Connectionists: JOB: IDIAP/EPFL (CH) : Postdoc in multimedia retrieval and computer vision

[Jean-Marc Odobez]

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Postdoctoral position in multimedia retrieval and computer vision
at IDIAP (LIdiap's EPFL laboratory), Switzerland
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The LIdiap's EPFL laboratory is looking for a highly motivated candidate 
for a postdoctoral position in computer vision and multimedia retrieval. 
The work will take place in the context of a project recently funded by 
the European Community, whose main goal is to leverage multimodal 
content analysis (audio/speech/video/text) along with social media data 
to address contextual media retrieval and recommendation tasks. Idiap 
will address the extraction of video concepts and their use in the 
envisioned application. The project involves academic partners in Spain, 
France and Germany as well as a news agency and a video content managing 
company.

The ideal postdoctoral candidate is expected to have a PhD in computer 
science or electrical engineering with a strong background in one or 
more of the following topics: multimedia indexing and retrieval, 
computer vision, machine learning, automatic image or video annotation. 
Prior participation in international evaluation campaigns like Trecvid 
or MediaEval will be a plus. The applicant should have strong 
programming skills and be familiar with C/C++ and the Linux environment.

The starting date is December 2013. The position is for up to 3 years. 
Salaries are competitive.

Interested candidates should a email a letter of motivation, a detailed 
CV, and the names of three references to:

Jean-Marc Odobez    (odobez at idiap.ch, tel : +41 (0)27 721 77 26)
Daniel Gatica-Perez (gatica at idiap.ch)

Idiap (EPFL's Lidiap laboratory, idiap.epfl.ch) is located in Martigny 
in Valais, a scenic region in French-speaking Switzerland surrounded by 
the highest mountains of Europe, which offers multiple recreational 
activities,including hiking, climbing, and skiing, as well as varied 
cultural activities, all within close proximity to Lausanne and Geneva. 
Idiap is an equal opportunity employer and offers a young, multicultural 
environment where English is the main working language.

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Jean-Marc Odobez,
IDIAP Senior Researcher, EPFL Maitre d'Enseignment de Recherche (MER)
IDIAP Research Institute (http://www.idiap.ch)
Tel: +41 (0)27 721 77 26
Email: Jean-Marc.Odobez at idiap.ch
Web: http://www.idiap.ch/~odobez