[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. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

AVAILABILITY: The position is available immediately. 
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 
Institute of Digital Image Processing, Joanneum Research
Wastiangasse 6, A-8010 Graz, Austria
lucas.paletta at joanneum.at
http://dib.joanneum.at/cape
Tel: +43 - 316 - 876 1769