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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><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"'> TMisu@hra.com [mailto:TMisu@hra.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, February 16, 2015 3:49 PM<br><b>To:</b> TMisu@hra.com<br><b>Subject:</b> HRI USA opeining positions<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Dear Professor, </span><br><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I would appreciate if you could forward this announcement for our opening positions to your students. </span><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Thank you very much! </span><br><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Full-time Positions:</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- Computer Vision (Job Number: P13F01) </span><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- Multi-Modal Interaction (Job Number: P13F02) </span><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- Driver Monitoring (Job Number: P13F03) </span><br><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Teruhisa Misu</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Honda Research Institute USA, Inc.</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>425 National Avenue, Suite 100</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Mountain View, CA 94043</span> <br><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"'>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><br><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- Computer Vision (Job Number: P13F01) </span><br><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Honda Research Institute in Mountain View, California, has an opening in the area of computer vision based sensor fusion for mapping, localization, and related problems. Algorithms will be implemented online to process input from cameras and other sensors including IMU's, GPS, and sensor data transmitted over automotive CAN bus. The successful applicant will be a part of a research team developing and implementing a real-time robotic perception platform supporting research on advanced driver assistance systems and autonomous driving applications. </span><br><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>His/her responsibilities include: </span><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>* Research on sensor fusion for localization and mapping</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>* Develop software implementing proposed algorithms</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>* Employ sensor fusion techniques with multi-modal data</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>* Setup and run module regression tests using large collections of sensor data </span><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>* Benchmarking results against ground truth data </span><br><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Qualifications: </span><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>* PhD degree in Computer Science, EE or related field </span><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>* Strong experience in an area such as SLAM, Bayesian filtering, sensor fusion </span><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>* Broad knowledge of computer vision, robotics and machine learning </span><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>* Experience with online sensor processing of cameras, lidar, GPS, CAN bus </span><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>* Excellent programming skills in C++ and Linux </span><br><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Desirable: </span><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>* GPGPU programming, runtime optimization </span><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>* Experience programming in robotics application frameworks such as ROS (Robot Operating System) </span><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>* Working knowledge of popular libraries such as OpenCV, PCL and Eigen </span><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>* Experience working with GIS data and coordinate systems </span><br><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- Multi-Modal Interaction (Job Number: P13F02) </span><br><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The successful candidate will be expected to engage in research and prototyping of novel, next-generation automotive interfaces using multiple modalities working together, like speech, haptic sensors and visual displays. He/she will be working with a team of diverse backgrounds, and expect to participate in all aspects of the creative process, from concept ideas to execution and evaluation of those concepts. </span><br><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The candidate will be responsible for using information from various sensor signal streams (e.g., cameras, depth sensors, microphones, CAN bus data) and apply data fusion and inference methods to understand driver behavior and intent in order to create new interactive experiences for driver and passengers. As a member of the group we encourage the candidates to contribute new research ideas and to participate in presentations and scientific publications. </span><br><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Qualifications: </span><br><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>* Ph.D. degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or equivalent </span><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>* Strong background in computer vision, computer graphics, signal processing, interaction design, machine learning </span><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>* Excellent skills in C/C++, Python, Linux </span><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>* Versatility with a variety of relevant APIs such as OpenCV, OpenNI, OpenGL </span><br><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- Driver Monitoring (Job Number: P13F03) </span><br><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Honda Research Institute USA, Inc. in Mountain View, California, has an opening for research and development of multimodal information fusion for driver behavior understanding. The project goal is to understand driver's behavior and intention by combining information from visual and speech information. The candidate will be responsible for using information from various sensor signal streams (e.g., cameras, depth sensors, eye trackers, microphones, CAN bus data) and applying data fusion and inference methods to understand driver behavior in order to make a meaningful interaction between the driver and car. As a member of the group we encourage the candidates to contribute new research ideas and to participate in presentations and scientific publications. </span><br><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Qualifications: </span><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>* Ph.D. in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or equivalent </span><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>* Strong background in computer vision, signal processing, data fusion, probabilistic inference, machine learning </span><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>* Excellent skills in C/C++, Linux </span><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>* Versatility with a variety of relevant tools such as OpenCV, Speech recognizers </span><br><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Desirable: </span><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>* Experience with real-time systems e.g., gesture and activity recognition, driver monitoring </span><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>* Experience in implementing multimodal systems </span><br><br><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>To apply, please send a cover letter and your resume to </span><br><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="mailto:fulltime@honda-ri.com">fulltime@honda-ri.com</a> </span><br><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>with the subject line clearly indicating the job number you are applying for.</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Name your attachments as "FirstName.LastName.OrganizationName.cv.pdf"</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Candidates must have the legal right to work for Honda Research Institute in the U.S.A. </span><br><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Please note that we receive a large number of applications and cannot communicate with every one of you. We will carefully review each application and contact you if there is a good match. </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>