Only a few months after a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Stuttgart and the Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in Pittsburgh, the joint PhD program initiated by these two research institutions comes to life. From Spring 2018 onwards, PhD students interested in Robotics will benefit from the research environment that both CMU and MPI-IS provide. Students who get accepted to participate in the joint PhD program will receive education and training in Robotics at CMU, which is one of the world´s top universities in this field. The students will begin their research with a Professor at CMU for one and a half to two years and continue their research under the supervision of a Director or Group Leader at the MPI-IS for at least another two years. Successful graduates will eventually receive their PhD degree from CMU.
There is already a strong collaboration between MPI-IS and CMU, as Dr. Metin Sitti, who initiated the partnership, is both Director at the MPI-IS and Professor of Mechanical Engineering at CMU.
