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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#000099'>FYI<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> kfujimura@hra.com
[mailto:kfujimura@hra.com] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, August 18, 2009 5:34 PM<br>
<b>Subject:</b> a position at Honda Research Institute<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Dear Professor:</span>
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<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The computer
science research section of Honda Research Institute USA, </span><br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>located in
Mountain View, California has an opening as described below.</span> <br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Please
circulate this information among your students or those who may be interested.</span>
<br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>We appreciate
your help.</span> <br>
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<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>-------------------</span>
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<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Honda Research
Institute USA (HRI-US) is at the cutting edge of Honda's research and
development activities. Inspired by Honda's global slogan - The Power of Dreams
- we pursue emerging technologies and bring them into reality to make people
happy, even as we are engaged daily in highly scientific, pioneering work. We
realize that dreams don't come from organizations, systems, or money. They come
from people, and we seek people who have such challenging spirits to work with
us. </span> <br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span> <br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>We are seeking
applications for a contract based research & development position in the
area of human motion tracking based on computer vision techniques at our
Mountain View California office. The candidate must
have an MS or PhD in computer science, electrical engineering, or related
field. Specifically, we're seeking applicants with experience
in 3D human pose estimation and tracking from depth image
streams. The candidate must have familiarity with low
level computer vision and image processing techniques, machine learning, motion
tracking, and strong skills in software development in C++.</span> <br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span> <br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The project
goals are further development of our existing real time 3D human pose
estimation system. The candidate will be involved in
improving robustness and speed of the current algorithms in addition to
developing new algorithms for handling complex human poses.</span> <br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span> <br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>To apply for
this position, please send a cover letter, your resume, and two
letters of reference to this email address:
career2009@honda-ri.com.</span> <br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span> <br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>This position
will be also posted online at: </span> <br>
<a href="http://www.honda-ri.com/HRI_Us/fulltime-positions.php"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>http://www.honda-ri.com/HRI_Us/fulltime-positions.php.</span></a>
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<br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>If there is
a good match between the planned research and your background, we will
contact you directly.</span> <br>
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<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>=======================<br>
Kikuo Fujimura<br>
Honda Research Institute USA<br>
800 California St. #300<br>
Mountain View, CA 94041<br>
Phone: 650 314 0422<br>
Fax: 650 314 0405</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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