[visionlist] PhD student position in Gjøvik University College, Norway

[Faouzi Alaya Cheikh]

PhD student position in Gjøvik University College, Norway
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The Faculty of Computer Science and Media Technology at Gjøvik University
College in Gjøvik, Norway, calls for applications to a PhD student position
in the  field of  Image and Video Processing.

Gjøvik University College, a campus of 1700 students and 130 faculty
members, consists of three faculties, Faculty of Health Care and Nursing,
Faculty of Engineering, and Faculty of Computer Science and Media
Technology. Faculty members, researchers and graduate students are from a
diverse and international background with an excellent faculty to student
ratio. For more information about Gjøvik University College please refer to
http://www.hig.no.

The research activity in Faculty of Computer Science and Media Technology is
mainly focused in three areas; information security, media technology, and
colour imaging, with The Norwegian Information Security Laboratory
(http://www.nislab.no) and The Norwegian Color Research Laboratory
(http://www.colorlab.no) as the two main research groups.

Applicants should hold a Diploma, MSc, or equivalent academic degree, in
Electronic Engineering, Computer Science, or related discipline, with
previous experience in image processing. Fluency in spoken and written
English is also required.

Successful applicant will be prepared to make novel contributions to the
field of and is expected to present and publish in peer-reviewed conferences
and journals. Internships at international universities or research
institutions can be arranged in the course of the PhD research project.

The positions can be awarded for a period of up to four years, and will
include 25% teaching/administrative duties. The positions are remunerated
according to salary level 43 in the national salary scheme, gross NOK 325
600 per annum (appx EUR 40 700), of which 2% is deducted for the State
Pension scheme.

When applying, please make it clear which of the three positions you are
interested in (could be more than one). Applicants are encouraged to submit
a research project description of 2-3 pages. Please send application letter,
resume, statement of research, copies of transcripts, as well as name and
email addresses of three references before August 10, 2007 to:

Gjøvik University College
Director of personnel Jan Kåre Testad
P. O. Box 191,
N-2802 Gjøvik,
Norway.

For general questions concerning this announcement, please contact Jan Kåre
Testad, Director of Personnel (e-mail jan.testad at hig.no, telephone 
+47 61135106), or Professor Rune Hjelsvold, Faculty Vice Dean (e-mail
rune.hjelsvold at hig.no, telephone +47 611 35184).


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PhD student position #3 (Image and Video Processing)
The successful candidates for this position will be working on the 
development of new algorithms/systems for color image and video 
processing and analysis for flexible / interactive media. Potential 
research directions may be:

• User centered media: putting back the users into the picture.
• Perceptual image difference metrics and their use for image 
representation and reproduction,
• Vision-based smart surveillance systems.

The exact research topics of the new researchers will be chosen so as to 
match their experience and interest aiming at maximum productivity.

Experience in some of the following areas would be a distinct advantage:
• Statistical or mathematical modeling of image color, shape or texture,
• Non-linear image processing,
• Image/video analysis,
• Machine learning algorithms,
• Pattern recognition,
• Advanced programming in Matlab, C/C++ or Java.

For more information about this position, please contact 
Dr. Faouzi Alaya Cheikh,
Associate Professor 
Department of Computer Science and Media Technology
Gjøvik University College
Teknologivn. 22,
2802 Gjøvik, NORWAY
Mobile: +47 951 87 956
Phone: +47 611 35203,
Fax: +47 611 35170,
http://www.hig.no/~faouzi