[visionlist] PhD Scholarship for research on psychophysics for cinematography

[Marcelo Bertalmío]

PhD Scholarship for research on psychophysics for cinematography

At the Department of Information and Communication Technologies,
Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain, there is a PhD scholarship
available for research on psychophysics for cinema applications. This
position is associated with the ERC Starting Grant "Image processing for
enhanced cinematography”, led by Marcelo Bertalmío,
http://www.dtic.upf.edu/~mbertalmio/
The PhD thesis should be completed within a 4-year timeframe. The
scholarship covers tuition fees, does not require teaching, and the monthly
wage is 1,300€. The admission requirements are: to have completed 300 ECTS
credits, 60 of which have to correspond to an official, research-oriented
Master's program.
Scholarships and admission to the PhD program are very competitive, and a
strong background in visual psychophysics, neuroscience, computer vision,
image processing or related disciplines are a plus.
Contact: please send application with CV, contact information of three
references, and an intention letter to: marcelo DOT bertalmio AT upf DOT
edu . We will start evaluating applications in April and the position will
be open until filled.
Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF, http://www.upf.edu/en/) is a public
university located in Barcelona. It is the best Spanish university
according to the London Times higher education index, 2011, and it's the
number one Spanish university in number of ERC grants. The Information and
Communication Technology department (ICT, http://www.upf.edu/dtic/en/) is
the best in Computer Science in Spain, according to the Shanghai index
2009.
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