Connectionists: Open PhD call 2017 -- Italian Institute of Technology (Pattern Analysis & Computer Vision, PAVIS) and University of Genova

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Open PhD call 2017  -- Italian Institute of Technology (Pattern Analysis & Computer Vision, PAVIS) and University of Genova

PhD Course on SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATION ENGINEERING, curriculum in "COMPUTATIONAL VISION, AUTOMATIC RECOGNITION AND LEARNING (CODE 6654)"

Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT - www.iit.it) together with the University of Genova opened the call for the 2017 Doctoral Course on Sciences & Technologies For Electronics & Telecommunication - Curriculum in Computer Vision, Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning (www.iit.it/phd-school).
7 PhD positions are available at the Pattern Analysis and Computer Vision (PAVIS) Dept. and at the Visual Geometry and Modeling Lab (VGM Lab) to work in Computer Vision, Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning, and more specifically on the following themes (for details see https://pavisdata.iit.it/data/phd2017/ResearchTopics_IIT-PAVIS.pdf):

Theme A - Computer vision for behavioral analysis and activity recognition
Theme B - Computer vision for the prediction of human intentions and activities
Theme C - Part-based human body modeling for Socially-Aware Computer Vision
Theme D - Crowd behavioral analysis and event recognition
Theme E - Re-identification
Theme F - Time-lapse Computer Vision for long-term 3D learning
Theme G - 3D scene understanding and spatial reasoning for autonomous systems
Theme H – Biomedical Imaging
Theme I – Connectomics
Theme L - Animal behavior analysis

More info on the above research topics can be found at https://pavisdata.iit.it/data/phd2017/ResearchTopics_IIT-PAVIS.pdf or directly asked to Prof. V. Murino or Dr. Alessio Del Bue (pavis at iit.it), or any other tutor indicated in the list of themes.
The PhD program on the listed themes will take place at the PAVIS department of Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) located in Genova (www.iit.it).
The department focuses on activities related to the analysis and understanding of images, videos and patterns in general, even multidisciplinary, in collaboration with other research groups in IIT.
The PAVIS and VGM Lab staff has a wide expertise on computer vision and pattern recognition, machine learning, image processing, and related applications (mainly related to surveillance/security and biomedical tasks).
For more information, you can also browse the PAVIS and VGM Lab webpages to see our activities and research at:
http://pavis.iit.it/ and http://vgm.iit.it/
To apply, follow the instructions indicated at this link: http://www.studenti.unige.it/bando-di-ammissione-al-xxxiii-ciclo-del-dottorato-di-ricerca/
In short, the documentation to be submitted is: a detailed CV, a research proposal under one or more themes chosen among those above indicated (please, see also a project proposal template at the link indicated below), reference letters, and any other formal document concerning the degrees earned.
Notice that these documents are mandatory in order to consider valid the application.
IMPORTANT: In order to apply, candidates must prepare a research proposal based on the research topics above mentioned.
Please, follow these indications to prepare it: https://pavisdata.iit.it/data/phd2017/ResearchProjectTemplate.pdf

ONLINE APPLICATION DEADLINE is June 13th, 2017 at 12:00 p.m. (noon, Italian time/CET) – STRICT DEADLINE, no extension.
APPLICATIONS are possible through University of Genoa ONLINE PROCEDURE ONLY - http://www.studenti.unige.it/bando-di-ammissione-al-xxxiii-ciclo-del-dottorato-di-ricerca/
FURTHER INFO: http://www.studenti.unige.it/postlaurea/dottorati/