PhD Position in Cognitive Surveillance, University of Genova, Italy Newest Scholarships 2011

PhD Position in Cognitive Surveillance, University of Genova, Italy Newest Scholarships 2011

August 12, 2011 by info
Filed under: Italy PhD, Italy Scholarships, PhD Scholarships

A 3-year PhD scholarship in “Video processing within embodied multi-sensor cognitive artificial systems” will be available Department of Biophysical and Electronic Engineering (DIBE), University of Genova, Italy starting from January 2012.

Study Subject(s): Cognitive Surveillance
Course Level: PhD
Scholarship Provider: University of Genova
Scholarship can be taken at: Italy

Eligibility:
The successful candidate must hold a Master degree or equivalent qualifications (Laurea Vecchio Ordinamento or Laurea Specialistica degree for Italian applicants) in one of the following fields :

* Telecommunication Engineering
* Electronic Engineering
* Information Engineering
* Computer Science (or Laurea degree in Informatica)
The candidate must have basic knowledge in the following topics:
* Signal Processing
* Pattern Recognition
* C/C++ programming Fluency in spoken and written English is also a requirement.

The proposed PhD involves the study of problems mainly related to understanding of complex scenes from multisensor networks: focus will be on data association and state estimation methods for joint shape/color/position object tracking from multicamera data. Activities will be oriented to address the use of developed methods within bio-inspired cognitive artificial systems for physical security and telecommunications. Possibility will be open during the PhD to join on going funded research projects when available within the joint labs ISIP40 has with industries (e.g Technoaware, Telecom, ligurian industrial district SIIT).

How to Apply: In the first phase the interested applicants should send their complete CV and two recommendation letters to Prof. Carlo Regazzoni, e-mail: carlo-at-dibe.unige.it

Scholarship Application Deadline: September 12, 2011.

For further information, go to: http://infoscholarship.net