Research Fellow

The School of Computer Science and Engineering (SCSE) invites applications for the position of Research Fellow. The Research Fellow will be responsible for performing intelligent visual signal processing/compression/computing and submission of a comprehensive reports/IDs/Demos/papers summarizing/justifying the pioneer and innovative research performed.

Key Responsibilities:

• To perform the pioneer research in exploring visual signal representation towards machine uses.
• To perform systematic investigation into the characteristics of visual signal representation for machine uses, to meet the emerging requirements for AI.
• To devise a new scheme for visual signal representation with deep-learnt visual features, toward machine uses.
• To investigate feature-level just-noticeable difference modelling for machines to facilitate assessment and optimization.
• To formulate a comprehensive visual feature codec for machine uses.
• To set up and analyze experiments and datasets under different conditions.
• To propose a methodology/framework in a software prototype to be developed in the project.
• To report research findings in a form of reports/papers and present in international peer-reviewed conferences and journals.
• To be involved in the mentoring of PhD/Masters/FYP students.

Job Requirements:

• Possess a PhD degree in Computer Science (And Engineering), Electronic Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Perception Sciences, etc.
• Have good technical reading, writing and programming skills.
• Have good experience and track record for related R&D.
• High desire for technological exploration and achievement.
• Background knowledge in signal representation/processing, visual data compression, and data-driven and machine learning/analysis.
• Prior research experience and track record in R&D and standardization.
• Prior experience in state-of-the-art AI techniques.
• Mastering of a programming language would be valued (e.g. Python, C, Matlab, …)
• Self-driven, highly motivated, with interest to work with other researchers and scientists (as a team player) to produce high-quality research.

We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

Hiring Institution: NTU