<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><font size="2"><br><font size="4"><b>Open PhD Student Positions in Domain Translation, Restoration and Enhancement, and Learned Compression at ETH Zurich</b></font><br><br></font></div><div><font size="2">The <a href="http://www.vision.ee.ethz.ch/en/">Computer Vision Laboratory</a> from <a href="https://www.ethz.ch/en/the-eth-zurich/portrait.html">ETH Zurich</a>, led by Prof. Luc Van Gool, has open PhD student positions in image/video domain translation, image/video restoration and enhancement, and learned image/video compression.<br><br></font></div><div><font size="2">At ETH Zurich, <a href="https://www.ethz.ch/en/studies.html#par_textimage">students<span class="gmail-icon"></span></a> discover an ideal environment for independent thinking, <a href="https://www.ethz.ch/en/research.html#par_textimage">researchers<span class="gmail-icon"></span></a>
a climate which inspires top performance. Situated in the heart of
Europe, yet forging connections all over the world, ETH Zurich is
pioneering effective <a href="https://www.ethz.ch/en/industry-and-society.html#par_twocolumn_0">solutions<span class="gmail-icon"></span></a> to the global challenges of today and tomorrow.</font></div><div><font size="2"><a href="http://www.vision.ee.ethz.ch/en/">Computer Vision Laboratory</a> and ETH in general are an exciting
environment for research. Zurich typically ranks 1st or 2nd on the world
list of nicest cities to live in. <br>Members of the lab already won best
paper awards at top conferences (ICCV, CVPR, ACCV, ICRA, ....), founded successful spinoffs, and/or collaborated with industry.<br><a href="http://www.vision.ee.ethz.ch/en/">Computer Vision Laboratory</a> is a highly international team, with people from about 15 countries. <br><br>Depending on the position, the successful PhD candidate will focus on a subset of the following <br><br><b>Research Topics</b>:<br></font></div><ul><li><font size="2">deep learning</font></li><li><font size="2">generative models (GANs, VAEs)</font></li><li><font size="2">computational photography</font></li><li><font size="2">image/video domain translation</font></li><li><font size="2">learned image/video compression</font></li><li><font size="2">image/video enhancement</font></li><li><font size="2">supervised learning</font></li><li><font size="2">unsupervised learning</font></li><li><font size="2">multi-task learning</font></li><li><font size="2">active learning</font></li><li><font size="2">reinforcement learning</font></li><li><font size="2">conditional modeling</font></li><li><font size="2">context modeling</font></li><li><font size="2">motion prediction</font></li></ul><div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">The
tasks will involve designing, developing, and testing novel ideas in
cutting-edge research, as well as coordinating and conducting data
collection for their evaluation.</font></div>
<font size="2">The PhD candidate will also collaborate with industry.
<br><br></font><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2"><strong>Profile</strong>:</font></div>
<ul><li style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">Master's degree in computer science, electrical engineering, physics or applied mathematics/ statistics<br></font></li><li style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2"><span class="gmail-m_795342223760666788gmail-im">Good programming knowledge and experience with Python / C++ / MATLAB</span></font></li><li style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2"><span class="gmail-m_795342223760666788gmail-im">Interest,
prior knowledge and experience in one or more of the following is a
plus: computer vision, deep learning, machine learning, image processing</span></font></li><li style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">Enthusiasm for leading-edge research, team spirit, and capability of independent problem-solving</font></li><li style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2"><span class="gmail-m_795342223760666788gmail-im">Fluent written and spoken English is a must.</span></font></li></ul><font size="2">
The positions are open immediately, fully funded, the salaries of the
doctoral students are at the level of 70'300 CHF (1st year),
75'300 CHF (2nd year),
80'320 CHF (3rd year).<br><br>Interested applicants should email asap their PDF documents (including CV, diplomas, transcripts of records) to Radu Timofte, <a href="mailto:radu.timofte@vision.ee.ethz.ch">radu.timofte@vision.ee.ethz.ch</a></font> </div><font size="2"><br></font><div><font size="2"><br></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>