Connectionists: postdoc/research scientist positions, machine learning and/or computer vision, Lund University

[Cristian Sminchisescu]

Dear Colleague,


Would you be so kind to post this announcement on the Connectionists
mailing list?


Many thanks,

Cristian


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Post-doctoral/Research Scientist positions at Lund University, with focus
on Computer Vision and/or Machine Learning (deadline 21.Nov.2017,  11:59 PM
CET)



== Topic: Several positions are available in the area of computer vision
and/or machine learning, with applications to scene understanding (semantic
segmentation, 3d reconstruction, object modeling, active object and action
recognition, and image categorization) from images and video data. These
positions are funded in part under the European Research Council
Consolidator grant SEED. Funding is available for a period of up to 2 years
and can be renewed to a maximum of 4 years. The research aims to design
generally applicable methods for visual feature extraction based on
hierarchical, deep architectures as well as large-scale numerical
optimization and machine learning techniques generally applicable to
perceptual data.


Depending on the interest and strengths of the candidate the work can focus
on one (or several) of the following aspects: numerical optimization and
machine learning algorithms including deep learning and reinforcement
learning, statistical models, 2d or 3d modeling, hierarchical feature
extraction, computational visual attention mechanisms, semantic
segmentation, object recognition and image categorization. The approach is
strongly research oriented, targeting contributions in high-profile
international journals and conferences in computer vision, machine
learning, computer graphics or automatic control. We focus on novel
theoretical and algorithmic contributions, but also the design of
associated proof-of concept prototypes.



== Work duties: The successful candidates will be involved in research
along one of the above themes in collaboration with Prof. Cristian
Sminchisescu and his group members. The main duties involved in a
post-doctoral position is to conduct research. Teaching may also be
included (depending on the interest of the candidate), but up to no more
than 20% of working hours. The position shall include the opportunity for
three weeks of training in higher education teaching and learning.



== Qualification requirements: Appointment to a post-doctoral/research
scientist position requires that the applicant has a PhD, or an
international degree deemed equivalent to a PhD, within the subject of the
position, completed no more than three years before the last date for
applications. Under special circumstances, the doctoral degree can have
been completed earlier. Additional requirements: Very good oral and written
proficiency in English. Strong mathematical background, familiarity with
scientific programming environments (Matlab, TensorFlow, Caffee) as well as
programming languages C/C++/Python.


Applicants for a Postdoc/Research Scientist position must have at least one
publication at major computer vision or machine learning top-level
international conference of journal including ICCV, CVPR, ECCV, ICLR, ICML,
NIPS, PAMI, IJCV, JMLR. This is a career development position primarily
focused on research. The position is intended as an initial step in a
career, and the assessment of the applicants will primarily be based on
their research qualifications and potential as researchers. Particular
emphasis will be placed on research skills within the subject.



== Application deadline:     21.Nov.2017 11:59 PM CET

== Please apply formally using Lund University’s job application system:


https://lu.mynetworkglobal.com/en/what:job/jobID:174474/
type:job/where:4/apply:1
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