Fwd: Interactive semantic video search PhD vacancy @ CWI
Uldis Bojars
<Jacco.van.O...@cwi.nl> wrote:
> CWI has a vacancy for a 4-year PhD position in the Interactive Information
> Access research group for a FP7-project financed by the European Union:
> Fish4Knowledge
>
> The PhD candidate is expected to carry out research in the field of user
> interfaces for interactive information retrieval and will analyze the
> information needs of marine biologists studying large amounts of undersea
> video data, and translate these user needs into innovative interface designs
> that effectively support biologists in their tasks. These designs will need
> to take into account the state of the art in video analysis, being developed
> by other partners, and be empirically evaluated. Investigating where these
> designs are also applicable to data sources from other domains is also part
> of the research.
>
> Results are to be published in international journals and major conferences
> and in lead to a PhD thesis within 4 years.
> Candidates are expected to have a Master's in computer science and have
> affinity with HCI and/or IR-related research. One should have good academic
> writing and presentation skills. Candidates are expected have an excellent
> command of English.
>
> More information:
> http://www.cwi.nl/en/node/2664
>
> Jacco van Ossenbruggen
>
>