[visionlist] Job: Prize Studentship in Edinburgh

[Robertson, Neil M]

The Edinburgh Research Partnership (www.erp.ac.uk <http://www.erp.ac.uk/> ) is seeking to recruit a PhD student in Computer Vision. This Prize studentship will fund doctoral research in the Joint Research Institute in Signal and Image Processing. The successful candidate will be registered at, and graduate from, both Heriot-Watt and Edinburgh Universities. 

 

The project will research novel methods for automatically sensing human activity using pan/tilt/zoom cameras. This is a challenge which is of particular interest in the surveillance domain but has application in a wide range of scenarios including sports video analysis/interpretation. Current work which exploits the pan/tilt/zoom capability of a camera has enabled the sensor to react to detected changes in the world. By contrast, this project will attempt to actively sense the scene to gather information which is perceived a priori to be significant. The successful candidate will be expected to undertake research which encompasses some of the following technical challenges:

*	Person tracking
*	Learning and modelling normal activity
*	Semantic interpretation of human behaviour
*	Real-time pan/tilt/zoom control

Applicants should have, or expect to obtain at least a 2(i) Honours degree in a relevant numerate discipline e.g. Computer Science, Physics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering or Mathematics. Priority will be given to applicants with a basic understanding and experience in writing scientific software (MATLAB, C/C++) and a background in image processing or computer vision.

 

The appointment is for 3 years starting as soon as possible between March and October 2008. The successful candidate will be supported by a tax-free stipend of £12,600 per annum and all Home/EU University fees will be paid. EPSRC nationality and residency rules apply (see www.epsrc.ac.uk <http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/>  for details).

 

Informal enquiries should be made in the first instance to Dr Neil Robertson (n.m.robertson at hw.ac.uk) or Dr John Hannah (john.hannah at ee.ed.ac.uk).
 
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Dr Neil Robertson 
Edinburgh Research Partnership
Heriot-Watt University & University of Edinburgh
 
www.erp.ac.uk <http://www.erp.ac.uk/>  --- www.neilrobertson.co.uk <http://www.neilrobertson.co.uk/> 
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