Connectionists: PhD or PostDoc position in Computer Vision at University of Bonn, Germany

[Sven Behnke]

Dear Connectionists,

the Autonomous Intelligent Systems group at the Computer Science 
Institute of University of Bonn, Germany, has an immediate opening for a 
PhD candidate or PostDoc in the area of bio-inspiered computer vision 
systems.

The group, headed by Prof. Sven Behnke, conducts research in the areas 
of computational intelligence and cognitive robotics.
We developed a hierarchical recurrent neural approach to computer vision 
(Neural Abstraction Pyramid, see 
http://www.ais.uni-bonn.de/books/LNCS2766.pdf).
Our humanoid soccer robots (team NimbRo, see http://www.NimbRo.net) 
recently defended the title in the RoboCup soccer tournament.

We seek for an excellent candidate with a strong own interest in 
computer vision, machine learning, or probabilistic inference.
 
Project goal is the creation of a general-purpose trainable vision 
system using hierarchical recurrent neural networks and/or hierarchical 
graphical models with loops. Various deep, locally connected network 
architectures and learning algorithms will be investigated for their 
ability to capture the hierarchical structure of the visual world. The 
system will be implemented on GPUs using CUDA and tested on real-world 
data sets, for example from robotics.

The position involves teaching duties of four hours per week in the 
semester.

Education:

Masters (or Diploma) degree or PhD in any of Computer Science, 
Mathematics, or Physics. A strong mathematical background is highly 
desirable. Advantageous is experience in computer vision, machine 
learning, applied statistics, and excellent programming skills (Matlab 
or C).

Salary:

According to NRW TVL-13 annual gross starting from 37.700 Euros (approx. 
USD 58.570), depending on experience.
Initial contract will be up to three years.

Applying:

Please send applications via email, including the regular CV, your 
research interests, and list of publications, preferably in a single pdf.
Links to download publications and thesis are also welcome.
Applications should be sent

To:      sekretariat _at_ ais.uni-bonn.de
Cc:      behnke _at_ cs.uni-bonn.de
subject: Application GPCV

Best regards,

Sven Behnke
http://www.ais.uni-bonn.de/behnke