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Norway - Gjøvik University College PhD Studentship in Computational Forensics

July 31st, 2007

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The Faculty of Computer Science and Media Technology at Gjøvik University College in Gjøvik, Norway, calls for applications to PhD student positions - Computational Forensics.

Computational Forensics is a primary area of research at the Norwegian Information Security Laboratory. It includes topics such as computer forensics, live incident response, and a broad spectrum of other forensic disciplines that use computer tools for crime prevention, investigation and the enforcement of law. Disciplines of particular interest are questioned document examination, forensic linguistics and forensic psychology.

We expect some background in one or more of the following topics:

Pattern recognition and computational intelligence (fuzzy logic, artificial neural networks, evolutionary computing, probabilistic reasoning, machine-learning theory),
Computer vision (image enhancement, transformations, filtering, wavelet transform, color vision, registration),
Natural language processing.

For more information about this position, please contact Dr. Katrin Franke, email: katrin.franke @ hig.no.

Gjøvik University College, a campus of 1700 students and 130 faculty members, consists of three faculties, Faculty of Health Care and Nursing, Faculty of Engineering, and Faculty of Computer Science and Media Technology. Faculty members, researchers and graduate students are from a diverse and international background with an excellent faculty to student ratio.

The research activity in Faculty of Computer Science and Media Technology is mainly focused in three areas; information security, media technology, and colour imaging, with The Norwegian Information Security Laboratory and The Norwegian Color Research Laboratory as the two main research groups.

Applicants should hold a Diploma, MSc, or equivalent academic degree, in Electronic Engineering, Computer Science, or related discipline, with previous experience in image processing. Fluency in spoken and written English is also required.

Successful applicants will be prepared to make novel contributions to the field and are expected to present and publish in peer-reviewed conferences and journals. Internships at international universities or research institutions can be arranged in the course of the PhD research project.

The position can be awarded for a period of up to four years, and will include 25% teaching / administrative duties. The positions are remunerated according to salary level 43 in the national salary scheme, gross NOK 325 600 per annum (appx EUR 40 700), of which 2% is deducted for the State Pension scheme.

When applying, please make it clear which of the three positions you are interested in (could be more than one). Applicants are encouraged to submit a research project description of 2-3 pages. Please send application letter, resume, statement of research, copies of transcripts, as well as name and email addresses of three references before August 10, 2007 to:

Gjøvik University College
Director of personnel Jan Kåre Testad
P. O. Box 191,
N-2802 Gjøvik,
Norway.

For general questions concerning this announcement, please contact Jan Kåre Testad, Director of Personnel (e-mail jan.testad@hig.no, telephone +47 61135106), or Professor Rune Hjelsvold, Faculty Vice Dean (e-mail rune.hjelsvold@hig.no, telephone +47 611 35184).