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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Joining the</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><a href="https://www.usf.edu/" data-auth="NotApplicable" class="ContentPasted1" data-loopstyle="link" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">University
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Zhao Han</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">invites applications for up to two fully funded Ph.D. positions (Research Assistants)
starting as early as Fall 2023 in</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><a href="https://www.usf.edu/engineering/cse/graduate/phd-program.aspx" data-auth="NotApplicable" class="ContentPasted1" data-loopstyle="link" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the
Department of Computer Science and Engineering Ph.D. program</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(</span><a href="https://catalog.usf.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=18&poid=7770" data-auth="NotApplicable" class="ContentPasted1" data-loopstyle="link" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">catalog</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">)
at USF in Tampa, Florida, USA. The deadline for Fall 2023 admission is April 15.</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Strong candidates are highly motivated, comfortable with programming, eager to learn, hard-working, and demonstrate an interest in the emerging and interdisciplinary field of human-robot interaction
(HRI), including robot explanation/transparency, augmented reality/virtual reality (AR/VR), collaborative mobile manipulation/robotics, robot platform and interaction design, AI,
<b>cognitive science</b>/psychology, or an area related to</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><a href="https://zhaohanphd.com/expertise/" data-auth="NotApplicable" class="ContentPasted1" data-loopstyle="link" style="margin:0px"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dr.
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<p class="ContentPasted1" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Successful candidates will be mentored and trained as prolific and independent researchers, publishing at top-tier international conferences
and journals. Dr. Han has a strong</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><a href="https://zhaohanphd.com/publications/" data-auth="NotApplicable" class="ContentPasted1" data-loopstyle="link" style="margin:0px"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">publication
record</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and extensive</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><a href="https://zhaohanphd.com/cv/#mentoring" data-auth="NotApplicable" class="ContentPasted1" data-loopstyle="link" style="margin:0px"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">mentoring
experience</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">with an inclusive excellence and supportive approach. You will work on real robot platforms using popular robotics
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includes tuition waivers and stipends.</span></p>
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<p class="ContentPasted1" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dr. Zhao Han is an incoming Assistant Professor in the Computer Science and Engineering department at the University of South Florida,
joining the faculty in August 2023. He is currently a Post-Doctoral Fellow at Colorado School of Mines. His research lies broadly in human-robot interaction (HRI), robotics, artificial intelligence (AI), and augmented reality (AR). He focuses on designing,
developing, and evaluating novel robotic systems and interactions, for embodied robots to be more capable and understandable while interacting and collaborating with humans. He received the best long-paper award at INLG 2022 and the best late-breaking report
third prize at HRI 2022. Previously, he had led teams to win multiple international and national robot competitions, including first place in the Panasonic Prototype 3D LiDAR Challenge and second place in the FetchIt Mobile Manipulation Challenge at ICRA 2019.
In addition to research, he received a university-wide Mines Diversity, Inclusion, and Access (DI&A) Award in 2022. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from UMass Lowell, advised by AAAI Fellow Dr. Holly Yanco. He received his M.S. and B.S. degrees in Computer
Science from the University of Manitoba in Canada.</span></p>
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<p class="ContentPasted1" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><a href="https://www.usf.edu/" data-auth="NotApplicable" class="ContentPasted1" data-loopstyle="link" style="margin:0px"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">University
of South Florida (USF)</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">is a high-impact global research university dedicated to student success and has an annual budget
of 2.34 billion (2022-2023). Ranked top 100 in U.S. News & World Report’s national university rankings, no other public university in the US has risen faster than USF in the past decade. USF is classified among “R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research
activity”, and according to the National Science Foundation, USF spent $568 million on research and development in 2019, ranking it 43rd in the US and 25th among public universities. Serving over 49,000 students, USF is designated as one of three</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><a href="https://admissions.usf.edu/blog/what-is-preeminence-and-why-it-matters-to-you" data-auth="NotApplicable" class="ContentPasted1" data-loopstyle="link" style="margin:0px"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Preeminent
State Research Universities</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">by the Florida Board of Governors, receiving additional financial support from the state of
Florida for student success and research. Learn more on USF’s</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><a href="https://www.usf.edu/about-usf/index.aspx" data-auth="NotApplicable" class="ContentPasted1" data-loopstyle="link" style="margin:0px"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">about
page</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span></p>
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<p class="ContentPasted1" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">USF is located in the City of Tampa on the west coast of the Sunshine State of Florida. Full of opportunities and possibilities, the
Tampa Bay area has around 3 million people and is one of the top places to live. Learn more about</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><a href="https://www.usf.edu/admissions/freshmen/why-usf/our-campuses/gulf-coast-living.aspx" data-auth="NotApplicable" class="ContentPasted1" data-loopstyle="link" style="margin:0px"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Florida
Gulf Coast Living</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">for why over 49,000 students have chosen USF as well as the</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><a href="https://www.visittheusa.com/destination/tampa-bay" data-auth="NotApplicable" class="ContentPasted1" data-loopstyle="link" style="margin:0px"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">US</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">,</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><a href="https://www.visitflorida.com/places-to-go/central-west/tampa/" data-auth="NotApplicable" class="ContentPasted1" data-loopstyle="link" style="margin:0px"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">state</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">,
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</li><li class="ContentPasted1" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">PDF of GRE Scores</span></li><li class="ContentPasted1" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">CV/Resume</span></li><li class="ContentPasted1" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Statement of Purpose</span></li><li class="ContentPasted1" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3 Letters of Recommendation (Must be on official letterhead with recommender’s title and contact)</span></li><li class="ContentPasted1" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">PDF of English Proficiency Scores, if applicable</span></li></ul>
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USF graduate student admission process</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span></p>
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