Connectionists: postdoc opportunity at UBC in vision/learning

[Kevin Murphy]

I am pleased to announce that the Canadian Institute For Advanced Research 
(CIFAR) is funding a 2 year Junior Fellow position as part of its Neural 
Computation and Adaptive Perception (NCAP) program. The Fellow will be 
based at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver, and will 
work with one or more of Kevin Murphy, Nando de Freitas, and David Lowe. 
The starting date is flexible, but it is expected to be sometime between 
June and September 2010.

The precise topics of research are still to be determined, but will be 
related to using unsupervised, semi-supervised and 'deep learning' to 
solve interesting vision problems, such as generic object detection and 
localisation, image segmentation and labeling, video parsing, feature 
discovery, active vision, etc.

The ideal candidate will have a strong research track record in learning 
and vision, and an interest in neuroscience, as well as excellent 
communication skills, and a strong potential to collaborate with other 
NCAP program members.

The candidate will be expected to fully participate in NCAP meetings 
(usually 2-3 per year, typically in Vancouver or Toronto), and CIFARs 
Junior Fellow Academy, interacting with peers in CIFAR's other research 
programs. 

Please send a 2 page research statement and a recent CV to
  murphyk at cs.ubc.ca by 15 Jan 2010.
Also, please arrange to have 3 letters of reference sent to the same 
address, 
by 15 Jan 2010. At least one of these letters should be 'arms length' and 
from a senior figure in the field of vision and/or learning and/or 
computational neuroscience.

More details on the NCAP program can be found here:
   
http://www2.cifar.ca/research/neural-computation-and-adaptive-perception-program/
Please read this page before applying!

Kevin Murphy