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Switzerland - EPFL PhD Position in Biomedical Image Processing

A position for a Ph.D. candidate is currently available at the Biomedical Imaging Group, École polytechnique fédérale de lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland, under the supervision of Prof. Michael Unser. The research involves the development of new wavelet-based algorithms for the processing of biomedical images. Application areas include magnetic resonance imaging, microscopy, and ultrasound.

The study requirements are a masters degree in electrical engineering, computer science, or applied mathematics. Previous experience in image/signal processing and wavelets is highly desirable. Applicants should have a strong theoretical background and a desire to use mathematical tools in their research. A good knowledge of Java, C, Mathematica, and Matlab is also required.

EPFL offers top research facilities and competitive remuneration. Appointment for the PhD position is for a maximum of 4 years, provided successful progress, and should lead to a PhD dissertation.

Continue Reading December 3rd, 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

UK - University of London EPSRC Funded PhD Position in Incremental Computation of Multiresolution / Multiscale Analysis Systems

Funded PhD position available
Incremental computation of multiresolution/multiscale analysis systems

Dr Yiannis Andreopoulos have one opening for a PhD studentship at the University of London. The position is going to be funded by EPSRC and it is fully research oriented (no industrial-oriented project work).

Please see the papers under “Rate-distortion-complexity modeling and complexity analysis for multimedia systems” in the Publications page for details.

Continue Reading October 27th, 2007

Belgium - Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) PhD Positions in Geometric Wavelets and 3D Graphics

3 PhD Positions at Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) – Interuniversity MicroElectronics Centre
(IMEC), Belgium
Scalable 3D Graphics and their deployment on MP-SoC platforms

The principle targeted by any content producer is that of “create once, use anywhere”. In distribution terms, this translates to encoding once and being capable of decoding everywhere, in any circumstance of the transport network or client terminal. However, the increasing heterogeneity of both play-back devices and networks poses substantial problems for content distribution applications, since different end-users require a separate version of the content, specifically tailored to their terminal and connection characteristics. It is widely accepted that scalable coding of multimedia is currently the best solution to handle this problem [Ohm05], [MPG04]. With this respect, scalable multimedia coding technologies have been or are being developed for images, video, volumetric data or 3D graphics. Nonetheless, the successful deployment of such multimedia applications nowadays still comes at a heavy price in terms of resource consumption in terms of bandwidth, processing power, or memory.

Most of the current success stories in image, video and 3D graphics coding literature rely on wavelets. However, recent studies in the literature clearly indicate that even in simple planar geometry, i.e. images, wavelet transforms are unable to optimally capture and represent the higher-order discontinuities in which most of the signal energy is concentrated. Nonetheless, recent literature brings forth new types of transforms, generically labelled as geometric wavelets [Vet01], [Can04], [Cha06], that come as a solution to classical wavelets, in that their directionality and anisotropy properties allow them to near-optimally represent signals, even on manifolds. These transforms are slowly gaining popularity and attempts are being made at employing them in practical applications as viable alternatives to classical wavelets.

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August 19th, 2007

Germany - University of Postdam PhD Scholarships in Geophysics, Hydrology, Statistics and Mathematical Modelling

The newly founded Graduate School at the University of Potsdam (Germany) entitled “Natural Disasters: Generation, Propagation, and Impacts” invites applications for four PhD scholarships available as of July 1, 2007.

The duration of available scholarships is for up to three years. The successful candidates will be offered grants of 1000 up to 1200 e/month. The Graduate School is hosted by the Departments of Geoecology, Geosciences, and Physics at the University of Potsdam. The interdisciplinary research and education programme deals with different aspects of natural disasters including earthquakes, landslides, and flooding. The PhD projects combine recent developments in geophysics, hydrology, and statistics, as well as process-based and mathematical modelling. The projects will be supervised by two members of the Departments of Geoecology, Geosciences, Physics, or Mathematics at the University of Potsdam. They are integrated into the Potsdam Graduate School.

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August 19th, 2007