[visionlist] PhD position in Content-Based Image Retrieval - France

[Valerie Gouet-Brunet]

PhD POSITION: MULTI-DESCRIPTOR RETRIEVAL IN DIGITALIZED PHOTOGRAPHS
COLLECTIONS

Within the scope of a research collaboration, the Vertigo research group
of the CEDRIC Lab (CNAM Paris, France), the semi-public company Nicephore
Cite and the Nicephore Niepce Museum of Chalon-sur-Saone (France), propose
a PhD thesis on the area of content-based image indexing and retrieval.

* Full description of the position:
http://cedric.cnam.fr/~gouet/Annonces/sujetTheseNN11-en.pdf

* Organization

- Beginning : last trimester 2011
- Salary : 1650 Euros/month (net income) during 3 years. The position is a
salaried employment with the right to social benefits and paid vacations.
- Location: thesis localized at Paris and at Chalon-sur-Saone
(accommodation conditions facilitated on the two sites).

* Requirements

The PhD candidate must have (or expect to obtain) a MSc or equivalent in
Computer Science. Good skills and practice in CBIR, image analysis or
computer vision are required, as well as excellent skills in C/C++ or Java
programming. Basic knowledge in database (access methods, index) will
strengthen the candidate's application.

* Application

Before October 15, 2011, please send by email to the two supervisors:
- Curriculum Vitae
- Cover letter that describes your motivation for the project
- Names and contact details of at least two references
- List of exams and grades obtained

* Supervision and contacts

Supervisors
- Valerie Gouet-Brunet, Assistant Professor CNAM - valerie.gouet at cnam.fr
- Gabriel Bloch, Deputy director of Nicephore Cite -
gabriel.bloch at nicephorecite.com

Contact at Nicephore Niepce Museum
Sylvain Besson, Head of the inventory documentation department at
Nicephore Niepce Museum - Sylvain.BESSON at chalonsursaone.fr