Connectionists: postdoc 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.
More details on the NCAP program can be found here:
 
http://www2.cifar.ca/research/neural-computation-and-adaptive-perception-program/


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. More details on the Junior Academy can be found here:
  http://www2.cifar.ca/research/junior-academy/

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.  These letters cannot be from CIFAR members. (You can
have additional letters of reference from CIFAR members sent if you wish.)

Kevin Murphy