Open Research Position, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

January 18, 2010
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Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) is the result of the merger of the University of Karlsruhe and the Research Center, Karlsruhe. It is a unique institution in Germany, which combines the mission of a university with that of a large-scale research center of the Helmholtz Association. With 8000 employees and an annual budget of EUR 650 million, KIT is one of the largest research and education institutions worldwide.

The Young Investigator Group Facial Image Processing and Analysis in the Institute of Anthropomatics, at the Computer Science Department of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) has an open position for a

PhD Research Assistant

at salary grade TV-L, E13. The project’s objective is to conduct research on automatic processing of facial images in order to build systems that can read the faces as humans do. The main tasks will be facial expression analysis and age and gender classification.

Candidates should hold a Master’s degree (or Diplom) in the areas of Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or in a related discipline. They should have a solid background in image processing, computer vision, and pattern recognition. Excellent C++ programming skills under Linux as well as good oral and written English skills are expected. A strong academic record and high motivation for creative research is required. Candidates must have willingness to team-work, independent thinking and self-learning.

The Young Investigator Group Facial Image Processing and Analysis is a part of Computer Vision for Human-Computer Interaction research group (http://cvhci.ira.uka.de/). The successful candidate will be working in an international, highly motivated, inspiring team of researchers.

KIT is pursuing a gender equality policy. Women are therefore particularly encouraged to apply. If qualified, handicapped applicants will be preferred.

Review of the applications will start immediately and will continue until the position is filled. The employment will be awarded for a period of up to four years starting in April 2010. Please send your application, including CV, transcripts, letter of motivation, names of at least two references to Dr.-Ing. Haz?m Kemal Ekenel ekenel@kit.edu. Further information can be obtained from:

Dr.-Ing. Haz?m Kemal Ekenel
Institute of Anthropomatics                            e-mail: ekenel@kit.edu
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)            web:  http://cvhci.ira.uka.de/~ekenel/
Room 231, Building 50.20                               phone: +49 721 608 5929
76131 Karlsruhe                                              fax: +49 721 607 721

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