Artificial Soul Engineering

11.02.2025, Biete ...

Internship for control systems engineering of motivation, emotion, and personality.

The working unit AG Personality & Motivation (Prof. Dr. Markus Quirin)
of TUM School of Medicine & Health
is seeking for a

Internship (incl. BSc/MSc thesis)

Working in the area of

Artificial Soul: Psychology Engineering - Robotics - Computational Neuroscience

We look for:

a motivated student with a background in engineering (control systems, cybernetics), AI, robotics, or computational (e.g., cognitive) modeling with an interest in psychology. The length of the internship can vary depending on re-quirements, task and practicality. The internship is unpaid.

We offer:

• Working on an exciting project of simulating the human soul (i.e., motivation, emotion, & personality).
• The chance to start an academic career in this field of research.
• A young, open-minded, and international team.
• Diverse and challenging tasks at the forefront of interdisciplinary research.
• In-depth insights and strong involvement in our research activities.
• A relatively flexible work arrangement regarding location and time, so your studies are not compromised.
• The possibility to integrate your bachelor's/master's thesis or project studies with the specified topic. Requests for supervising theses or research internships in this area are possible regardless of the advertised position.


Process of Application:

Please send the following application documents in a PDF document via email immediately or by February 30th, 2025 (at best) to m.quirin@tum.de:

• brief statement of motivation
• Curriculum Vitae (especially degrees, grades, practical and academic experiences)
• transcript of records (updated)

Please use the following subject line: "Application for Internship or Thesis Supervision 2024". We look forward to receiving your application!




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Technische Universität München
TUM School of Medicine
Prof. Dr. Markus Quirin
Georg-Brauchle-Ring 62, 80992 München
m.quirin@tum.de








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Kontakt: m.quirin@tum.de