[4eyes] FW: PhD/Postdoctoral researcher position: Weakly supervised deep learning for face and facial attributes detection

[Matthew Turk]

From: roberto.cesar at gmail.com [mailto:roberto.cesar at gmail.com] On Behalf Of
Roberto M Cesar-Jr
Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2014 12:23 PM
To: Roberto Marcondes Cesar Junior
Subject: PhD/Postdoctoral researcher position: Weakly supervised deep
learning for face and facial attributes detection

 

Dear all,

Could you please help to disseminate the announcement below among your
students and colleagues? Thanks a lot.

Best wishes,

Roberto

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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

PhD/Postdoctoral researcher position

_Weakly supervised deep learning for face and facial attributes detection_

http://www.vision.ime.usp.br/~cesar/positions/PhD_PostDoc-FaceDetection.html

(FAPESP fellowship)

Rogerio S. Feris, IBM TJ Watson Research Center, NY, US

Roberto M. Cesar-Jr., University of Sao Paulo - USP,
Sao Paulo, Brazil

*Description*

Face and facial attributes, such as beard or glasses,
detection play a fundamental role in different computer
vision applications.  Despite the efforts and research
advances in computer vision, the detectors operate in a
manner more reliable for frontal poses without
occlusion and without the presence of accessories like
sunglasses and hat. On the other hand, deep learning
techniques have recently shown exceptional results in
different problems. The successful deep learning
techniques is largely due to two factors: high
dimensionality classifiers and large datasets to train
them, one aspect of the big data phenomenon. A
challenge to use this formula lies in obtaining large
sets of annotated training data (with labels) for
supervised training. This postdoctoral project aims to
develop an original method to generate a large scale
database with few annotation automatically and
strategies to use these data to train, in a weakly
supervised way, a face and facial attributes detector
using deep learning techniques.

We are looking for PhD/Post-doctoral candidates to
apply for a FAPESP fellowship (see the conditions
below) to develop research based on these ideas. The
project will be developed under the Postdoc
co-supervision of Rogerio S. Feris
<http://rogerioferis.com/> and Roberto M. Cesar Jr.
<http://www.ime.usp.br/~cesar/> The research will be
carried out at USP, Sao Paulo Brazil.

The successful candidate will actively participate in
R&D and also in team activities such as organization of
seminars, short courses, study group meetings and
co-supervision of undergraduate and graduate
students. All these activities are related to the
Research Support Centers NAP e-Science of the
University of Sao Paulo <http://www5.usp.br/en>.

*Required qualifications / skills*

* Undergraduate/Graduate degree with strong background
    in computation (Computer Science, Engineering,
    Physics, Math or proven ability to design and
    implement computer algorithms/systems)

* Research experience in one or more of the following
    areas: signal/image processing, image analysis,
    pattern recognition/analysis, machine learning,
    multivariate data analysis

* Oral and written communication skills (English)

*Additional desired qualifications/skills*
      o Knowledge of statistical data analysis
      o Proven ability to design data analysis experiments and evaluate
        their results
      o Programming skills

*Application procedure and schedule*

* Application deadline*: We accept applications on a rolling basis.

* Required documents*:
      o CV
      o Summary of the MSc/doctoral thesis and other relevant works
      o Names, positions and emails of two people that may provide you
        with references

*Fellowship conditions*: The selected candidate will
apply for a fellowship from FAPESP
<http://www.fapesp.br/en/> (Sao Paulo Research
Foundation) with the one of the following conditions:
*PhD* <http://www.fapesp.br/261> (3-4 years, fellowship
US$ 16K/year plus US$ 4.9K/year for for travel expenses
such as attending to conferences); *Postdoc*
<http://www.fapesp.br/en/5427> (2-4 years, fellowship
US$ 30K/year plus US$ 4.5K/year for travel expenses
such as attending to conferences). All fellowships may
cover expenses for moving to Sa Paulo/Brasil (including
flight tickets). PhD and Postdoc fellowships may apply
for an extra period (4 months to 1 year) to do part of
the research in any top research university abroad
(FAPESP BEPE fellowship). Medical care at the
University of Sao Paulo hospital is also available.

Please email applications and inquiries to
Prof. Roberto M. Cesar Jr.:

cesar at ime.usp.br
Subject: NAP/USP Postdoc application 

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<http://www5.usp.br/en/>
IME/USP - Institute of Mathematics and
Statistics, USP, Sao Paulo, Brazil

See also: 

http://www.economist.com/node/17851421
http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/422083.article

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Roberto M. Cesar-Jr
Department of Computer Science - IME - USP - Brazil
CV, publications, opportunities for students: http://www.ime.usp.br/~cesar/
<http://www.ime.usp.br/%7Ecesar/> 
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