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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><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"'> Cas Hill [mailto:hillassociates@optonline.net] <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, April 12, 2011 1:25 PM<br><b>To:</b> turk@cs.ucsb.edu<br><b>Subject:</b> Your Help<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Hi Dr. Turk:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I hope you can help me. I have been retained to help <b>United Technologies Research Center</b> recruit candidate(s) for three different levels in their <b>Systems Department-Computer Vision and Video Surveillance Group</b>. If you know anyone who has the appropriate experience and educational credentials, please forward this email to them for consideration. Interested and qualified candidates should contact me for further information. Thank you for your help<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Principal/Staff/Scientist, Computer Vision & Video Surveillance<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>United Technologies Corporation, a Fortune top 50 company is a dynamic global corporation operating at the leading edge of commercial and military aviation, aerospace systems, climate control, elevator design, security and fire protection as well as hydrogen fuel cell development. The Systems department at the <b>United Technologies Research Center</b> has open position(s) in the area of <u>Computer Vision and Video Surveillance</u> at the level of <u>Principal, Staff or Scientist depending on qualifications.<o:p></o:p></u></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'> <br>The candidate is expected to interact with United Technologies Corporation (UTC) business units to provide technical expertise in existing programs, create opportunities, including the acquisition of contract awards, assist in setting strategic technical agenda and provide leadership to efforts involving computer vision and video surveillance. Additionally, this individual will be called upon to outline future business opportunities and to provide technological and business solutions in response to UTC business unit requirements. <br><br>Successful candidates should demonstrate outstanding track records in 3 or more of the following fields: <o:p></o:p></span></p><ol style='margin-top:0in' start=1 type=1><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#333333;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Object detection and tracking<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#333333;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Object recognition<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#333333;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Activity and event recognition<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#333333;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Content-based indexing and retrieval<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#333333;margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Computational photography. <o:p></o:p></span></li></ol><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>The candidate must be able to work effectively in a multidisciplinary, multinational team environment focused on innovation and be able to partner with leading, worldwide institutions (university, government agencies, national labs, and professional organizations) to meet organizational objectives. The candidate will have exceptional communication skills, capable of interacting with UTRC senior management while also being able to mentor junior members of the technical staff. <br><br><u>Additionally, the successful candidate will be expected to:</u> <br><br>Provide technical leadership and direction and serve as a technical resource to others, including being a member of technical review boards. <br>Act as principal investigator, leading multidisciplinary teams developing integrated solutions for UTC business units and focusing on creative solutions to technical challenges in computer vision and video surveillance. <br>Identify and champion promising technical innovations for UTC business units through the establishment of partnerships with university, national labs and other world-class institutions. <br>Create opportunities through the acquisition of contract awards, source and evaluate new technology for UTC; create and leverage internal and external partnerships<br>Foster development of creativity and technical excellence in others. <br>Author technical papers; be active in relevant technical communities. <br><br><b>Education/Experience Required</b>: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>M.S. in Computer Science</span></u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>, Electrical or Computer Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related field and a minimum of 10 years of industrial or academic experience (post M.S.). <br><u>Preferred: Ph.D. in Computer Science</u>, Electrical or Computer Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related field, plus 5-8 years of industrial or academic experience after completion of the Ph.D. in disciplines as outlined above. <br><br>- Expert knowledge and a minimum of 5-10 years of industrial or academic experience (post M.S.) in at least <u>three of the following fields: object detection and tracking, object recognition, <o:p></o:p></u></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'> activity and event recognition, content-based indexing and retrieval, computational photography</span></u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>. <br>- Demonstrated ability to lead multi-disciplinary teams to successfully achieve desired technical outcomes within time and budget constraints. <br>- Demonstrated ability to write proposals and win external funding/contracts/grants. <br>- Record of technical contributions, including patents and publications in refereed technical journals and major conferences in computer vision <br>- Proven success in innovative strategic and technical thinking, willingness to champion and challenge new technical ideas, and experience in applying work to real-world applications. <br>- Excellent communication and leadership skills; innovative strategic and technical thinker; high energy; team player. <br>- Demonstrated team leadership in multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural industrial applications is a plus. <br><br><i><u>Proof of American Citizenship or Permanent US Residence is required for this position</u></i>. </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Sincerely,</span></strong><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Cas Hill</span></strong></span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p><br><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Hill Associates LLC</span></strong><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>183 Bayberry Road</span></strong><br><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Fairfield, CT 06825</span></strong><br><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Office: 203-374-6838 </span></strong><br><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Cell: 203-522-2218</span></strong><br></span><strong><a href="mailto:hillassociates@optonline.net"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>hillassociates@optonline.net</span></a></strong></b><o:p></o:p></p><p><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>