I am pleased to announce that the Canadian Institute For Advanced Research (CIFAR) is funding a 2 year Junior Fellow position as part of its Neural Computation and Adaptive Perception (NCAP) program. The Fellow will be based at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver, and will work with one or more of Kevin Murphy, Nando de Freitas, and David Lowe. The starting date is flexible, but it is expected to be sometime between June and September 2010.
The precise topics of research are still to be determined, but will be related to using unsupervised, semi-supervised and 'deep learning' to solve interesting vision problems, such as generic object detection and localisation, image segmentation and labeling, video parsing, feature discovery, active vision, etc. The ideal candidate will have a strong research track record in learning and vision, and an interest in neuroscience, as well as excellent communication skills, and a strong potential to collaborate with other NCAP program members. More details on the NCAP program can be found here: http://www2.cifar.ca/research/neural-computation-and-adaptive-perception-program/ The candidate will be expected to fully participate in NCAP meetings (usually 2-3 per year, typically in Vancouver or Toronto), and CIFAR’s Junior Fellow Academy, interacting with peers in CIFAR's other research programs. More details on the Junior Academy can be found here: http://www2.cifar.ca/research/junior-academy/ Please send a 2 page research statement and a recent CV to murp...@cs.ubc.ca by 15 Jan 2010. Also, please arrange to have 3 letters of reference sent to the same address, by 15 Jan 2010. These letters cannot be from CIFAR members. (You can have additional letters of reference from CIFAR members sent if you wish.) Kevin Murphy _______________________________________________ uai mailing list uai@ENGR.ORST.EDU https://secure.engr.oregonstate.edu/mailman/listinfo/uai
