[Imageworld] R&D Machine Vision vacancies in Dublin

Hello,

I'd just like to pass on some information on a number of Machine
Vision R&D job vacancies in Dublin. The jobs sound quite interesting
and well paid. They are looking for PhDs with strong academic
backgrounds.

If you are interested in applying contact Stephen Boylan
stephen.boylan@lifescience.ie

The Position
· Develop leading edge technologies and platforms for Opto-Electronic
Sorter Division using
high speed machine vision and optical detection techniques.
· Work within a highly skilled and motivated team to develop
technology and software for current & future
electronic sorting systems.
· Liaise with outside bodies such as Universities to identify and
develop new emerging relevant research and
technologies.
· In cooperation with the Product Development Manager and Corporate
Engineering ensure that new
technologies and products are developed on budget and on time.
· Ensure that research is properly structured and documented.

The Person

· An innovative, creative and highly qualified scientist or engineer.
· A person with ambition, energy and drive.
· Professionally qualified to Masters or PhD level, or with equivalent
experience.
· Strong Vision and Image analysis knowledge and experience
· Knowledge and experience required in the following areas:
• Optics and physics of light, laser and LED technologies.
• NIR and UV light emission and detection .
• Photo-detection technology from discrete diode to CCD and CMOS array.
• C and C++ programming
• DSP and Embedded software
• Multi-threaded software development
• Digital and analogue theory with practical experience
• Matlab or equivalent modelling and simulation tools

Mark
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[Imageworld] PhD position: Quality Evaluation and Enhancement of Reproduced Images

The Norwegian Color Research Laboratory at Gjøvik University College in Norway has an open PhD position. The PhD project entitled "Quality Evaluation and Enhancement of Reproduced Images" will focus on the development of image quality metrics correlated with perceived image quality as well as the innovative usage of such metrics to improve or optimize the quality of color image reproduction algorithms, devices, or systems.

 

*****Requirements*****

Candidates are expected to have successfully completed an undergraduate and MSc degree in a relevant discipline and should have demonstrated the ability to successfully conduct research projects. English language proficiency (both written and spoken) should also be documented.

Specific background and skills in one or more of the following areas is highly desirable: Color imaging; Digital image processing; Human and machine vision.

 

*****Conditions*****

The position can be awarded for a period for up to four years, and can include 25% teaching or administrative duties. The position is remunerated according to salary level 48 in the national salary scheme, gross NOK 391 300 per annum, of which 2% is deducted for the State Pension scheme.

 

*****Timeline and Application Procedures*****

Deadline for the application process: 15/12/2011.

Applicants should submit a letter of application, full curriculum vitae including a full list of publications, and at least two references.

Applications must be made through the electronic application system EasyCruit, see http://english.hig.no/about/vacancies

 

*****Contact and information*****

For more information on this position, please contact Prof. Jon Yngve Hardeberg (jon.hardeberg@hig.no), or visit http://www.colorlab.no/vacancies or http://english.hig.no/about/vacancies.

[Imageworld] PhD vacancy at King's College London

There is a vacant PhD studentship in Intelligent Medical Imaging at the
Division of Imaging Sciences and Biomedical Engineering, King's College
London & Department of Computer Science, Imperial College London

As part of an exciting new research project, applications are invited
for a PhD studentship on an innovative programme of research in
developing intelligent algorithms for medical imaging in the presence of
motion. The studentship is part of a 5 year EPSRC programme grant
initiative between King's College London, Imperial College London,
University College London and the Institute of Cancer Research that aims
to change the way medical imaging is currently used. The objectives of
the project are to extract information that can be used to inform
diagnosis and guide therapy directly from the measurements of imaging
devices, particularly MRI scanners. The research will be carried out as
a collaboration between computer scientists, imaging scientists and
clinicians.

The project will be co-supervised by Dr Andy King from King's College
London and Prof. Daniel Rueckert from Imperial College London. The
student can expect to spend some time based at both institutions.
Therefore this is an exciting opportunity to work within two
internationally-leading research groups and in a cross-disciplinary
environment.

Applicants for the PhD studentship should have, or be predicted to have,
a first or upper-second class degree in physics, computer science,
mathematics, engineering or similar scientific subject. Applicants with
an MSc. or MPhil. or equivalent are also invited. Relevant project or
other experience would be an advantage.

Further details on the Division of Imaging Sciences at King's College
London are available online at
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/medicine/research/imaging/. Information on
the Department of Computer Science at Imperial College London are
available at http://biomedic.doc.ic.ac.uk/index.php.

The PhD studentship will include bursaries and tuition fees for 3 years
for EU students. Applications and informal enquiries should be made to
Dr Andrew King (andrew.king@kcl.ac.uk).

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[Imageworld] IJCV Special Issue CfP: Human Computer Interaction - Real-time vision aspects of natural user interfaces

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International Journal of Computer Vision Special Issue:
Human Computer Interaction
Real-time vision aspects of natural user interfaces
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Important dates:
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Paper submission deadline:    December 5, 2011 (extended!)
Final Manuscript:                   March      12, 2012
Estimated Online Publication: Summer        2012
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Background:
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Human motion analysis has been an active research topic in computer
vision in the last period with a wide range of possible applications.
Interacting with
electronic devices is the application that receives lot of attention
lately driven by the advent
of new gesture-based gaming controllers such as Wii, Sony EyeToy/
Move, and Xbox Kinect.
Natural human computer interaction is becoming a part of the
mainstream games and consumer
electronics. Directly addressing this new trend, the objective of the
special issue is to gather
high-quality contributions describing leading-edge research in
human-computer interaction
with special attention for the practical issues of designing
real-world human-computer
interaction systems and with a focus on real-time vision aspects
pertinent to the developing
of new generation natural user interfaces.
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Topics:
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Papers describing high-quality original research in various areas of
computer vision and human-computer interaction are welcome. In the
light of recent
introduction of natural user interfaces as part of various consumer
products, the intention is have
the special focus on practical issues of designing human-computer
interaction systems.
Therefore, considering the following topics is particularly encouraged:

Robustness:
• vision algorithms robust to light, occlusions, view point, etc.
• increasing robustness by combining different sensors (e.g. multiple
cameras, depth, infrared, inertial, audio)
• evaluation and comparison of various algorithms and systems

Real-time implementation:
• efficient algorithms and implementation
• implementation on embedded platforms: field programmable gate arrays
(FPGAs), programmable digital signal processors (DSPs), graphics
processing units (GPUs), and various kinds of heterogeneous
multiprocessor devices, etc.
• performance analysis and comparison (e.g. latency, system power
consumption , wireless and other device communication issues)

Other practical issues:
• automatic adaptation to the user and environment (e.g. on-line learning,
auto calibration)
• design, performance analysis and comparison of human-computer
interaction systems (Wizard of Oz and real-system human-computer
interaction user studies)
• novel applications
• standardization

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Guest Editors:
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Zoran Zivkovic, NXP Semiconductors, The Netherlands
Nicu Sebe, University of Trento, Italy,
Hamid Aghajan, Stanford University, USA,
Branislav Kisacanin, Texas Instruments, USA
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[Imageworld] 6-12 months internship at Siemens Molecular Imaging, Oxford, UK

Siemens Molecular Imaging (SMI) is a pioneer in the development of new medical scanners, imaging techniques & applications. The software written in Oxford processes the images from SPECT, PET and CT scanners and enables doctors to visualise the biology of diseases such as cancer, heart disease and dementia. For more information about Siemens Molecular Imaging and the product portfolio: http://tinyurl.com/78q7g8o

Currently we have a pre-development internship available in the Science and Technology team (STT) within SMI whose role is the definition, pre-development, and evaluation of advanced image processing solutions for our software portfolio. During the internship, clinical prototypes shall be developed that integrate novel algorithms developed either on-site or externally. The resulting applications shall be evaluated in collaboration with internal an external partners with respect to user interface experience, clinical workflow, etc. and are used as basis to test and improve utilized imaging techniques.

An online application form as well as details for this opening can be found at:
https://careers.siemens.successfactors.eu/sfcareer/jobreqcareer?jobId=86891&company=Siemens&username=
The application closing date will be December 15th, 2011.

For further questions about this specific role only, please feel free to email jens.kaftan @ siemens.com
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Siemens plc
Healthcare Sector
Molecular Imaging
23-38 Hythe Bridge Street, Oxford, OX1 2EP
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[Imageworld] Fwd: Tuebingen, Germany: Job Announcement: Visual Embodiment with the Centre for Integrative Neuroscience

Hello,

Could you please forward this job announcement for the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics to any potentially interested scientists.

Thank you,

Betty Mohler

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2 Year Postdoctoral Research or PhD Student Fellowship in Computer Science, Psychology and/or Neuroscience on Visual Embodiment Project (CIN 2011-16) at the Werner Reichardt Centre for Integrative Neuroscience, Tübingen (Germany)

see: https://sites.google.com/site/mpgpave/


Stipend
1,365€-1,416€ per month (tax free fellowship)

Application Deadline
November 25th, 2011

The Werner Reichardt Centre for Integrative Neuroscience (CIN) is an interdisciplinary institution at the Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, funded by the German Excellence Initiative programme. It is supported by the faculties of mathematics and natural science, medicine, and philosophy, the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, and the Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research. The CIN strives to advance our understanding of the mind/brain by studying how the brain generates and sustains mental functions and how brain diseases impair these functions.

As part of its integrative approach to studying the mind/brain, the CIN offers a postdoctoral research fellowship or a doctoral fellowship for promising researchers in the field of psychology, computer science and/or neuroscience. The candidate should either be a psychologist, a computer scientist (emphasis on graphics and media/virtual reality), or a cognitive scientist with a strong background in philosophy of mind/psychology/neuroscience and a track record of empirical research. A PhD or Masters is required by the time of appointment. The working language of the CIN is English.

The successful candidate will be a member of the MPI for Biological Cybernetic's Perception and Action in Virtual Environments Research Group, led by Dr. Betty  Mohler, and will be a postdoctoral research fellow or doctoral student on the visual embodiment project (CIN 2011-16) that the Perception and Action in Virtual Environments Group at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Tübingen (Dr. Betty Mohler, Dr. Sally Linkenauger, and Prof Heinrich H. Bülthoff) is embarking on in collaboration with Philosophy of Neuroscience Group at the CIN, led by Dr. Hong Yu Wong. More details of the project can be found at https://sites.google.com/site/whywong/collaborators.

Duties
The postdoctoral or doctoral fellow will conduct research on psychological research themes arising from the scientific and philosophical study of body perception, with a particular focus on the notion of body ownership. In collaboration with partner scientists on the visual embodiment project, the fellow will design and implement virtual reality experiments which manipulate some aspect of the sensory experience of self and measure resulting behavior. In addition, the fellow will report research activities to the Tübingen Body Perception Forum, a Forum set up to consolidate body perception research in the Tübingen area.

Framework
The duration of the position is for 2 years provisional on the renewal of the CIN Excellence Cluster for a second funding period after October 2012. The candidate will be provided with opportunities to contribute to graduate teaching/training at the CIN Graduate Training Centre and the university faculties associated with the CIN. If desired, the university will provide opportunities to do a German "Habilitation" (second book) according to established rules. The planned start date of the position is January 1, 2012. Earlier or later start dates are negotiable.

According to German law, severely disabled persons with equal occupational aptitude will be given preferential consideration.

The University of Tübingen strives to promote equal opportunities in science and is committed to increasing the percentage of females in teaching and research. Qualified female candidates are thus strongly encouraged to apply.

Application
Applicants should submit a curriculum vitae, one sample of their scientific writing (not to exceed 10,000 words), a one page statement relating their research to the aims of the visual embodiment project, and two reference letters. Candidates should request their referees to email Dr. Mohler directly with their reference letters. All documents should be submitted electronically (pdf) to the Group Leader of the Perception and Action in Virtual Environments Research Group, Dr. Betty J. Mohler, at betty.mohler@mpg.tuebingen.de. The deadline for applications is November 25th, 2011. Inquiries about the post should be directed to Dr. Mohler.

For further information on the CIN, the Perception and Action in Virtual Environments Research Group and the Philosophy of Neuroscience Group see:
www.cin.uni-tuebingen.de
http://www.kyb.tuebingen.mpg.de/?id=50
www.cin.uni-tuebingen.de/research/research-groups/philosophy-of-neuroscience-wong.php






2 Year Postdoctoral Research or PhD Student Fellowship in Computer Science and Neuroscience on Visual Embodiment Project (CIN 2011-16) at the Werner Reichardt Centre for Integrative Neuroscience, Tübingen (Germany)

APPLICATION CHECKLIST
1.      Curriculum vitae
2.      Writing sample (not to exceed 10,000 words)
3.      Statement of research (1 page)
4.      2 reference letters (to be directly emailed by referees)


Submit application to Dr. Betty J. Mohler at betty.mohler@tuebingen.mpg.de

Deadline November 25th, 2011

[Imageworld] Faculty Positions in Computer Science, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO

Appologize for multiple postings.

 

 

THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO

 

Faculty Positions in Computer Science

 

The Department of Computer Science at The University of Texas at San Antonio invites applications for tenure/tenure-track positions at the Assistant, Associate or Professor level, starting Fall 2012. All areas of computer science will be considered. We are particularly interested in candidates in theory and algorithms as well as computer architecture, with a focus on computer and information security as a cross-cutting concern.

 

Required qualifications: Applicants for an Assistant Professor position must have earned a Ph.D. prior to September 1, 2012, in Computer Science or in a related field and must demonstrate a strong potential for excellence in research and teaching.

 

Applicants for an Associate Professor position must have a Ph.D. in Computer Science or related field and previous experience in graduate and undergraduate teaching. They should have an established research program in their area of specialization.

 

Applicants for a Full Professor position must have a Ph.D. in Computer Science or a related field and previous experience in graduate and undergraduate teaching and academic program development as well as a recognized and well-funded program of research.

 

Responsibilities include research, teaching at the graduate and undergraduate levels, and program development. Salary and start-up supporting packages for the positions are highly competitive.

 

The Department of Computer Science currently has 23 faculty members and offers B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees supporting a dynamic and growing program with 560 undergraduates and more than 160 graduate students, including 81 Ph.D. students. The research activities and experimental facilities have been well-supported by various federal research and infrastructure grants. See http://www.cs.utsa.edu for additional information on the Department of Computer Science and its faculty.

 

With over 30,000 students UTSA is the largest university in South Texas. The city of San Antonio has a population of over one million and is known for its rich Hispanic culture, historic attractions, affordable housing, and excellent medical facilities. The Austin-San Antonio corridor is a high-tech center that serves as the home of many major computer companies. Nearby higher education and research institutions include the UT Health Science Center and the Southwest Research Institute.

 

Applicants must submit a letter of application that identifies the level(s) of the position for which they wish to be considered. Applications must also include a complete dated curriculum vitae (including employment, peerreviewed publications and grants in chronological order), a statement of research interests, and the names, addresses (postal and e-mail), and telephone numbers of at least three references. Applicants who are selected for interviews must be able to show proof that they will be eligible and qualified to work in the US by the time of hire. These positions are pending budget approval. Screening of applications will begin on January 2, 2012 and will continue until all positions are filled or the search is closed. The University of Texas at San Antonio is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Women, minorities, veterans, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply. Applications must be submitted by email in PDF format to fsearch@cs.utsa.edu.

 

Chair of Faculty Search Committee

Department of Computer Science

The University of Texas at San Antonio

One UTSA Circle

San Antonio, TX 78249-0667

Phone: 210-458-4436 Fax: 210-458-4437

fsearch@cs.utsa.edu