Research Associate in Vision for Graphics, Imperial College London

Imperial College London
Department of Computing
Research Associate in Vision for Graphics
Salary range: £33,410 to £35,190 per annum*
Full time, fixed term appointment for up to 12 months
Start date January 2015

The Department of Computing is a leading department of Computer Science among UK Universities. It has consistently been awarded the highest research rating (5*) in Research Assessment Exercises (RAE), coming 2nd in the 2008 RAE, and was rated as "Excellent" in the previous national assessment of teaching quality.

We seek a Research Associate (at the post-doctoral level) to work as part of a project led by Dr. Abhijeet Ghosh in the areas of realistic computer graphics and imaging. The goal of the project is to investigate novel acquisition and modelling techniques for appearance and shape of real world materials and scenes in controlled as well as uncontrolled conditions.

The position offers an exciting opportunity for conducting internationally leading and impactful research, which aims to solve real-world problems in acquisition and modelling of objects and scenes at the boundary of graphics, vision and imaging. There will also be opportunity to work with PhD and MSc students and potentially co-supervise student projects.

Within the project, the Research Associate will be responsible for designing measurement setups and software pipelines for data acquisition and processing for appearance/shape analysis and evaluating results against ground truth. They will be expected to publish their research results at leading venues in graphics, vision or computational photography.

To apply for this position, you will need to have a strong computer graphics and/or computer vision/optics background. You should also have experience, including a proven publication track-record, in one or more of the following areas: acquisition, appearance modelling, photometric/geometric/volumetric reconstruction, rendering and/or imaging. Preference will be given to candidates with prior experience in several of the following: C++/Python, OpenGL, OpenCL/CUDA, Matlab, OpenCV, DSLR/machine-vision cameras, raytracing/rendering.

You must have a PhD (or equivalent experience and/or qualifications) in an area pertinent to the subject area, i.e. Computing or Engineering. Candidates close to completion of their PhD will also be considered.*

You must have excellent communication skills and be able to organise your own work and prioritise work to meet deadlines. All applicants must be fluent in spoken and written English.
You will be part of the Realistic Graphics and Imaging research group. For further information on the group, see: http://wp.doc.ic.ac.uk/rgi/

Informal inquiries related to the position should be directed to Dr Abhijeet Ghosh: ghosh@imperial.ac.uk

 *Candidates who have not yet been officially awarded their PhD will be appointed as Research Assistant within the salary range £29,350 - £32,520 per annum.

How to apply:
Our preferred method of application is online via our website at: http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/employment (please select “job search” then enter the job title or vacancy reference number EN20140393SF into “keywords”).  Please complete and upload an application form as directed.
Applications must include the following:
·      A college application form
·      Please quote job reference number AG1114 on the application form
·      A full CV, with a list of all publications
·      A 2page research statement indicating what you see are interesting research issues relating to the above post and why your expertise is relevant.
Should you have any queries regarding the application process please contact Sarah Willis: research.officer@doc.ic.ac.uk

Closing Date: 24 December 2014

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