news
Funded PhD position in Computer Vision and Robotics
Funded PhD position available at University of Birmingham for 3 years, to start October 2011.
A funded research student position is available at the University of Birmingham, UK for three years in the area of computer vision and robotics.
The research by the candidate will focus on computer vision methods that will enable efficient and scalable learning and inference of objects and object categories in the context of robotic tasks such as object manipulation, grasping, and exploiting affordances. The main emphasis will be on developing and evaluating computational approaches to scalable visual recognition of 3D object classes, building on our previous work on compositional hierarchies.
Prospective applicants should have an exceptionally strong academic record, and a solid knowledge of computer science, and/or mathematics, physics and engineering. They must also have demonstrable interest in computer vision and/or pattern recognition and machine learning, as well as very strong programming skills.
Contact: In the first instance please contact Prof Ales Leonardis: ales.leonardis@fri.uni-lj.si and Dr Jeremy L Wyatt: jlw@cs.bham.ac.uk attaching a CV with your academic record.