JOB: Robotics and Intelligent Systems Group, Doctoral Research Fellowship

Robotics and Intelligent Systems Group

Doctoral Research Fellowship

A fully funded Doctoral Research Fellowship is available within the Robotics and Intelligent Systems group (ROBIN) at the Department of Informatics, University of Oslo. The main area of focus within the position is automated classification of full body motion capture data, including automating techniques for post-processing and matching against semantic descriptions of the data.

The appointment is for a period of 3 years. There might be a possibility to extend to 4 years depending on the qualifications of the recruited candidate, and the department’s need for teaching and lab assistants. The recruited candidate will be working at the RITMO Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Rhythm, Time and Motion with leading researchers in Informatics, Musicology and Psychology, with access to state-of-the-art facilities in sound/video recording, motion capture, eye tracking, physiological measurements, various types of brain imaging (EEG, fMRI), and rapid prototyping and robotics laboratories.

The recruited PhD candidate will research machine learning techniques for full-body motion capture data, including:
1. Automated generic post-processing techniques for motion capture data (automatic marker recognition and prediction of missing marker locations).
2. Automated classification dance styles from full body motion capture data.
3. Explore deep learning techniques for automated synthesis of dance movement.

Qualification requirements
– A Master’s degree in a relevant field such as computer science, machine learning, biokinematics or music information retrieval.
– A solid background in computer science and machine learning.
– Competence in one or more of the following fields: deep learning, motion capture technology, biokinematics, data analysis, digital signal processing, and music.