The Department of Computer Science at the University of
Saskatchewan seeks a postdoctoral fellow in the area of image processing and
computer vision to take a central role in an international research project funded
by the Digging into Data (http://www.diggingintodata.org)
program.
The postdoctoral fellow will be part of the Digging into
Archaeological Data: Image Search and Markup (DADAISM) project which is comprised
of an international group research teams in three countries. The DADAISM project seeks to improve the
searchability of databases of archaeological images in a manner that
facilitates the use cases of archaeological researchers. The
project goals of the DADAISM project are:
1. To develop and deploy a
mixed-initiative interactive system that combines minimal human annotation with
automated processing techniques to transform the tasks of searching for
relevant images and relating them to other electronic resources such as grey
literature documents.
2. To investigate how image search
and text mining techniques can be used to extract information from image
captions and grey literature documents (e.g. field reports) for purposes of
finding related images to a candidate image, and for labeling images with
appropriate content related data.
3. To investigate how image
processing techniques can identify salient features from images of
archaeological artifacts for extraction of relevant image similarity measures,
and how those techniques generalize across heterogeneous datasets.
4. To investigate whether
researchers working with such a mixed-initiative interactive system, based on
instrumental interactive techniques, can be more efficient and effective in
finding images that are relevant to their archaeological research questions
5. To identify what types of
information are required to be present in repositories of artifacts to ensure
that the DADAISM approach can be successful across heterogeneous datasets.
Qualifications: The candidate should hold a Ph.D. in Computer
Science or closely related field.
Expertise in image feature extraction and/or content-based image
retrieval is essential. Additional
expertise in image segmentation is an asset.
Strong written and oral English communication skills and the ability to
produce conference/journal publications independently and in a timely fashion
are required.
Main Responsibilities: The successful candidate will be expected to
drive and conduct the research relating to objective #3 of the project and
integrate the work with the other aspects of the project. They will also have to communicate and
coordinate frequently with the other research teams and supervise the
day-to-day activities of a research assistant who will be hired for the latter
10 months of the project.
Conditions: Appointment will be for 18 months, beginning
June 1, 2014, at an annual salary of $45,000.
How to apply: Applicants should email an application
package, including a cover letter describing their background and how it suits
the described postdoctoral position, a full curriculum vitae, and the names and
contact information of at least three references (in a single PDF file), to Dr.
Mark Eramian (mark.eramian@usask.ca). Applicants are asked to provide an email
address, a phone number and, ideally, a Skype and/or Facetime address, with
their contact information. Applications
will be accepted until April 8, 2014 or the position is filled.
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