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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>FYI<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> kfujimura@hra.com [mailto:kfujimura@hra.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, December 01, 2011 5:33 PM<br><b>To:</b> kfujimura@hra.com<br><b>Subject:</b> positions at Honda Research Institute USA<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Dear Professor,</span> <br><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>We are looking for candidates for several short-term positions </span><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> (3~6 months interns, contractors) in the following areas for this winter.</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I would appreciate very much if you could pass this information to</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>prospective candidates. </span> <br><br><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>---- Positions available -----------------</span> <br><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Position 1 (Visual Navigation): </span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The work involves research and development of </span><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>vision, path planning and control algorithms for autonomous vehicles.</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>As a test platform the candidate will be using an electric, 4-wheeled vehicle </span><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>which is capable of driving fully autonomously. The candidate's </span><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>main responsibility will be to maintain and extend existing software and </span><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>hardware modules on this test platform. Desirable capabilities include:</span> <br><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> • Experience in hardware/software design for autonomous mobile robots, specifically for non-holonomic systems</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> • Experience in low-level programming/programming of microcontrollers</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> • Background in robotics/computer vision</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> • Proficiency in C++ programming</span> <br><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Position 2 (VSLAM): </span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> • Experience in feature based tracking and visual odometry</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> • Proficiency in C++ programming</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Position 3 (Augmented reality):</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> • Familiarity in interaction design, rapid prototyping, tangible interfaces, </span><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> multi-modal interfaces, intelligent interfaces</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> • Experience in programming micro-controllers (e.g., Arduino)</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> • Experience in designing mechanical parts (SolidWorks, Rhino 3D familiarity)</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> • Proficiency in C++ programming</span> <br><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Position 4 (Spoken dialog system):</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> • Experience in machine learning</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> • Experience in speech and natural language processing </span><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> • Experience with Java</span> <br><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Position 5 (Machine learning):</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> • Familiarity with reinforcement learning or apprenticeship learning </span><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> • Background in simulation/numerical optimization</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> • Experience with vehicle or traffic simulations is useful but not necessary</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><br><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>For all positions, a minimum of a B.S. degree in Computer Science and Engineering or </span><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>equivalent experience is required. MS and PhD students are encouraged to apply.</span> <br><br><br><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Please send your resume to</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> career2012@honda-ri.com</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>with subject line clearly indicating which position you are applying</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>from the above list.</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Name your attachments as "john.smith.UniversityName.cv.pdf" - not as "honda.pdf".</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Failure to follow these instructions may result in delay in processing your application. </span><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>=======================<br>Kikuo Fujimura<br>Honda Research Institute USA<br>425 National Ave<br>Mountain View, CA 94043<br>Phone: 650 314 0422<br>Fax: 650 314 0405</span> <o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>