You will have the opportunity to test your computer vision and machine learning knowledge in a challenging problem-solving environment. You will be encouraged to think out of the box, innovate and find solutions to real-life problems. Our group has a strong publication record in leading journals and conferences.

We will only consider candidates holding a Ph.D. in CS, EE or related fields with a proven record in problem solving and research.

Candidates should have C/C++ proficiency on MS Windows platform. Candidates need to demonstrate strong interpersonal skills, be able to work independently on problems, be an effective team player and willing to accept challenges and responsibility.

Siemens Corporate Research (SCR) is one of the world’s premier research labs for computer vision, medical imaging, and applied machine learning. SCR is located in Princeton, New Jersey, USA, and provides a stimulating environment for highly talented and self-motivated researchers. SCR excels in transferring academic research into innovative products, and works in close collaboration with clinical partners. The lab has more than 250 researchers and over 100 students involved in hundreds of university, clinical and government collaborations. SCR is part of Siemens Corporate Technology, a division comprising 2500+ research scientists in Princeton, Berkeley, Erlangen, Munich, Berlin, Tokyo,
Beijing, Shanghai, Bangalore, St. Petersburg and Moscow.

Siemens is an Equal Opportunity Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace.

Please forward your resume to Dr. S. Kevin Zhou, shaohua.zhou at siemens.com.

1 or 2 year position to conduct research on Video Analysis, motion detection and tracking, event inference and forensic analysis.

Contact Prof. Medioni (medioni@usc.edu)

HP Labs is the exploratory and advanced research group for Hewlett-Packard, tackling complex challenges facing our customers and society over the next decade, while pushing the frontiers of fundamental science. We are now seeking an exceptional candidate to assume the role of Director for our HP Labs China research operation in Beijing, China. HP Labs operates under the direction of Prith Banerjee, Senior Vice President of Research for HP. HP Labs is organized into 23 labs located in seven major sites: in Palo Alto, USA; Bangalore, India; Beijing, China; Bristol, UK; Haifa, Israel; St. Petersburg, Russia; and Tokyo, Japan. HP Labs also has significant research teams in Princeton, USA and in Barcelona, Spain. More information about HP Labs is available at http://www.hpl.hp.com.

Established in 2005, HP Labs China builds on HP’s long-established presence in China, and focuses on creating IT innovations that effectively harness the rich digital information to tackle the most challenging problems facing private and public sectors, especially those in rapidly growing economies such as China. HP Labs China follows a tradition of deep technical research that has direct impact on HP’s business through innovations in product and service offerings that provide benefits valued by customers. Current research focuses on large scale information management and data mining, including projects in areas such as web information extraction and content mining, and media understanding and processing. Additional information about HP Labs China is available at http://www.hpl.hp.com/china. The successful candidate will have demonstrated a record of leading world class research, including both significant management experience in a major high tech company or academic institution, and a significant personal publication record. The job requirements include:
1. The ability to articulate and execute on a vision in a leadership capacity
2. Deep technical knowledge, evidenced by publication records and patents
3. Strong business acumen and the ability to identify opportunities to transfer technology into an HP business unit
4. Strong understanding of market dynamics and technology trends in emerging market countries
5. Excellent people, management, and communication skills
6. The ability to create strong research proposals on behalf of the research in HP Labs China
7. The ability to deliver research projects within budget and on time. The ability to leverage internal and external relationships to drive collaboration and further the research agenda for HP Labs China
8. A Ph.D. degree preferred. At minimum, a Master of Science degree.

A search committee has been established to identify prospective candidates, either from within HP or external to the company. Applicants should submit a letter of intent, current CV, and a list of three to five references to:http://www.hpl.hp.com/jobs/ https://hp.taleo.net
Job opening: 307083 HP Labs - Director, Beijing, China
If you have any questions please contact Carol Shimada (carol.shimada@hp.com) or Xue Wang (xue.wang@hp.com)

The following opprtunities are currently available in our Image Science Center of Excellence.

Position Title: Computer Vision Scientist

Position Location: Northern Virginia (Vienna and vicinity)

ITT is seeking a Computer Vision Scientist to join our Space Systems Division in northern Virginia.

Our Computer Vision Scientists are responsible for researching and developing advanced technical algorithms in the areas of image and video processing, computer vision, multi-sensor fusion, video exploitation, and image dissemination.

The successful candidate will have expertise in the areas of 3-D object modeling, feature extraction, target recognition, multiple target tracking, aerial- and space-based imaging systems, and persistent surveillance. The candidate will be responsible for aiding in the rapid prototyping algorithm software and interacting with a broad team of systems, software, and hardware engineers.

Duties and Responsibilities Include:

- Researches, assists development, and implements advanced algorithm solutions for various computer vision applications.

- Develops basic design ideas and methods of approach and proposes improvements or modifications to the basic design ideas and methods which would be more effective and involve less risk.

- Contributes to theoretical studies of involved technical subjects that find wide application to design problems or that are required where previous methods and techniques have not produced satisfactory results.

- Assists in the analysis of highly complex technical problems encountered by engineering.

- Performs special assignments as requested.

This position could involve work at a customer site in the Washington DC / northern Virginia area. Business related travel up to 25% is anticipated.

A Bachelors degree with 4-8 years of work experience or equivalent military background is required. A Masters with 1-5 years experience or PhD is a plus.

Detailed knowledge and experience in the following areas is desired:

- C/C++ Programming
- Detection and Estimation Theory (MAP estimation, ML estimation)

- Multiple Target Tracking (Kalman filtering, particle filtering, MHT)
- Probabilistic Modeling Techniques (hidden Markov modeling, Bayesian networks)
- Wavelet Processing and Analysis
- Invariant Feature Extraction and Matching
- GMTI/EO/IR/SAR/LIDAR Collection and Processing Systems

Successful candidate must be willing to perform in a fluid and dynamic multi-contractor environment.

U.S. citizenship is required. Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

Application Process:
To apply to this position, please visit our website: http://www.ssd.itt.com/careers/
Req Number: itti-0000013839

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Position Title: Senior Multi-Int Fusion Scientist

Position Location: Northern Virginia (Vienna and vicinity)

ITT is seeking a Senior Multi-INT Fusion Scientist to join our Space Systems Division in northern Virginia.

Our Multi-INT Fusion Scientists are responsible for researching and developing advanced technical algorithms in the areas of Multi-INT fusion, image and video processing, exploitation, compression and dissemination.

The successful candidate will have expertise in the areas of Multi-INT fusion, computer vision and associated technologies. The candidate will be responsible for rapidly prototyping algorithm software and interacting with a broad team of systems, software, and hardware engineers. Extensive technical knowledge is required to instill confidence and trust in proposed solutions. Developed application solutions will receive high visibility to a wide audience, including customers and senior management. The successful candidate must have current knowledge of the state-of-the-art and a proven track record of leading, performing, and publishing original research in the field of Mult-INT fusion.

Duties and Responsibilities Include:

- Researches, develops, and implements advanced algorithm solutions for various Multi-INT fusion applications.

- Authors design documents, proposals, and other technical articles, conferring with senior management, engineering personnel, and customer representatives.

- Develops basic design ideas and methods of approach and proposes improvements or modifications to the basic design ideas and methods which would be more effective and involve less risk.

- Contributes to theoretical studies of involved technical subjects that find wide application to design problems or that are required where previous methods and techniques have not produced satisfactory results.

- Provides analysis and consultation to highly complex technical problems encountered by engineering.

- Perform special assignments as requested. May be required to perform other assignments which are normally related to the work of higher or lower engineering classifications.

- Mentors junior level engineers as needed.

This position could involve work at a customer site in the Washington DC / northern Virginia area. Business related travel up to 25% is anticipated.

A B.S. degree, preferably in Engineering or in a technical area of science and research with 6-10 years work experience or a MS degree with 2-8 years work experience, or a PhD with 0-4 years work experience is required.

Detailed knowledge and experience in the following areas is desired:

- Sensor fusion algorithms (Kalman Filter, Bayesian Networks, Dempster-Shafer)
- Estimation techniques (KF, EKF, UKF, Particle Filter, Recursive Bayesian)
- Computer vision
- Spatial geometry
- C/C++ Programming
- Wavelet Processing and Analysis
- Invariant Feature Extraction and Matching
- GMTI/EO/IR/SAR/LIDAR Collection and Processing Systems

Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

Application Process:
To apply to this position, please visit our website: http://www.ssd.itt.com/careers/
Req Number: itti-0000012347

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Position Title: Senior Motion Imagery Scientist

Position Location: Northern Virginia (Vienna and vicinity)

ITT is seeking a Senior Motion Imagery Scientist to join our Space Systems Division in northern Virginia.

Our Motion Imagery Scientists are responsible for providing advanced technical engineering expertise on complex technical problems relating to motion imaging. They are expected to contribute to the development of analytical processes and tools associated with collection and processing for dissemination, archival, exploitation, and display of motion imagery. They are expected to contribute to breakthrough technological advances in the area of motion imaging for Space Systems Division.

The successful candidate will have expertise in the area of motion imaging science and engineering, motion imaging standards, principles and theories. Must have strong interpersonal skills and technical knowledge to instill confidence and trust and be able to communicate effectively the technology, its application and benefits to a wide audience to include customers and management. They must have a proven track record of success.

This key position provides motion imagery science support for highly complex and technical motion imaging related systems.

Duties and Responsibilities include:

- Develops basic design ideas and methods of approach and proposes improvements or modifications to the basic design ideas and methods which would be more effective and involve less risk.

- Contributes to theoretical studies of involved technical subjects that find wide application to design problems or that are required where previous methods and techniques have not produced satisfactory results.

- Develops advanced motion imagery related algorithms.

- Confers with management, engineering personnel and customer representatives to assure proper consideration of customer requirements. Analyzes proposals and related technical data to develop design alternatives.

- Provides analysis and consultation to highly complex technical problems encountered by engineering.

- Perform special assignments as requested. May be required to perform other assignments which are normally related to the work of higher or lower engineering classifications.

- Mentors junior level engineers as needed.

Could work at customer site in Washington DC/ northern Virginia area. Business related travel up to 25% is anticipated.Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

Requires B.S. degree, preferably in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or Applied Mathematics or in a technical area of science and research with 6-10 years work experience or a MS degree with 4+ years work experience, or a PhD.

We are seeking a motivated, team player, and a self-starter who is an exceptional communicator and can drive Space System Division teams to achieve breakthrough technological growth. Ideally successful applicants will published in the field across Technical Forums.

Knowledge and background in the following areas is required:
- Motion image compression algorithms (MPEG-2, MPEG-4, Motion JPEG2000)
- Motion image processing techniques
- Motion imaging standards (KLV, HDTV, Motion Video Metadata Standard)
- Motion imaging system performance prediction modeling and metrics
- Advanced Geospatial Intelligence (AGI)

Ability and desire to lead a group and provide guidance to junior engineers is a positive and opportunity for growth in this position. Successful candidate must be willing and able to perform in a fluid and dynamic multi-contractor environment.

Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

Application Process:
To apply to this position, please visit our website: http://www.ssd.itt.com/careers/
Req Number: itti-0000012478

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Position Title: Senior Staff Polarimetric Imaging Scientist

Position Location: Northern Virginia (Vienna and vicinity)

ITT is seeking a Senior Staff Polarimetric Imaging Scientist to join our Space Systems Division.

Our Image Scientists work with remote sensing systems that have concentrations in hyperspectral/multispectral, thermal/thermodynamics, LADAR/LIDAR/SAR systems, capture, exploitation, image compression/motion and display.

This is a polarimetric imaging position working with the processing, usage and phenomenology of polarimetric imagery.

This leadership position will plan and direct significant projects. The successful candidate will instill confidence and trust, demonstrate subject matter expertise at broad forums, and may represent the customer on occasion. The individual must be able to successfully convey difficult concepts to people with a variety of backgrounds. They work independently and can define the aspects of new projects. They establish task priorities and revisit priorities as project needs shift. This leader will effectively manage to defined schedules, be fully accountable for their work and ensure that projects reach a successful closure. They help set team objectives and integrate other disciplines as needed. They effectively delegate and mentor others.

The job also requires strong interpersonal skills since projects are team oriented, and customer interaction is expected. The successful candidate will track task priorities and revisit priorities as project needs shift.

Duties and Responsibilities include:

- Represents the organization as a prime technical contact on contracts, projects or products.

- Represent the business and technical interests of Space Systems Division in the polarimetric imaging community.

- Actively seeks out and drives to fruition opportunities that generate segment growth.

- Confers with Sr. Management, engineering personnel and customer representatives to assure proper consideration of customer requirements. Analyzes proposals and related technical data to develop design alternatives.

- Architects and drives the technical development of advanced polarimetric imaging related algorithms.

Polarimetric Imaging (cont.)

- Consults teams on basic design ideas and methods of approach, proposes improvements or modifications to the basic design ideas and methods which would be more effective and involve less risk.

- Prepares technical descriptions of basic designs, and engineering estimates for inclusion in bids and proposals or presentations to customers.

- Prepares theoretical studies of involved technical subjects that find wide application to design problems or that are required where previous methods and techniques have not produced satisfactory results.

- Provides analysis and consultation to highly complex technical problems encountered by engineering.

- Perform special assignments as requested. May be required to perform other assignments which are normally related to the work of higher or lower engineering classifications.

Could work at customer site in Washington DC/ northern Virginia area. Business related travel up to 25% is anticipated.

Requires B.S. degree, preferably in Image Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or Applied Mathematics or in a technical area of science and research with 12-20 years work experience or a MS degree with 10+ years work experience, or a PhD with 8+ years work experience.

We are seeking a motivated, team player, and a self-starter who is an exceptional communicator and can drive Space System Division teams to achieve breakthrough technological growth. Ideally successful applicants will be a community respected expert in the field, and widely published across Technical Forums.

Technical leadership experience is desired. A thorough knowledge of polarimetric imaging concepts is expected.

Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

Application Process:
To apply to this position, please visit our website: http://www.ssd.itt.com/careers/
Req Number: itti-0000012477

Located in the heart of Cambridge, we are a fast-growing company who makes gigantic, eye-catching displays using machine vision and multiple projectors. For example, we make software that goes in 737 simulators, planetariums and runs 100 million pixel displays.

If you would like to hack with a bunch of other Ph.D.s and masters, work with cutting edge software and hardware, and literally have your ideas become a big, bright reality, drop us an e-mail.

We have a lot of machine vision problems to address. In particular, we do a lot of stereo work, image processing, graphics, and pattern matching. We have openings at all levels: Bachelors, Masters and Ph.D.

For the CVPR crowd, we are specifically looking for any of :
* Machine Vision and/or Computer Graphics and/or Image Processing.
* Experience writing C++ code in a team.
* Experience with OpenGL or DirectX.

Compensation includes stock options, competitive salary, and health insurance.

We’ll be available to chat on Wednesday and Thursday. Contact Samson Timoner on his cell (617-320-9413) and drop a resume at hiring@scalabledisplay.com

We are seeking highly motivated candidate for a postdoctoral position in image analysis and understanding. The successful applicant will join the International Space and Response Division of the Los Alamos National Laboratory on a project aimed at investigating the state-of-the-art in object-oriented segmentation and interpretation of overhead imagery (i.e., aerial and satellite imagery). The project will involve research and development of methods for visual feature extraction and object recognition based on hierarchical architectures as well as machine learning techniques, with a general demonstrator emphasis towards semi-automated satellite image interpretation.

Required Skills:

• Ph.D. in computer science, mathematics, or an interdisciplinary area that is computationally relevant to image analysis and computer vision.
• Mastery of fundamental digital image processing methods such as edge detection, color processing, digital morphology, and 2D-linear filtering.
• Machine learning
• Strong computational (algorithm design and development) and programming skills, C/C++, MatLab preferred.
• Experience in working with image data
• High motivation and ability to perform both independent and team-based research

Desired Skills:

• Experience and knowledge in one or more of the following:
- computational geometry,
- graph theory,
- figure/ground segmentation,
- computational visual attention mechanisms and
- Gestalt principles of perceptual grouping (such as proximity, similarity (of color, size, orientation), good continuation, closure, etc.)
- Experience in working with satellite image data.

Please contact Dr. Alexei N. Skurikhin at alexei@lanl.gov if you are interested in applying for the position.

We invite applications for a postdoctoral fellowship in the Pattern Recognition, Machine Learning, and Bioinformatics areas. We offer an exciting opportunity to work on multidisciplinary projects with Drs. Chris Ding and Heng Huang (http://ranger.uta.edu/~chqding/, http://ranger.uta.edu/~heng/). The successful candidate will develop a vigorous research program that contributes to, and complements, high-profile ongoing studies.

We are seeking highly motivated applicants with a doctoral degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics or other related fields. Essential to this post are good communication skills and an interest in multidisciplinary teamwork. Previous strong background of research and publications in one or more of the following areas, machine learning, pattern recognition, and bioinformatics, are highly desirable. The position will start in 2009.

Interested applicants please send your CV to Dr. Ding at chqding@uta.edu or Dr. Huang at heng@uta.edu. You also can talk with them in CVPR conference now.

The Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute (located in San Francisco, CA) seeks a qualified researcher to join the Computer Vision Lab as a post-doctoral fellow. The Computer Vision Lab, under the direction of Dr. James Coughlan, is part of the Smith-Kettlewell Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center (RERC), a group focusing on the development of assistive technology and visual assessment for blindness and low vision.

Research activities will concentrate on developing computer vision algorithms for blind and low vision applications. Current applications include detecting and reading consumer electronics displays (e.g. LED/LCD readouts on microwave ovens and other appliances) and indoor/outdoor signs, inferring the layout of traffic intersections and finding features such as curbs and curb cuts. Many of these algorithms will be designed to run in real time, and will be tested by blind and low vision users.

A Ph.D. in a computational field such as computer science, engineering, physics or math is required, and the applicant must have experience in computer vision. Proficiency in C++ is also required. Since the Computer Vision Lab emphasizes the use of Bayesian methods, the applicant will ideally have experience in probabilistic modeling and/or machine learning. Finally, excellent oral and written communication skills and the ability to work in a team are a must.

The fellowship will be funded by a grant from the National Eye Institute (part of the National Institutes of Health), pending approval of funding. If the grant is awarded, two years of funding are guaranteed, and a third year is possible.

Please contact Dr. Coughlan at coughlan@ski.org if you are interested in applying for the position. For more information about the Computer Vision Lab, see http://www.ski.org/Rehab/Coughlan_lab/

At the Department of Computer Science, University of Bonn, Germany we offer positions for postdocs and PhD students. The city of Bonn is Germany’s former captial, the birthplace of Beethoven and a beautiful town with origins going back to the Roman times. The University of Bonn is among the leading universities of Germany, in particular in the field of mathematical sciences. The Computer Vision Group is part of the Department of Computer Science and also part of the Hausdoff Center for Mathematics, a Cluster of Excellency funded by the German government.

From prospective applications we expect a strong interest in mathematical modeling and optimization. For postdoctoral candidates we also expect a track record in computer vision or related areas.

Interested applicants are encouraged to contact me directly at dcremers@cs.uni-bonn.de, ideally during CVPR so that we can meet up and discuss.

Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories (MERL, http://www.merl.com), located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is the North American arm of the corporate R&D organization of Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, which is a $35 billion global leader in electrical and electronic equipment used in industrial, commercial and home products.

MERL is seeking qualified applicants for a Visiting Research Scientist in the Imaging and Computer Vision Group. This group pursues cutting-edge research concerning information capture / extraction / analysis and display including computer vision, computational photography, multi-projector systems, image processing, machine learning, and 3D graphics & modeling. This group contributes to and maintains strong connections in these research communities, and also applies its specialized knowledge to challenging industrial problems in safety and security, robotics, medicine, retail systems, automobiles, large and small displays, and building systems.

The successful candidate will be expected to develop novel solutions and maintain software implementations within the object detection, region tracking and segmentation areas with application to medical imaging and surveillance.

Qualifications:
• A Ph.D. in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or related area.
• Excellent programming skills (C/C++, Matlab, using ITK, OpenCV, etc libraries) are required. This position heavily involves optimized implementation of the latest computer vision methods as well as large scale software management, architectural design, and GPU programming.
• 3+ years experience in software development.
• Good presentation and written skills are expected.
• Strong publication record.

MERL is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Principals only. No phone calls please.

Send your CV to fatih@merl.com and thornton@merl.com. I (Fatih Porikli) will be at the conference until Thursday afternoon, please stop me for a chat if you are interested.