Position: Student research assistant (only for students of Universities in Berlin)
Reference: 3434 T 80/16 (please include this with your application!)

Topic: Protein structure prediction

The Robotics and Biology Lab conducts innovative research in protein structure prediction and protein flexibility. We are currently looking for motivated students that support our effort in entering the 12^th community-wide experiment on the Critical Assessment on Protein Structure prediction (CASP http://predictioncenter.org [1]).

The successful applicant will be involved in developing and implementing a novel protein structure prediction framework. We offer the opportunity to become part of a team that conducts cutting-edge research in structure prediction.

Required skills:

• Strong programming skills in python
• experience with C/C++ and/or experience with programming of large dedicated compute clusters (HPC) is a plus
• successful completion of a course offered by RBO (e.g. Robotics: Fundamentals, Robotics, or Computational Biology)

Familiarity with one of the following research areas is helpful but not required:

• Computational Biology
• Bioinformatics
• Machine Learning
• Robotics

Please email your application, including cover letter, CV, and other supporting material as a single PDF file to robotics@robotics.tu-berlin.de. [2]

For further information, please see the official listing at PRSB TU Berlin [3].

Position: Student research assistant (only for students of Universities in Berlin)
Reference: 3434 T 81/16 (please include this with your application!)

Topic: Robotics

We – the Robotics and Biology Lab – are looking for enthusiastic students that help us improving the capabilities of our robot platforms. We offer a flexible, collaborative work environment and the opportunity to learn and gain valuable experience in a wide range of robot-related topics.

Possible tasks/projects:

• building soft robotic hands
• conducting robotic experiments
• development and testing of perception, planning, and control software
• extension of our robot simulation framework
• integration and enhancement of hardware drivers
• teaching support

Required skills:

• excellent C++ and/or python coding abilities
• comfortable operating under Linux
• excellent English
• successful completion of a course offered by RBO (e.g. Robotics: Fundamentals, Robotics, or Computational Biology)

Nice to have skills:

• experience with rubber molding (silicone rubber, vacuum casting)
• experience with soldering of small components (custom PCBs)
• knowledge of the fundamentals of robotics (e.g. kinematics, dynamics, planning, probabilistic methods, etc.)
• experience using real-life sensor data and dealing with error / uncertainty
• experience controlling robot arms
• experience using computer vision (camera, Kinect)
• experience using machine learning algorithms
• experience with the robotics/vision software packages: ROS, OpenCV, PCL
• experience with computer graphics and physics engines: Blender, Bullet, PhysX
• experience using machine learning software: scikit-learn, Theano

If you fulfill some of the above mentioned requirements please email your application, including cover letter, CV and other supporting material as a single PDF file to robotics@robotics.tu-berlin.de [4].

For further information, please see the official listing at PRSB TU Berlin [5].