[visionlist] Short-term postgraduate position available - University of Genoa

[Silvio Sabatini]

SHORT-TERM POSTGRADUATE POSITION AT UNIVERSITY OF GENOA:
"NEUROMORPHIC ALGORITHMS FOR VISUAL PERCEPTION"

Location: Department of Biophysical and Electronic Engineering, Genoa, Italy
Duration: 3 months, starting any time before summer 2006
Application closing date: 30th September 2005

DESCRIPTION
The research activity will be conducted at the "Physical Structure of 
Perception and
Computation" (PSPC) lab with the possibility of being integrated in one 
of the
following projects:

1) Joint stereo and motion cortical representation
2) Context-based perceptual categorization of motion events
3) Development of "perceptual machines" and robotic vision systems

Candidates should preferably have a good background in signal 
processing, vision
algorithms and computer programming; previous experience in video 
acquisition systems
will be valuable.

PERSPECTIVES
The collaboration may continue, leading to temporary job positions (2 years
with possible time extension), or candidacies to PhD (3 years) and post-doc
fellowships (1 or 2 years), as part of the project: "Multi-Channel 
Cooperativity
in Visual Processing" funded by the European NEST Program on New and 
Emerging
Science and Technology. The research work will be done in close 
collaboration with
the FhG Institute for Media Communications, Bonn, Germany, and the Catholic
University Leuven (K.U.Leuven), Belgium.

ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES
The grants available from the University of Genoa, are reserved for 
students of foreign
citizenship who are not resident in Italy.
The grants last three months and are paid in deferred monthly 
installments, starting
from the beginning of research certified and transmitted by the tutor.
The monthly amount of the grant is EUR1,000.00 and is disbursed for the 
effective
duration of the research.
In addition to the grant, upon arrival in Italy, a payment is scheduled 
of a lump sum
of EUR500.00 for citizens of the European Union and EUR1,500.00 for citizens
from countries outside the EU, as reimbursement for travel expenses.


Applicants are asked to download the complete grant application 
guidelines and
forms from http://www.pspc.dibe.unige.it/docs/STR/call.html

Any request for further information can be addressed to:



Silvio P. Sabatini Voice: +39-010-3532092
University of Genoa Fax: +39-010-3532289
Department of Biophysical and Email: silvio at dibe.unige.it
and Electronic Engineering Web: http://pspc.dibe.unige.it
via Opera Pia, 11a
I-16145, Genova - ITALY