Postdoc position in semantic video project at CWI

CWI is looking for a postdoctoral researcher for the Fish4Knowledge project.

The candidate is expected to carry out research in the field of 
interactive information retrieval system and will perform advanced 
research into video retrieval systems, focusing on how queries using 
terms from high level taxonomies and other domain-specific knowledge can 
be mapped to lower-level features in the video, and how such mappings 
can improve video retrieval and answering higher-level scientific 
questions. In addition, the candidate will lead CWI's part in the 
project, coordinate with the international project partners and assist 
in supervision of the PhD assigned on the project. The research is 
expected to result in multiple publications in international journals 
and conferences.

Candidates are expected to have a PhD in computer science with a strong 
background in information retrieval. One should have strong network, 
organizational and guidance skills. Candidates are expected have an 
excellent command of English.

See http://www.cwi.nl/en/node/2664 for more details.

Jacco van Ossenbruggen

Received on Thursday, 2 September 2010 14:55:51 UTC