[vslist] JOB: PhD studentship on "Cognitive Vision" - JOANNEUM RESEARCH, Graz, Austria

[Paletta, Lucas]

PhD studentship in Cognitive Vision at Joanneum Research, Graz, Austria

PROJECT: The Institute of Digital Image Processing is offering a PhD =
position for a project on "Strategies for Attentive Scene Recognition". =
This project is part of the Joint Research Project (JRP) on "Cognitive =
Vision" funded by the Austrian Science Foundation (FWF), with an =
interdisciplinary consortium of 8 leading Austrian Institutions and the =
Max-Planck Institute of Tuebingen. The aim of the JRP is to investigate =
computational processes for visual cognition.=20

RESEARCH TOPICS: Computer vision systems must exploit contextual =
knowledge to attain both robustness and accuracy of interpretation and =
to focus attention on relevant information. This research project =
investigates how to make us of this knowledge, by developing strategies =
to determine efficient access to information that is requested from the =
task at hand, e.g., rapid search for people or traffic sign objects in =
images. These strategies will instantiate decision processes for scene =
interpretation, spatial attention to visual events, and object =
detection. The work will include both research on AI enabled computer =
vision, and experimental work on video data from ongoing industrial =
projects.=20

TASK: The project work will be performed at Joanneum Research, =
conducting research towards his/her PhD, and evaluating theoretical =
progress both on selected reference toy problems as well as on =
industrially relevant data. The PhD work will be outlined under =
supervision of Prof. Horst Bischof, Institute of Computer Graphics and =
Vision, Graz University of Technology, Austria.=20

PROFILE: Applicants should have a Master's degree, in fields, such as =
Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or Applied Math, or an =
equivalent or similar background. Knowledge about computer vision, image =
processing, or biological vision is an advantage, but not a requirement. =
Formally, the intended degree will be in computer science, skills in =
that field are necessary. Ability to work in an international project =
team is expected.=20

AVAILABILITY: The position is available immediately.=20
TIME PROSPECTS: The PhD studentship is funded for 3 years.
SALARY: Salary will be paid according to the standards of Austrian =
Science Fund (FWF) for PhD students.
APPLICATION FORM: Please send your application including a CV via E-mail =
to the contact person.

CONTACT:
Dr. Lucas Paletta=20
Institute of Digital Image Processing, Joanneum Research
Wastiangasse 6, A-8010 Graz, Austria
lucas.paletta@joanneum.at
http://dib.joanneum.at/cape
Tel: +43 - 316 - 876 1769