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France - University of Saint Etienne PhD Position in Color Content-Aware Image Processing

PHD POSITION AVAILABLE (36 months - from october 2008)

Subject: Robust color invariant features for object recognition

Introduction:
Image retrieval consists in finding among a database of target images those which represent the same scene as this represented by a query image. In this context, the key-point is the extraction of efficient descriptors from the images.

Several recent studies have shown that color histograms can be very efficient in this context. However, color histograms do not take into account the spatial arrangement of colors and are very sensitive to illumination changes. Several authors have shown
that the spatial organization of colors could significantly improve the performance of the image classifiers.

Some spatial descriptors, such as color correlograms, may be used to represent in a global way the spatial arrangement of colors in the image, but they are sensitive to object occlusion and scale variation and are not designed to recognize objects in cluttered scenes. In very recent works, few searchers propose to extract local descriptors such as SIFT or SURF which have been proven to be more robust to local features. The SURF outperform the SIFT and are less time consuming. However, the SURF are not yet designed to work on color images.

Continue Reading May 7th, 2008

France - I.EH.E.I Scholarships in Master in Advanced European and International Studies (M.A.E.I.S.)

MA in Advanced European and International Studies
Anglophone Branch: Istanbul-Nice-Berlin

Applications for Scholarships in Master in Advanced European and International Studies (M.A.E.I.S.) at Institut Européen des Hautes Etudes Internationales (Nice/France) is open! The Master Program offers the unique opportunity to learn Europe “in Europe” and develop perspectives for Europe’s future. The programe includes semesters in Istanbul, Nice and Berlin and guarantees an international education with an excellent academic staff and environment.

A limited number of full and partial scholarships are available for qualified candidates.

Location: Istanbul, Nice, Berlin
Duration: 9 months (from October to July)

Continue Reading March 31st, 2008

France - 2008 INRIA PhD Positions in Computer Science and Control

100 PhD positions available in 2008

INRIA proposes young scientists a PhD in one of its research teams. Priority will be given to candidates with mobility background and to topics pertaining to the Institute’s priority themes.

You have a degree in computer science, automatic control or scientific computing equivalent to the French research master, you are planning to become a researcher in an academic environment, or, after training through research, to join a company or create one?

Join INRIA for a PhD.

INRIA is at the leading edge of research and its scientific themes are innovative. You can meet there scientists of international stature or work with them. Novel ideas are considered with interest. INRIA maintains special relations with industry and fosters the emergence of startups founded by its research scientists (80 such companies founded in 20 years). At least 80 different nationalities are present at INRIA and activities are regularly organized in order to ease the integration of newcomers. The ambiance is relaxed and everyone can contribute to the social life of the community.

Continue Reading March 7th, 2008

Netherlands, France, Australia, Sweden, United Kingdom - Beasiswa S2 dan S3 Luar Negri DEPKOMINFO 2008

PROGRAM BEASISWA S2 DAN S3 LUAR NEGERI TAHUN 2008 UNTUK UMUM
Departemen Komunikasi dan Informatika (DEPKOMINFO) Republik Indonesia
Ministry of Communication and Information Technology of the Republic of Indonesia

Departemen Komunikasi dan Informatika pada Tahun 2008 kembali membuka kesempatan dengan menyediakan beasiswa pendidikan S2 dan S3 di luar negeri bagi PNS di lingkungan lembaga pemerintah, karyawan/karyawati di lembaga pendidikan dan industri teknologi informasi dan komunikasi (TIK) serta masyarakat umum.

Persyaratan:

• Lulusan Sarjana S1 untuk pendidikan S2 / Lulusan Sarjana S2 untuk pendidikan S3
• Memiliki IPK Minimal 2,75 ( Dari Skala 4 )
• Memiliki Nilai Institusional TOEFL (ITP) Min. 550 atau IELTS Min. 6.5
• Memiliki Nilai Tes Potensi Akademik (TPA) Min. 550
• Mendapat Rekomendasi dari Pejabat yang Berwenang
• Diutamakan :
  • Memiliki pengalaman kerja Min. 2 tahun
  • Berusia Maks. 35 tahun untuk pendidikan S2 dan 40 tahun untuk pendidikan S3
  • Belum memiliki gelar dan tidak sedang menerima beasiswa lain dan / atau sedang mengikuti program pendidikan S2 (Bagi Pelamar Program S2) atau S3 (Bagi Pelamar Program S3)

Continue Reading January 26th, 2008

France - Intitut UTINAM Postdoc Position on Wavelet for Physics

Uses of the fast wavelet transform to study some applications of carbon nanotubes and light diffusion by dust grains.

Location:
institut UTINAM (UMR CNRS 6213) Besançon, France

Length:
9 months, starting as soon as possible considering the time needed by the person retained to get all the administrative papers necessary to work in France.

Financial conditions:
The credits obtained allow us to warrant a gross salary of 1839 € per month, which in reality means 1508 € per month transferred on the bank account.

Requested profile:
The applicant should preferentially have with experience in numerical analysis concerning implementation of the fast wavelet transform in fortran. Experience of parallelization and/or knowledge of Green’s function techniques and/or knowledge of the scattering matrix formalism in optics would be a plus, but are not required. In any case, the person retained must have completed his/her PHD since less than 2 years and NOT be of French nationality!

Continue Reading January 25th, 2008

France - ENS de Cachan Postdoctoral Position in Functional Organic Materials

The Photophysics and Photochemistry of Supra- and Macromolecules laboratory (PPSM) at Ecole Normale Superieure de Cachan (ENS Cachan), located in the Paris area, is offering a one-year postdoctoral position to work on a new concept combining the photostructuration of functionalized organic or silica nanoparticles and non-destructive nonlinear read-out for 3D-optical data storage. The studies will focus on the elaboration and optical studies of novel hybrid materials in tight collaborations with physics laboratories at ENS Cachan and CEA Saclay.

The PPSM lab is provided with numerous facilities for organic synthesis, material elaboration, characterizations (spin-coating, evaporation, metal sputtering, profilometer, AFM, MEB), spectroscopic equipments (steady-state UV-Vis, IR and time-resolved nano- and pico-second studies), as well as optical studies (holography, second-order NLO setups, confocal microscopes).

Candidates must possess a PhD in chemistry and a solid background in organic synthesis as well as in spectroscopy or in material sciences. They must supply a covering letter describing their expertise and interest for the position, a detailed curriculum vitae and recommendation letters or list of references to the address mentionned.

Continue Reading January 14th, 2008

France, Italy, Spain, Germany, Norway, Finland, Poland - 2008 / 2009 Erasmus Mundus Scholarships: Advanced Spectroscopy in Chemistry Master Course (ASC)

ASC - Master of Science: Advanced Spectroscopy in Chemistry
Duration: 2 years

Course description:
The Advanced Spectroscopy in Chemistry Masters course is a two year (120 ECTS) programme within 7 european universities, providing students with state of the art spectroscopic techniques in a broad range of modern chemistry applications. The ASC Master of Science diploma is delivered after completion of 90 ECTS (3 semesters) of courses and 30 ECTS of a Master thesis.

Courses are taught in English at the seven partner universities. The network student population will be in the 60-70 brackets, with a student to teacher ratio of 2.0 or better. The ASC programme recruits students with a Eurobachelor in Chemistry, or holders of equivalent degrees, and a B2 prerequisite English level.

The selected students will study in at least 2 countries (minimum mandatory mobility: one semester):

• A 1st semester at Lille (FR) or Leipzig (DE), dedicated to provide all candidates with a common platform of core courses in advanced spectroscopic methods, including magnetic resonance, mass spectrometry, optical spectroscopy and diffraction techniques.
• A second semester at Lille (FR) or Leipzig (DE), where in addition to courses in spectroscopy, the ASC curriculum prepares students for specialisation courses and research projects to be carried out at a later date, in which spectroscopy will be the backbone.
• A 3rd semester mobility in any of the consortium institutions for specialization courses, where expansion is provided with applications in the following specialties :
  • Univ. of Bergen (NO): Spectroscopy of natural products.
  • Univ. of Bologna (IT): Quantum Chemistry, Catalysis.
  • Univ. of Helsinki (FI): Spectroscopy of Environmental and Green Chemistry.
  • Univ. of Krakow (PL): Optical Spectroscopy, Computational and Forensic Chemistry
  • Univ. Leipzig (DE): Bioorganic NMR, Protein Crystallography.
  • Univ. of Lille (FR): Solid State Spectroscopy - NMR, X ray diffraction.
  • Univ. of Madrid (ES): Chemical sensors, ultrafast Lasers and femtochemistry.
• A 4th semester mobility in any of the consortium institutions upon student choice of a research topic towards the Master thesis, which will be strongly encouraged to be based on a collaborative project between two of the partner institutions.

A Summer school will be organised each year in the ASC Master programme, at the end of the first year, bringing ASC students in one location as a group. The ASC Master aims to prepare students to become experts and develop international skills
towards doctoral programs and/or professional activities in chemical analysis, characterization of the structures of materials, and measurements of fast phenomena.

Continue Reading January 10th, 2008

Germany, France, Spain - 2008 / 2009 Erasmus Mundus Scholarships: European Union Master’s Course in Mechatronic and Micro-mechatronic Systems

The European Union supports the masters course EU4M (European Master on Mechatronics and Micro-Mechatronic Systems ) by offering 18 attractive scholarships (2 years with 21000 €/year) for Non- European students and one grant for Western Balkan students. It offers also some grants (1,2 or 3 months) for Non- European scholars (academics).

The deadline of application is 31 January 2008. The Master has been accepted in the framework of the prestigious European programme on education “Erasmus Mundus”.

During the programme, the student will work one year on universities in two different european countries: Karlsruhe (Germany), Besancon (France) and Gijon (Spain). Lectures are given in the local languages French, German and/or Spanish.

Continue Reading December 26th, 2007

France - 2008 / 2009 ENS de Cachan Scholarship Programme for Postgraduate Studies

The Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan (ENS de Cachan) has implemented a Scholarship Programme aimed at foreign students who are currently studying or have studied and obtained their latest diploma outside of France.

This programme is aimed at students wishing to apply for a second year Research Master (RM2) or for a PhD in order to follow or pursue their research training in one of the departments or laboratories of the ENS de Cachan. Priority is given to students who wish to undertake a complete second year of Research Master and to students who wish to carry out a research internship within the framework of a joint PhD (”co-tutelle”).

Continue Reading December 16th, 2007

France - Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique Postdoctoral Position in Virtual Reality in Computational Biology

Postdoc position
FlowVR Nano: a virtual laboratory

Project description (see also http://www.shaman.ibpc.fr/fvnano_postdoc.pdf)
We are seeking a highly motivated research programmer or a postdoctoral fellow to develop software tools for interactive high performance simulations coupling virtual reality, scientific visualization and parallel simulation through a full cooperation with on-going projects.

The main application at the centre of this project targets handling and exploring simulations of biological or physical complex objects at the nanoscopic scale, using a virtual reality platform with haptic feedback. The successful candidate will join our group developing state-of-the-art computer simulation methods. This position is a unique training opportunity in a multi-disciplinary environment in collaboration with three other leading teams in France who are experts on complementary topics.

Continue Reading October 22nd, 2007