the position can be found in the following.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-left:0.47472pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.04pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Title</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-left:0.47472pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.04pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">DC3: RemoTouch - a system for human-to-human tactile communication</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-left:0.47472pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.04pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Important dates</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-left:0.47472pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.04pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Application deadline: 28/02/2023 </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-left:0.47472pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.04pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Tentative date of enrolment: 01/09/2023</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-left:0.47472pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.04pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Project description</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-left:0.47472pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.04pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The touch-enabled Tactile Internet (TI), also known as the Internet of Skills, is anticipated to bring an </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-left:0.47472pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.04pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">economic and social impact to the digitized world. It has attracted massive interest from the industry </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-left:0.47472pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.04pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">and is aligned with the goals of Horizon Europe. TOAST will train the next generation of researchers </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-left:0.47472pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.04pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">to tackle the challenges of TI. More in detail, the researcher will focus on developing a low-cost wearable device with low energy consumption, able to capture, transmit and render tactile interactions. Moreover, the design and development of a communication architecture and of a </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-left:0.47472pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.04pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">communication protocol will be crucial for the purpose of establishing a two-way channel between </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-left:0.47472pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.04pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">users for the exchange of tactile signals.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-left:0.47472pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.04pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The final step will be the assessment of the performance of the device in terms of immersiveness and realism of the tactile interaction. This will be done through an experimental campaign enrolling multiple subjects.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-left:0.47472pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.04pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Eligibility Conditions</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-left:0.47472pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.04pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">- Not having already obtained a PhD and not currently enrolled in any PhD.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-left:0.47472pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.04pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">- The candidates are eligible if they have not resided in Italy for more than 12 months within the past 36 months.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-left:0.47472pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.04pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Place: </span><span style="font-size:11.04pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Siena Robotics and System Lab (SIRSLAB), Department of Information Engineering and Mathematics, University of Siena, Italy</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-left:0.47472pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.04pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Required Skills</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-left:0.47472pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.04pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">- Software development</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-left:0.47472pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.04pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">- Useful programming skills: different programming languages e.g., C/C++/C#, Python, Matlab/Simulink.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-left:0.47472pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.04pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">- Other useful skills: machine learning, statistical data processing and signal processing. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-left:0.47472pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.04pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">- Strongly motivated for team working.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.04pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">How to apply</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.04pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Please submit your application following the detailed instructions at this link:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.04pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://es.sonicurlprotection-fra.com/click?PV=2&MSGID=202302200955420232958&URLID=5&ESV=10.0.19.7431&IV=D3ECCCAE0EBC9E53D1ACBB307256EADB&TT=1676886943242&ESN=HAyxFJIGC8IXpSf3w%2FMT3KDvs%2FbK4hEc1gvh%2BLyYLzQ%3D&KV=1536961729280&B64_ENCODED_URL=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudW5pc2kuaXQvYWxib19wcmV0b3Jpby9iYW5kaS9jb25jb3JzaV9pbnRlcm5pL2NvbmZlcmltZW50by1kaS11bi1hc3NlZ25vLWRpLXJpY2VyY2Etc3NkLWluZy1pbmYwNC0x&HK=4D3E9D0B042E2A48AF2219DEF7A83720E9A22D24F209DF09FE321F025C6E29FC" target="_blank">https://www.unisi.it/albo_pretorio/bandi/concorsi_interni/conferimento-di-un-assegno-di-ricerca-ssd-ing-inf04-1</a></span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-left:0.47472pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.04pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Contacts</span></p></b><div><b style="font-weight:normal" id="m_-5396298715947448373m_6776838864549389456m_-4150250939351239367m_7418510839420112991gmail-docs-internal-guid-aae0ddf9-7fff-902b-0c6b-46142497f758"><span style="font-size:11.04pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">For any doubt or question, please contact Prof. Domenico Prattichizzo (</span><a href="mailto:domenico.prattichizzo@unisi.it" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11.04pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">domenico.prattichizzo@unisi.it</span></a><span style="font-size:11.04pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">) and Dr. Tommaso Lisini Baldi (</span><a href="mailto:tommaso.lisini@unisi.it" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11.04pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">tommaso.lisini@unisi.it</span></a><span style="font-size:11.04pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">). </span></b></div><br><div><b style="font-weight:normal" id="m_-5396298715947448373m_6776838864549389456m_-4150250939351239367m_7418510839420112991gmail-docs-internal-guid-aae0ddf9-7fff-902b-0c6b-46142497f758"><span style="font-size:11.04pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Best regards,</span></b></div><div><b style="font-weight:normal" id="m_-5396298715947448373m_6776838864549389456m_-4150250939351239367m_7418510839420112991gmail-docs-internal-guid-a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