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Français2 Post-Doc Grant in Information Technology (real-time image and multimedia processing)
Reference: ABG-28147
Offer type: job
Contract: Temporary
Salary: 1860 € Net Monthly
Employer: Université de Mons, Belgique
Workplace: Mons - BELGIUM
Skill area: IT, Electronics - Data processing and applications - Mathematics
Application deadline: 31/12/2010
Employer: Faculty of Engineering of UMONS participates to many important research programmes in the field of Information Technology and Communication. One particular important research axis is signal processing (audio, image and video). For this reason, the numediart Institute for New Media Art Technology was founded in june 2010. Building upon MONS 2015 (Mons will be an European Capital of Culture in 2015), the Institute organizes internationally-renowned scientific training and research activities in the area of new media art technology. The topics covered by the Institute are : audio, image, video, gesture, and bio-signal processing, for applications in which the interaction between man and machine aims at creating emotions.
Mission: In the framework of ARC-OLIMP research Programme (On Line Interactive Multimedia Processing), 2008-13, we offer 2 Post-Doc grants of 12 months (renewable once) to conduct high-level research on image or multimedia real-time processing, exploiting specific hardware (GPU or FPGA).
The candidates will supervise work of one or two Ph.D. students and animates a research team in order to produce concrete results in new media art technology. They will be integrated in the Numediart Institute.
Candidates profile:
- Ph.D. in the field of IT
- Excellent scientific record (papers and international conferences)
- Fluency in English and French
- Interest for "Art and Technology"
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to supervise a small research team
Application procedure: send CV + motivation letter by e-mail to pierre.manneback@umons.ac.be
Additional information: http://www.umons.ac.be ; http://www.numediart.org