This year, the ANU Planning Group is planning to recruit up to 5 postdocs and 8 PhD students to work on the topics below. There are also opportunities for dual/co-tutelle PhD arrangements with collaborator groups.
Topics
- Classical Planning
- Hierarchical Planning
- Heuristic Search
- Planning under Uncertainty
- Multi-Objective Planning
- Temporal Planning
- Learning Planning Models
- Deep Learning for Planning
- Generalised Planning
- Explainable Planning
- Ethics in Planning
- Theoretical Foundations of Planning
- Robot Motion Planning
- Applications of Planning (physics, space, aeronautics, energy)
Canberra and ANU
- Our beautiful city has been named in the top 3 healthiest and most innovative cities to live in!
- ANU is ranked 27th in the world and 1st in Australia by QS World University Rankings.
- Postdocs (level B) salaries: AUD $103K-118K + 17% superannuation.
- PhD scholarships: minimum AUD $34K tax-free.
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Pascal Bercher
Senior Lecturer
pascal.bercher@anu.edu.au
+61 2 6125 0322
Hanna Neumann Building 145, Office 3.36

Alban Grastien
Senior Fellow
BAC Convener
alban.grastien@anu.edu.au
+61 2 6125 7107
Hanna Neumann Building 145, Office 3.15

Charles Gretton
Senior Lecturer
TechLauncher Convener
charles.gretton@anu.edu.au
+61 2 6125 4001
Hanna Neumann Building 145, Office 3.22

Patrik Haslum
Associate Professor
HDR Convener Intelligent Systems
patrik.haslum@anu.edu.au
+61 2 6125 1812
Hanna Neumann Building 145, Office 3.18

Edward Kim
Research Fellow
edward.kim@anu.edu.au
CSIT Building 108, Office N323

Hanna Kurniawati
Professor
SmartSat CRC Chair in Advanced Space System Autonomy, Intelligence and Decision Making
hanna.kurniawati@anu.edu.au
+61 2 6125 1577
CSIT Building 108, Office N325

Rahul Shome
Lecturer
rahul.shome@anu.edu.au
CSIT Building 108, Office N315

Sylvie Thiébaux
Senior Professor
AAAI Fellow
sylvie.thiebaux@anu.edu.au
+61 2 6125 8678
Hanna Neumann Building 145, Office 3.23

Felipe Trevizan
Senior Lecturer
BIT co-Convener
felipe.trevizan@anu.edu.au
+61 2 6125 7542
Hanna Neumann Building 145, Office 3.20