[Jobinfo] Fwd: Ph.D. positions at University of Catania, Italy

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Subject: 	Ph.D. positions at University of Catania, Italy
Date: 	Wed, 06 Jul 2016 23:57:34 +0200
From: 	Image Processing Laboratory <iplab@dmi.unict.it>
To: 	wp@cg.tuwien.ac.at



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We are seeking for two exceptional and passionate full-time Ph.D. 
students to work on two R&D projects jointly supervised by the 
University of Catania (Sicily, IT) and two involved partners (see all 
the details below).

The Image Processing Laboratory (IPLab) is part of the department of 
Mathematics and Computer Science of the University of Catania, Italy. 
IPLAB’s research focuses in the areas of Image Processing, Computer 
Vision, Machine Learning and Computer Graphics. IPLAB has been involved 
in different international projects for the development of advanced 
algorithms with applications in different domains: Embedded and wearable 
devices, assistive technologies, quality of life, forensics, medical, 
cultural heritage.

The student will have the possibility to work in a friendly and 
constructive environment and will have the possibility to attend at the 
major conferences and schools in the field to present the results of 
his/her research.

Equal opportunities to all applicants will be provided. Any expertise or 
prior knowledge in computer vision, machine learning and image 
processing is welcome. Prior publication at international conferences is 
an advantage. Ability to program in Matlab/python/C/C++ is desirable. 
Other programming languages, communication skills and team play will 
also be welcome.

If you know any good candidates, please feel free to forward this email. 
Ask them to send CV, a cover letter, the publication list (if any) to 
Prof Sebastiano Battiato (battiato@dmi.unict.it) and Dr. Giovanni Maria 
Farinella (gfarinella@dmi.unict.it)

Application procedure will be formally opened in the forthcoming weeks 
(mid of July 2016).

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PhD Position A
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* Ambient Assisted Living with focus on Fall Detection *

* University of Catania – IPLAB (Catania, Italy) & OSRAM (Munich,DE) *

* Academic Supervisor: Dr. Giovanni Maria Farinella: gfarinella@dmi.unict.it

* Brief Description *
The main aim of this PhD. programme is the design and development of a 
low-cost and noninvasive Fall Detection System based on visual data 
acquired with fish-eye cameras mounted on the roof of a room (e.g., in a 
roof-lamp). Attention will be taken in the development of a solution 
able to work in embedded systems with weak supervision for training 
(offline) and/or automatic training after the installation (online). The 
Fall Detection solution will be designed and developed by keeping in 
mind indoor environments such as Homes, Hospital Rooms and Nursing Homes 
& Clinics.

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PhD Position B
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* Learning Architectures for Multimedia Representation and Understanding

*University of Catania – IPLAB (Catania, Italy) & STMICROELECTRONICS 
(Catania, Italy)

* Academic supervisor: Prof Sebastiano Battiato: battiato@dmi.unict.it

* Brief Description *
The aim of this Ph.D. programme is to use data coming from different 
domains (images, video/temporal/motion, GPS, audio signals, tags, 
wearable sensors, etc.) to build a powerful representation, possibly 
extending the current CNN to treat the different signal jointly and in a 
semi-supervised way (i.e., with no need of huge datasets to perform 
training for personalized use). The application contexts will consider 
emerging scenarios, such as activity monitoring and assistive 
technologies to improving health and wellness of human beings and 
quality of life in general.



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