{"id":19279,"date":"2018-05-07T10:45:05","date_gmt":"2018-05-07T14:45:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/?p=19279"},"modified":"2018-05-07T10:45:05","modified_gmt":"2018-05-07T14:45:05","slug":"job-robotics-and-intelligent-systems-group-doctoral-research-fellowship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/2018\/05\/07\/job-robotics-and-intelligent-systems-group-doctoral-research-fellowship\/","title":{"rendered":"JOB: Robotics and Intelligent Systems Group, Doctoral Research Fellowship"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Robotics and Intelligent Systems Group<\/h3>\n<h3>Doctoral Research Fellowship<\/h3>\n<p>A fully funded Doctoral Research Fellowship is available within the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mn.uio.no\/ifi\/forskning\/grupper\/robin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/www.mn.uio.no\/ifi\/forskning\/grupper\/robin\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1525789558290000&amp;usg=AFQjCNH_GQlOBA2yhgX5Dmeha7NseHvooA\">Robotics and Intelligent Systems group (ROBIN)<\/a>\u00a0at the Department of Informatics, University of Oslo. The main area of focus within the position is\u00a0automated classification of full body motion capture data, including automating techniques for post-processing and matching against semantic descriptions of the data.<\/p>\n<p>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\u2019s need for teaching and lab assistants. The\u00a0recruited candidate will be working at the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hf.uio.no\/ritmo\/english\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/www.hf.uio.no\/ritmo\/english\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1525789558290000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHC9bnSKFMRDFgk88218vjyK5jIBw\">RITMO Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Rhythm, Time and Motion<\/a>\u00a0with leading researchers in Informatics, Musicology and Psychology, with access to state-of-the-art\u00a0facilities in sound\/video recording, motion capture, eye tracking, physiological measurements, various types of brain imaging (EEG, fMRI), and rapid prototyping and robotics laboratories.<\/p>\n<p>The recruited PhD candidate will research machine learning techniques for full-body motion capture data, including:<br \/>\n1. Automated generic post-processing techniques for motion capture data (automatic marker recognition and prediction of missing marker locations).<br \/>\n2. Automated classification dance styles from full body motion capture data.<br \/>\n3. Explore deep learning techniques for automated synthesis of dance movement.<\/p>\n<p><b>Qualification requirements<\/b><br \/>\n&#8211; A Master\u2019s degree in a relevant field such as computer science, machine learning, biokinematics or music information retrieval.<br \/>\n&#8211; A solid background in computer science and machine learning.<br \/>\n&#8211; Competence in one or more of the following fields: deep learning, motion capture technology, biokinematics, data analysis, digital signal processing, and music.<\/p>\n<div>&#8211; Personal suitability and motivation for the position.<br \/>\n&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mn.uio.no\/english\/research\/phd\/application\/application.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/www.mn.uio.no\/english\/research\/phd\/application\/application.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1525789558290000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFuynIWGnZaLQ-Ee2rReZPzr1IVPQ\">Fluency in English<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>We offer<\/b><br \/>\n&#8211; Salary NOK 436 900 \u2013 490 900 per year depending on qualifications and seniority<br \/>\n&#8211; A professionally stimulating working environment<br \/>\n&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.uio.no\/english\/for-employees\/employment\/welfare\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/www.uio.no\/english\/for-employees\/employment\/welfare\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1525789558290000&amp;usg=AFQjCNH8SOc9B2WdFO82YsbfW0_5vewgBQ\">Attractive welfare benefits<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; Membership in the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund<\/p>\n<p><b>Closing date for applications:\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1801149760\"><span class=\"aQJ\">4th June 2018<\/span><\/span><\/b><br \/>\nStarting date: No later than\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1801149761\"><span class=\"aQJ\">1st October 2018<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Please see the online recruitment portal for more information and a link to the application form:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jobbnorge.no\/en\/available-jobs\/job\/152613\/phd-research-fellowship-in-machine-learning-and-information-retrieval-for-music-related-movement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/www.jobbnorge.no\/en\/available-jobs\/job\/152613\/phd-research-fellowship-in-machine-learning-and-information-retrieval-for-music-related-movement&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1525789558290000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGKB5XDjvVqpN7CLQcvoNKUfK6jzQ\">https:\/\/www.jobbnorge.no\/en\/av<wbr \/>ailable-jobs\/job\/152613\/phd-re<wbr \/>search-fellowship-in-machine-l<wbr \/>earning-and-information-retrie<wbr \/>val-for-music-related-movement<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Contact: Associate Professor Kristian Nymoen,\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:krisny@ifi.uio.no\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">krisny@ifi.uio.no<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robotics and Intelligent Systems Group Doctoral Research Fellowship A fully funded Doctoral Research Fellowship is available within the\u00a0Robotics and Intelligent Systems group (ROBIN)\u00a0at the Department&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":122,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-job","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/122"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19279\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}