SHORT-TERM POSTGRADUATE POSITION AT UNIVERSITY OF GENOA:
 “NEUROMORPHIC ALGORITHMS FOR VISUAL PERCEPTION”
 
Location: Department of Biophysical and Electronic Engineering, Genoa, Italy
Duration: 3 months, starting any time before summer 2006
Application closing date:  30th September 2005
 
DESCRIPTION
The research activity will be conducted at the "Physical Structure of Perception and
Computation" (PSPC) lab with the possibility of being integrated in one of the
following projects:
 
1) Joint stereo and motion cortical representation
2) Context-based perceptual categorization of motion events
3) Development of "perceptual machines" and robotic vision systems
 
Candidates should preferably have a good background in signal processing, vision
algorithms and computer programming; previous experience in video acquisition systems
will be valuable.
 
PERSPECTIVES
The collaboration may continue, leading to temporary job positions (2 years
with possible time extension), or candidacies to PhD (3 years) and post-doc
fellowships (1 or 2 years), as part of the project: "Multi-Channel Cooperativity
in Visual Processing" funded by the European NEST Program on New and Emerging
Science and Technology. The research work will be done in close collaboration with
the FhG Institute for Media Communications, Bonn, Germany, and the Catholic
University Leuven (K.U.Leuven), Belgium.
 
ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES
The grants available from the University of Genoa, are reserved for students of foreign
citizenship who are not resident in Italy.
The grants last three months and are paid in deferred monthly installments, starting
from the beginning of research certified and transmitted by the tutor.
The monthly amount of the grant is EUR1,000.00 and is disbursed for the effective
duration of the research.
In addition to the grant, upon arrival in Italy, a payment is scheduled of a lump sum
of EUR500.00 for citizens of the European Union and EUR1,500.00 for citizens
from countries outside the EU, as reimbursement for travel expenses.
 
 
Applicants are asked to carefully read the full text of the call with its attachments:
- Call for application
- Attachment A (areas of research, see p.18 “Neuromorphic algorithms for visual perception”)
- Attachment B (application form)
 
Any request for further information can be addressed to:
 
 
 
Silvio P. Sabatini                                    Voice: +39-010-3532092
University of Genoa                                Fax:    +39-010-3532289
Department of Biophysical and                Email:  silvio@dibe.unige.it 
and Electronic Engineering                     WWW: http://pspc.dibe.unige.it 
via Opera Pia, 11a
I-16145, Genova - ITALY