Connectionists: Postdoctoral position in 3D scene understanding from video - [ Postdoc ] 73196

[Pavis]

Postdoctoral position in 3D scene understanding from video - [ Postdoc ]
Workplace: IIT
Added on: 02/12/2016 - Expires on: 01/03/2017

The Visual Geometry and Modelling (VGM) Lab of the Pattern Analysis and Computer Vision Research Line (PAVIS) is offering a Postdoc position.

This call aims at consolidating VGM expertise in dynamic scene understanding from video towards the creation of autonomous vision systems working in real environments.

The specific topics of research are related, but not limited to, the following areas:

    3D scene understanding from video and RGBD sensors;
    Dense large scale 3D reconstruction from multiple views;
    Motion segmentation/clustering from video;
    Deep learning for 3D object detection and pose estimation;
    Visual question answering.

Candidates to this position have a Ph.D. in Computer Vision and preferably 1-2 years of postdoc experience in computer vision, machine learning, signal processing, applied math or related areas.

Evidence of top quality research on the above areas in the form of published papers in top computer vision conferences (CVPR, ECCV, ICCV) and/or journals (TPAMI, IJCV, CVIU, IVC, etc.) is required.

Experience on optimization methods, component analysis and strong programming skills in Matlab and C/C++ will be highly considered.

Salary will be commensurate to qualification and experience and in line with European standards.

Complete application forms along with a CV listing all publications (with a google scholar profile), a pdf of your most representative publications and a research statement describing your previous research experience and outlining its relevance to the above topics should be sent by email to applications at iit.it quoting “IIT Post doc position BC 73196” in the email subject. Please provide two reference letters.

Please apply before March 1st, 2017.

Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled.

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