Open positions in speech, computer vision, machine learning, and multimodal interfaces

[Samy Bengio]

SEVERAL OPEN POSITIONS IN SPEECH, COMPUTER VISION, 
MACHINE LEARNING, AND MULTIMODAL INTERFACES

In view of a massive growth of the Institute and the development of new 
activites oriented towards advanced multimodal interfaces, the Dalle Molle 
Institute for Perceptual Artificial Intelligence (IDIAP, http://www.idiap.ch), 
IDIAP currently welcomes applications of talented candidates at all levels 
with expertise or strong interest in the fields of speech processing, computer 
vision, machine learning, and multimodal interaction. The open positions 
include: management and senior positions (including one scientific deputy 
director and one speech processing group leader), project leaders, postdocs, 
and PhD students. It is expected that a few tenure track positions at the 
Assistant Professor level could also become available.


Preference will be given to candidates with experience in one or several of 
the following areas: signal processing, statistical pattern recognition 
(typically applied to speech and scene analysis), neural networks, hidden 
Markov models, speech and speaker recognition, computer vision, 
human/computer interaction (dialog).  Senior and postdoc candidates should 
also have a proven record of high quality research and publications. All 
applicants should be experienced in C/C++ programming and familiar with 
the Unix environment; they should also be able to speak and write in English 
(and be willing to learn French).

ABOUT IDIAP

IDIAP is a semi-private research institute affiliated with the Swiss Federal 
Institute of Technology at Lausanne (EPFL) and the University of Geneva. 
Located in Martigny (Valais, CH), IDIAP is partly funded by the Swiss 
Federal Government, the State of Valais, and the City of Martigny, and is 
involved in numerous national and international (European) projects. IDIAP 
is mainly carrying research and development in the fields of speech and 
speaker recognition, computer vision, and machine learning, and is 
recognized as a university level research laboratory, involving permanent 
senior scientists, postdocs, and PhD students (usually awarded an EPFL 
degree). IDIAP currently numbers around 35-40 scientists.

LOCATION

IDIAP is located in the town of Martigny (http://www.martigny.ch) in 
Valais, a scenic region in the South of Switzerland, surrounded by the 
highest mountains of Europe, and offering exciting recreational activities 
(including hiking, climbing and skiing), as well as varied cultural activities.  
It is also within close proximity to Montreux, Lausanne (EPFL) and Lake 
Geneva, and centrally located for travel to other parts of Europe.

PROSPECTIVE CANDIDATES should send their detailed CV to:

Prof. Herve Bourlard
Director of IDIAP
P.O. Box 592, Simplon, 4 
CH-1920 Martigny, Switzerland
Email: bourlard at idiap.ch
Phone: +41-27-721.77.20; Fax: +41-27-721.77.12


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Samy Bengio  
Research Director. Machine Learning Group Leader.
IDIAP, CP 592, rue du Simplon 4, 1920 Martigny, Switzerland.
tel: +41 27 721 77 39, fax: +41 27 721 77 12.
mailto:bengio at idiap.ch, http://www.idiap.ch/~bengio