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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0F243E'>FYI<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0F243E'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><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"'> David Kriegman [mailto:kriegman@taaz.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, February 21, 2011 2:44 PM<br><b>To:</b> Matthew Turk; David Kriegman<br><b>Subject:</b> Summer Vision/Graphics Internships at TAAZ<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hi Matthew,<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><br>We're looking for summer interns at taaz, and I'm wondering if there are any UCSB students that you'd recommend.<br><br>David<br><br><br>Taaz Inc., a San Diego based startup, is looking for summer interns in Computer Vision / Computer Graphics. Over a three-month period, you will work with an outstanding group of computer vision researchers to add new capabilities to the world's best virtual try-on technology. As part of the internship, you will develop and implement highly optimized cutting edge vision and graphics algorithms. The exact research problem will be based on your skill set. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>In a fast paced startup like Taaz, the features you develop over summer may be used by millions of users by fall. Work environment is fun and very intense. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>A side benefit of working at Taaz is living in the beautiful city of San Diego. Our office is a 10 minute drive from the beach and glider port. San Diego has a pleasant weather throughout the year and there are a ton of fun things (surfing, gliding, hiking, jet skiing to name a few) to do in and around the city. <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Research Experience</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Must be enrolled in an MS or a Ph.D. program in Computer Science/Electrical Engineering/Mathematics or similar disciplines with emphasis on Computer Vision. Experience in image based modeling and rendering, computational photography, automatic image enhancement, and automatic facial feature enhancement is a big plus. Experience in Computer Graphics and Machine Learning are desired but not required. Publications in CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, NIPS, SIGGRAPH, ICML or similar conferences will greatly improve your chances of being selected. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Programming Experience</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>As part of the internship you would need to read research papers and implement the algorithms optimized for speed and efficiency. The candidate must have a strong programming experience (preferably in C++) and would need to quickly learn new languages (e.g. ActionScript). Excellent command over MATLAB is desired. Familiarity with libraries like OpenCV, BLAS/ATLAS, GSL etc. would be very useful. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>About Taaz Inc.</b><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>Taaz is an exciting technology startup focused on beauty – with an Internet twist. Users upload their own photos and can try on makeup, hair styles and color, sunglasses, and Jewlery. We power virtual makeovers on the web sites of top cosmetics (Estee Lauder, Clinique, Revlon), media (Instyle.com, People.com, iVillage.com, Oxygen.com, <a href="http://bravotv.com/" target="_blank">bravotv.com</a> etc. ), and retailers (HSN.com, Topshop.com) in the U.S. and abroad as well as on our own destination site, Taaz.com. <br><br>Please submit your resume to <a href="mailto:openings@photometria.com" target="_blank">openings@photometria.com</a>. <o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>