PhD positions @ Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) on computer vision

Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT - www.iit.it) together
with the University of Genova opened the call for the Doctoral Course on
*** Life and Humanoid Technologies ***

http://www.iit.it/en/resources/calls/unige/xxvii-cycle-doctoral-school-on-life-and-humanoid-technologies.html

In this context, Ph.D. positions are available at the Pattern analysis,
Learning, and image Understanding Systems laboratory -- PLUS lab -- to
work in Computer Vision, Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning and
more specifically on the following themes:

Theme 4.1: Computer vision for behavioral analysis and activity recognition
Theme 4.2: Part-based human body modeling
Theme 4.3: Crowd behavioural analysis and event recognition
Theme 4.4: Multi-sensory surveillance
Theme 4.5: Scene analysis by biometric signals
Theme 4.6: Computer vision in distributed and dynamic camera networks
Theme 4.7: Statistical pattern recognition for social computing
Theme 4.8: Compressive Sensing in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Theme 4.9: Statistical Pattern Recognition for Bioinformatics and
Computational Biology
Theme 4.10: Biomedical image analysis
Theme 4.11: GPU Image Processing and Pattern Recognition for Nanophysics
Theme 4.12: Visual analysis of human behaviors as evoked by ambient
affordances

More info on the above research topics can be found on the Annex A2
(Nanoscience) under the topic "Computer Vision" at
http://www.studenti.unige.it/sites/www.studenti.unige.it/files/Allegato%20A2%20Nanosciences.pdf,
or can be asked to Prof. V. Murino (vittorio.murino@iit.it) or any other
tutor as indicated in the themes.

The PhD program on the listed themes will take place at the PLUS lab of
the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) located in Genova. The lab
focuses on activities related to the analysis and understanding of
images and patterns in general, thus representing a reference for the
other IIT Departments and labs which have to deal with such kind of
data. The PLUS staff has a wide expertise on image processing, computer
vision and pattern recognition, machine learning, and related
applications. Actually, the research in PLUS is devoted to study and to
build intelligent systems for real applications, especially related, but
not limited, to surveillance & security, biomedical imaging, and
bioinformatics. One of the primary goals is to design and develop
innovative video surveillance systems, characterized by the use of
highly-functional smart sensors and advanced video analytics features.
To this end, PLUS performs cutting edge research in computer vision and
pattern recognition, but also in biometrics, multimodal data and sensor
fusion, sensors networks, and embedded computer vision. Further, another
target of the lab is to explore novel strategies in biomedical image
analysis and bioinformatics, due to the versatility of the techniques it
can manage.
You can also browse the PLUS lab webpages to see our activities and
research at: http://www.iit.it/en/computer-imaging.html.

To apply, follow the instructions indicated in the links, in short: a
detailed CV, a research proposal under one or more themes chosen among
those above indicated, reference letters, and any other formal document
concerning the degrees earned.
Notice that these documents are mandatory in order to consider valid the
application.

IMPORTANT: You need to specify the (or more) theme you want to apply and
to include a research statement (research
proposal/project/plan/rationale) on such theme.

DEADLINE is September 23, 2011 at noon (strict deadline, no extension).
ONLINE APPLICATIONS only, look at:
http://servizionline.unige.it/studenti/post-laurea/dottorato


For more information on administrative issues, please contact:
Manuela Salvatori
tel.: 010.71781762
e-mail: manuela.salvatori@iit.it