<div dir="ltr"><div>We are seeking to fill a postdoctoral position at the MIT Brain and
Cognitive Science Department as part of a multidisciplinary project
that aims at translating discoveries from human visual perception into
machine deployable strategies, in the domain of face and body
recognition in low quality imagery. This project is funded by IARPA
(Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity, <a href="http://www.iarpa.gov" target="_blank">www.iarpa.gov</a>) and will take place at the Sinha laboratory at MIT (<a href="http://www.sinhalab.mit.edu" target="_blank">www.sinhalab.mit.edu</a>) under the supervision of Prof. Pawan Sinha and Dr. Xavier Boix (<a href="http://www.mit.edu/~xboix" target="_blank">www.mit.edu/~xboix</a>).</div><br>RESEARCH
TOPIC: There is a big gap between machine and biological learning in
terms of the ability to recognize people in a number of degraded
conditions (eg. at a distance and in novel viewpoints and illumination
conditions). The postdoctoral trainee’s role in this project will be to
develop a computationally-grounded understanding of the principles that
allow for the human robust recognition and translate this understanding
into algorithms. The postdoctoral trainee will need to collaborate and
interact with other team members who experiment with human subjects to
gain new insights about the strategies used by humans.<br><br>REQUIRED: a
Ph.D. in computer science, neuroscience, cognitive science, or related
field by the start date; expertise in computer vision, deep learning,
and computational neuroscience.<br><br>MORE INFO: Questions and inquires about the position may be directed to Dr. Xavier Boix (<a href="mailto:xboix@mit.edu" target="_blank">xboix@mit.edu</a>)<br><div><br></div><div>APPLY: <a href="https://careers.peopleclick.com/careerscp/client_mit/external/jobDetails/jobDetail.html?jobPostId=23831&localeCode=en-us" target="_blank">https://careers.peopleclick.com/careerscp/client_mit/external/jobDetails/jobDetail.html?jobPostId=23831&localeCode=en-us</a></div><br><div>Please
include a CV, cover letter, research statement, and contact information
for three potential letter writers (which may be included as a single
pdf).</div><font color="#888888"><br></font>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Best,</div><div>Xavier Boix</div><div><a href="http://www.mit.edu/~xboix" target="_blank">www.mit.edu/~xboix</a><br></div></div></div></div>