IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - December 2017 - 12

New York University, Tandon School of Engineering,
Brooklyn, NY
Faculty Positions in Robotics
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and
Electrical and Computer Engineering
New York University has multiple open tenured/tenure-track faculty positions
in Robotics at its Tandon School of Engineering in the Departments of
Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) and Mechanical and Aerospace
Engineering (MAE) as part of a major multi-year growth initiative in robotics.
We seek applicants with outstanding research achievements and future
promise in all areas of robotics, including, but not limited to, learning and
perception for robotics, bio-inspired robotics, robotics for healthcare,
autonomous vehicles, and soft robotics. Candidates must have a PhD
degree in an engineering or related discipline, show evidence of the ability
to pursue an independent and ambitious research program and a strong
commitment to teaching.
The NYU Tandon School of Engineering strongly supports interdisciplinary
research and has close collaborations with the Langone School of Medicine,
the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, NYU Abu Dhabi, and
NYU Shanghai. The faculty and students of the NYU Tandon School of
Engineering are at the forefront of the high-tech start-up culture in New York
City, and have access to and engage strongly with the school's world-class
research centers in cyber security (ccs.nyu.edu), wireless communications
(nyuwireless.com), smart transportation, augmented and virtual reality, and
AI and have access to a state-of-the-art MakerSpace.
Candidates should include a cover letter, curriculum vitae, research
and teaching statements, and letters from at least three references. All
application materials should be submitted electronically via:
https://apply.interfolio.com/46118.
Applications received by January 15, 2018 will receive full consideration.

Professor (Faculty Rank)

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL SCIENCE
AND ENGINEERING

College of Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering at the University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign invites applications for multiple faculty positions
in all ranks. Candidates are sought in all technical subdisciplines of mechanical
science and engineering including design, thermosciences, solid and fluid
mechanics, and dynamics and control, with particular interest in the broad
areas of manufacturing, energy and sustainability, and robotics and cyberphysical systems.
Qualified senior candidates will also be considered for a named appointment
as part of the Grainger Engineering Breakthroughs Initiative, supported by a
$100-million gift from the Grainger Foundation.
A doctoral degree is required, all opportunities are full-time, tenure or tenuretrack, 9-month appointments paid over 12 months, with salary commensurate
with qualifications and experience. Applications received by December
1, 2017, will receive full consideration. Early applications are strongly
encouraged. Interviews may take place before the given date; applications
received after December 1, 2017 may be considered until positions are filled.
The expected start date of a position offered/accepted through this search is
August 16, 2018, but other start dates will be considered.
A full position description and information on how to apply can be
found on the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign online jobsite
http://jobs.illinois.edu. For further information regarding application
procedures, please address questions to: mechse-facultyrecruiting@illinois.edu.
The University of Illinois conducts criminal background checks on all job
candidates upon acceptance of a contingent offer.

Considering the
Business of
Robotics-
RoboBusiness 2017
By Thomas Wedlick

here is a growing robotics ecosystem outside of the IEEE Robotics and Automation
Society (RAS), and it can be worthwhile to
pay attention to these other events to better perceive emerging trends within the field and
industry. RoboBusiness is one such event. The RoboBusiness conference has been held for the last
13 years and is produced by two online media entities, Robotics Trends and Robotics Business Review. Its focus and attendance slightly differ from
typical IEEE scientific meetings. The presentations
explicitly consider the business and economic implications of the presented
technology; and, while some
attendees are academic re The RoboBusiness
searchers or professors, the
presentations
majority work in industry
(Figure 1). The conference
explicitly consider
attracts more than 2,000 peothe business
ple and features presentations by RAS members.
and economic
This year's RoboBusiness
implications of
conference took place 26-28
September in Santa Clara,
the presented
California. The conference
technology.
featured presentations that
ranged from an economic
forecast of the entire robotics
industry (Figure 2) to individual case studies in
which robotics technology was successfully introduced within a company's business model. Conference attendees were equally diverse, representing
robot manufacturers, component manufacturers,
robot end users, executives, and investors. Seventy
companies displayed their technology at the exposition, and several new robotic systems received their
inaugural unveiling. The conference also featured a
competition in which start-ups pitched their
technologies and business plans in 5-min rounds to a
panel of judges and an audience of hundreds of investors and robotics experts. This year's winner was
UnitDoseOne, which seeks to increase patient safety

Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/MRA.2017.2765958
Date of publication: 13 December 2017
The U of I is an EEO Employer/Vet/Disabled

www.inclusiveillinois.illinois.edu

http://ccs.nyu.edu http://www.nyuwireless.com https://apply.interfolio.com/46118 http://jobs.illinois.edu http://www.inclusiveillinois.illinois.edu

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - December 2017