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PhD Position in HDR Imaging and Video

Multimedia Signal Processing Group (MMSPG) of Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland, offers a Ph.D. position from January 1st, 2014.

Topic:

High Dynamic Range (HDR) imaging is believed to be the next frontier in imaging similar to transition from gray level to color. However, despite many recent developments there is still no standard approach for compression and quality assessment of HDR content.

The retained Ph.D. candidate will have to address these shortcomings by determining, via proposed new subjective evaluations and objective metrics, the influence of context and environmental parameters on HDR image and video content. The outcome of these evaluations will be used to design new HDR compression algorithms for images and video sequences. The compression algorithms will be later extended to 3D HDR image and video content.

Requirements:

Applicants should have experience in image/video processing and hold a MSc in relevant fields (electrical engineering, computer science, physics, mathematics, etc.). Excellent programming skills in C, C++, Matlab are essential. Strong knowledge and experience in video and image compression, HDR imaging, 3D video, and computer vision are important. Applicants should be very well versed in both oral and written English. 

Applicants should also fulfill the requirements for enrollment in Electrical Engineering (http://phd.epfl.ch/edee) or Computer, Communication and Information sciences (http://phd.epfl.ch/edic) doctoral schools.

How to apply:

Interested candidates should send their applications to Prof. Touradj Ebrahimi no later than December 16th, 2013. Applications must include electronic copies of the following:

  • A detailed Curriculum Vitae, including names of at least three persons from whom reference letters can be requested.
  • A motivation letter explaining why the applicant believes to be suitable for the position offered.
  • University transcripts.

Successful applicants can expect a gross annual salary starting from 51’000 CHF.

Selected applicants for an interview will be contacted by email.

Ph.D. position in multimedia security and privacy

Multimedia Signal Processing Group (MMSPG) of Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland, offers a Ph.D. position from March 1st, 2014 or earlier.

Topic:

Privacy issues in multimedia systems and services are gaining increased importance in society at large. New tools and technologies are needed to protect privacy of individuals, while at the same time allowing them to take full advantage of existing and upcoming multimedia applications in a transparent way. 

The retained Ph.D. candidate will have to design and implement solutions for protection of privacy in selected multimedia applications such as video surveillance and social networks. Furthermore, evaluation methodologies should be developed to assess the efficiency of such solutions when compared to the state of the art. These evaluation methodologies include subjective, objective, and crowd-sourcing based approaches.

Requirements:

Applicants should have experience in image/video processing and hold a MSc in relevant fields (electrical engineering, computer science, physics, mathematics, etc.). Excellent programming skills in C, C++, Matlab are essential. Strong knowledge and experience in video and image compression, multimedia security, multimedia systems, and computer vision are important. Applicants should be very well versed in both oral and written English. 

Applicants should also fulfill the requirements for enrollment in Electrical Engineering (http://phd.epfl.ch/edee) or Computer, Communication and Information sciences (http://phd.epfl.ch/edic) doctoral schools.

How to apply:

Interested candidates should send their applications to Prof. Touradj Ebrahimi no later than February 3rd, 2014. Applications must include electronic copies of the following:

  • A detailed Curriculum Vitae, including names of at least three persons from whom reference letters can be requested.
  • A motivation letter explaining why the applicant believes to be suitable for the position offered.
  • University transcripts.

Successful applicants can expect a gross annual salary starting from 51’000 CHF.

Selected applicants for an interview will be contacted by email.