MSCA-IF-2020 – IMAGE PROCESSING LAB- expressions of interest–UNIVERSIDAD DE VALLADOLID

The Universidad of Valladolid wishes to attract talented, ambitious and experienced researchers at the post-doctoral level by supporting them as applicants in the preparation of a proposal to be submitted to the MSCA-IF-2020 call.

ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION

The University of Valladolid (founded 1241) is located in Valladolid, a beautiful ancient city in NW Spain. It is among the ancient and most important centers of Higher Education in Spain. It counts on four campuses, over 100 degrees, 29 doctoral programs (14 with Honor Mention) and 68 postgraduate degrees, accredited international collaborations and prestigious research Centers. On average, nearly 25,000 students enroll each year, counts on more than 2,500 teachers and nearly 1,000 people dealing with administration tasks and other services.

The UVA manages around 180/year research projects financed through competitive public R+D+i calls (European, national or regional), and approximately 500 contracts and agreements aimed at the transfer of knowledge and technology, amounting to an average value of over fifteen million Euros per annum. Moreover, its researchers take part in almost 250 further projects and contracts managed by other institutions.

The Image Processing Laboratory (LPI, 1997) is composed of ten faculty members and several senior researchers, PhD and MSc students, having published a significant number of papers in top-ranked indexed journals in the field with high impact. The LPI has well-stablished international collaboration networks and various facilities and equipment available for research.

Research lines (among others at LPI) include:

1. Machine Learning theory: model selection

2. Machine Learning applied to Computer Vision.

3. Pattern Recognition, Regression, and Classification.

4. Machine Learning in Agriculture and the Food Industry.

5. Bioinformatics, Expert Systems.

6. Image Processing: spectroscopy.

http://www.lpi.tel.uva.es/

RESEARCH/PROJECT DESCRIPTION

• Collaborate in high level research activities related with advanced Machine Learning, Pattern Recognition, Classification and non-linear Regression systems, and techniques, applied to problems of high interest in Precision Agriculture, Biosystems Engineering and Food Industry, focused on image/video processing as input data.
• Public and proprietary datasets would be made available for research collaboration in those fields at an international level.
• Expected high impact of journal publications in the field (top-ranked journals in related Specificity Areas).
• Possibility to collaborate with other researchers inside lab. or other research groups either in Spain or abroad (funded national-level Research Programs involvement available).
• Attractive college life experiences in Campus and Laboratory.

Description of the offer:

The Marie Curie fellow will be fully integrated in the research group, benefiting from a range of research, academic and transversal activities, including: 1) Contribution to research projects, 2) Involvement in international collaborations, 3) Participation in supervision of Ph.D. and Master theses, 4) Attendance of international conferences and meetings. 5) Collaboration in outreach activities.

Work location(s):

Image Processing Laboratory, 2nd floor School of Telecommunications Engineering, University of Valladolid, Campus Miguel Delibes s/n, 47011 Valladolid, Spain.

WHO CAN APPLY?

• MSCA IF eligibility criteria:
  • The program is open for all academic disciplines.
  • A researcher can move to a country that is a member of the European Union or an associated country to conduct research for up to 24 months.
  • Before applying the researcher should have a PhD-Degree or 4 years of research experience after attained master’s degree and there is no upper age limit after achieving the PhD-Degree.
  • The researcher cannot have been living or have had his/her main occupation in the country of the host institution (Spain) for more than 12 months within the last 3 years counting from the time of application. The researcher can come from anywhere in the world.
• OFFER REQUIREMENTS

• PhD in Machine Learning, Pattern Recognition, Bioinformatics, Expert Systems, Biosystems Engineering, or Computer Vision. Alternatively, PhD in other closely related disciplines or equivalent 4-year proved experience.
• Language: English

Additional comments (What we expect):

The research fellow is expected to conduct experimental research with initiative, autonomy and dedication.

CONTACT PERSON

Juan I. Arribas, PhD

Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering

University of Valladolid, 47011 Spain

e-mail: jarribas@tel.uva.es

v. +34 983185546 , f. +34 983423667

http://www.researcherid.com/rid/C-7742-2011

http://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.url?authorId=7103041133

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7486-6152

http://www.lpi.tel.uva.es/nacho

http://scholar.google.es/citations?user=PnZNhHgAAAAJ&hl=es

Applications: documents to be submiTted

• Short Bio-sketch (English)
• Short CV (English)
• Signed cover letter outlining your eligibility and motivation for applying to this EOI
• List of relevant publications in the field (journal indexed papers).

Deadline: Monday 3^rd August 2020