Research Engineer in large scale image retrieval/classification

The TexMex team at INRIA Rennes is currently seeking a motivated R&D engineer to work on large-scale image retrieval and fine-grained classification. The successful candidate will contribute to the experimental setup and showcasing of recent technologies developed in the team. The position is in the context of the Fire-ID French project. The candidate will work closely with Herve Jegou and will interact with the Computer Vision group of the Xerox Research Centre Europe.
Duration of the contract: 12 months, renewable.
Starting date: ASAP (posted on June 28, 2014)

Responsibilities

• Develop a mobile web application showcasing our latest image classification engine.
• Optimize scientific prototypes to cutting edge performance code.
• Run experiments on large-scale image datasets for retrieval and classification purposes for papers and competitions like ImageNet.
• Produced code may be transferred to our spin-off company for client-defined applications.

Skills and profile

• MSc or BSc in computer science or a related field. A PhD is a plus.
• Strong development skills in shell, C, Python.
• Good know-how in web front-end HTML5, javascript, jQuery, angularJS ...
• Good understanding of computer vision/machine learning algorithms and papers and ability to implement and optimize them.
• Ability to convert research code to working demos.
• Fluency in written and oral English. French is a plus.
• High motivation and passion for tech.
• EU citizenship is preferred.

Team and facilities

TexMex is a multi-disciplinary team working on content-based indexing and retrieval in very large multimedia databases. The team consists of researchers on computer vision, machine learning, speech processing, natural language processing and databases. TexMex disposes of a powerful server infrastructure suitable for fast large scale experiments.

Environment

Rennes is a lively city hosting many foreign researchers and students; students represent more than 30% of the population. Rennes is home of multiple telecom and computer vision labs (e.g. Technicolor, Orange Labs, Canon).
The seaside and top tourist destinations of France (Mont St. Michel, St. Malo) are less than an hour away. Paris is 2h30 away by train.
Find out more here: http://bit.ly/fireid-job

Contact and instructions

Please send your CV, cover letter and the name of at least one reference to:

• herve dot jegou at inria dot fr
• andrei dot bursuc at inria dot fr

Feel free to get in touch for any extra info and questions.

Andrei Bursuc
TexMex, Inria Bretagne

Recent PhDs can apply for Senior Researcher opening at Qatar National Library: working with SeerSuite, Solr/Lucene, Heritrix, digital libraries, web archiving

Hi!

I am writing to pass along an exciting job announcement, with very good
salary and benefits.

I serve as Lead Principal Investigator on a 3 year project to advance
digital library technologies and community in Qatar.
Other US co-PIs include C. Lee Giles at Penn State (developer of
SeerSuite) and Rick Furuta at Texas A&M.
The PI at Qatar University is Mohammed Samaka. John Impagliazzo is one
of the consultants.

The Qatar National Library is a partner in this project, and has an
opening, for a senior researcher to work at QNL.
This is to be filled as soon as feasible. The person hired, who should
have a Ph.D., will report to:
Ms. Krishna Roy Chowdhury
Associate Director for Library IT
Tel: +974 4454 0408
Fax: +974 4454 0401
kchowdhury@qf.org.qa

The researcher hired will be collaborating with our team, which is
supported by NPRP Grant # 4 - 029 - 1 - 007 from the Qatar National
Research Fund (a member of Qatar Foundation, as is QNL).

Below is a copy of the ad for the position.

We look forward to working with the fortunate researcher who we hope can
start soon.

Sincerely, Ed Fox

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Professor Edward A. Fox
Virginia Tech, Dept. of CS, M/C 0106
114 McBryde Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061 USA
+1-540-231-5113; fox@vt.edu; FAX +1-540-231-6075
http://fox.cs.vt.edu

    - - -text version of the attached PDF file follows- - -

Job Description

1. Job Details:
Position Title: Senior Researcher
Division: Library Information Technology
Reports to: Associate Director for Library IT
      Ms. Krishna Roy Chowdhury, kchowdhury@qf.org.qa
Department: Qatar National Library

2. Job Purpose:
The applicant is expected to contribute towards the research efforts of the NPRP project of Qatar University, and the Penn State University along with Qatar National Library and to develop his/her research expertise through the pursuit of defined projects relevant to the particular field of research that will enable new discovery and applications. He/She will work as part of a research team developing new research objectives, methodology and solutions relating to Digital Society Research in areas concerning Arab Language technologies or any other relevant area that will help transform the State of Qatar into a Digital Society. The incumbent will conduct research, validate and analyse results with minimum supervision, under the supervision of AD for Library IT and /or Senior Scientist of Qatar University.

3. Job Dimensions: N/A

4. Key Result Areas:
* Conduct Research under limited supervision either as a member of a team under the direct supervision of AD Library IT or Senior scientist or, where appropriate, independently, that contributes toward the recognition of marked distinction in its area of research.
* Perform day-to-day experimental activities and ensure proper and accurate documentation for future referencing.
* Collect and analyze data to achieve the most optimal solution for the research projects
* Develop and design prototypes utilizing the appropriate tools, methodologies and techniques to achieve the required results of the project.
* Prepare findings and recommendations report on the conducted analysis and research and present to the research team ensuring the accuracy of the findings.
* Prepare research reports, periodicals and articles periodically as requested.
* Contribute to the research activities for attaining the project's objectives. Such activities may include: requirements' determination, design, project management, evaluation, writing articles, etc.
* Install, enhance, customize and operate SeerSuite
* Crawl web to enhance database with new types of collection
* Supervise and Assist technical staff in work with SeerSuite software.
* Ensure appropriate records and documentation of research experiments, samples examined are maintained and regularly updated while ensuring accuracy of research data
* Contribute to the project's consulting center at QU, including providing consultation to local organizations and in the delivery of professional training sessions on the SeerSuite software in particular, both on site and remotely.
* Perform miscellaneous duties and conduct special projects as assigned
* Familiarize, understand and implement QF health, safety, and environment policy, procedures, legal regulations and objectives applicable to areas of responsibility.
* Ensures coordination with HSE department in implementing, monitoring and reviewing of HSE performance to ensure work under his/her control is performed in a safe, healthy and environmentally sound manner.
* This position includes, but is not limited to, other duties as required and defined by the scope, purpose, and spirit of the institution and are not always indicative of the title and grade of the position

5. Operating Environment, Framework & Boundaries:
The Researcher must adhere to all applicable QF and Library Policies & Procedures and must ensure all policies and procedures comply with global standards and leading practices. The incumbent must ensure that all digitization activities within the Qatar National Library conform to relevant legislation, such as, Data Protection, Freedom of Information, Copyright etc. The incumbent will be located in the Qatar National Library and will perform work in a normal office environment.

6. Communications and Working Relationships:
* Associate Director Library Information Technology– application development, Software selection, evaluation, debugging, testing, on work progress and escalation of issues,
* External Stakeholders – local initiatives on web archiving, Qatar University, Penn State University, Texas A&M University
* Other staff – on further development of digital collections, conservation, preservation, education and library resources online.

7. Problem Solving & Complexity:
The Post Doctorate Researcher is required to conduct research, analysis and programming as well as using the most suitable approach to design prototypes to achieve the most optimal solution to meet the objective of the research program. This position requires a great depth of expertise and knowledge in the field of web crawling.

8. Decision Making Authority & Responsibility:
The Post Doctorate Researcher is required to conduct his/her own research or contributing to the research of the assigned projects and present findings. The incumbent must have the ability to exercise good judgment in decisions related to recommending projects. The incumbent has the ultimate decision to recommend products for purchase to the Associate Director Library Information Technology and the Qatar National Library Director. This position is responsible for the further development of the Seersuite software in Arabic context and enhance the web archiving database with more content.

9. Knowledge, Skills & Experience:
* Ph.D. degree in a subject related to information retrieval and information extraction
* Experience with Solr/Lucene indexing, Heritrix or similar system
* Experience collaborating with other stakeholders
* Knowledge of copyright, intellectual property rights
* Experience of digital library standards, such as, Dublin Core, MARC, METS, EAD, and OAI-PMH.
* Excellent testing and troubleshooting capabilities.
* Knowledge of Structural METADATA and Descriptive METADATA, Taxonomy, Ontology
* Excellent time management, presentation and verbal and written communication skills.
* Excellent Problem solving and analytical skills.

10. Approvals:
Name: Dr. Claudia Lux (Director, QNL)

Exciting Openings in a Start-up

Namasthe Sir,

Hope everything is fine at your end and congrats on your e-book publication.

Sir, Currently I am part of start-up company working on Media domain. We are working on couple of projects which involves tweaking set-top boxes,IPTV solutions,Video on demand service. We are expanding our team. So if you know anyone who is looking forward for job change and want to be part of start-up company pls ask to mail about them toidfy@dfygraviti.com. Experienced ppl are preferred.

To know more about our company , they can visit following links www.amiya.tv ,www.dfygraviti.com , https://angel.co/dfy-graviti

Faculty Position: iSchool at Tsukuba, Japan (Interactive Information Retrieval)

Outline

Faculty of Library, Information and Media Science at University of Tsukuba invites applications for an international tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor level who will conduct international research in Interactive Information Retrieval. Upon appointment, a successful candidate will stay in School of Computing Science at University of Glasgow (UK) as a faculty member of University of Tsukuba, and carry out international collaborative research with Prof. Jose in the Information Retrieval (IR) group for two or more years. After the visiting period, the candidate will perform research, teaching, supervision, and committee work at University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan.

Department of Library, Information and Media Studies at University of Tsukuba is a member of iSchool, and one of the largest iSchool institutions in Asia with more than 60 interdisciplinary faculty members. A successful candidate will join the department to strengthen the research in Information Retrieval by developing international collaboration with IR group at University of Glasgow.

Contract

Full-time (Fixed-Term, 5 years)

A candidate may obtain a tenured position before the end of contract. 

Institution

University of Tsukuba

http://www.tsukuba.ac.jp/

Department

Faculty of Library, Information and Media Science

http://www.slis.tsukuba.ac.jp/grad/english/

Number of positions

One

Qualifications

1) PhD (or equivalent) degree in a relevant field

2) English fluency that is sufficient to conduct international research

3) Track record of peer-reviewed publications in Information Retrieval (IR)

4) Experience with test collection based evaluation of IR systems 

5) Experience with user-based research method such as user studies 

6) At least 4 peer-reviewed publications in the last 5 years

Treatment

Annual Salary Scheme (6,480,000 JPY/Year)

Other working conditions are based on the regulations of University of Tsukuba

Deadline for applications

June 30, 2014 (JST)

Starting date

After October 1, 2014

Selection process

Screening of Application Materials and Interview

Contact

Prof. Hidehiko Hasegawa

hasegawa@slis.tsukuba.ac.jp

Faculty of Library, Information and Media Science

University of Tsukuba

Official Information (PDF)

https://www.tsukuba.ac.jp/update/jobs/pdf/h26bosyu_toshojohogaku_fa.pdf

Job Opportunities at University of Tsukuba

https://www.tsukuba.ac.jp/english/update/jobs.html

Research Positions Available at Noah’s Ark Lab of Huawei Technologies

Noah's Ark Lab is a research lab of Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., based in Hong Kong, specializing in research on the following areas:

•      Information retrieval

•      Natural language processing

•      Data mining

•      Machine learning

•      Artificial intelligence

The duties of the researchers in the lab include conducting academic and applied research, advancing state of the art in related fields, making collaborations with researchers across the world, and building the lab into a world top research center.

We hire researchers in natural language processing, information retrieval, and machine learning at all levels.  Please send application materials (resume, etc) to yibo.zhang@huawei.com

More information about the lab is available at http://www.noahlab.com.hk.

Open PhD Position(s) in the area SOCIAL COMPUTING

PHD STUDENTS IN THE AREA SOCIAL COMPUTING

RESPONSIBILITIES
For a number of research and industry project, we need motivated PhD students in the Area Social Computing, who will have an opportunity to complete a PhD degree in Computer Science at Graz Technical University.

QUALIFICATIONS
• Completed University Diploma/Master's Degree in Computer Science, Software Development and Economy, Telematics or Technical Mathematics (mandatory)
• Prior knowledge in Social Media Analysis, Web Science, Recommender Systems, Social Semantic Web, Social Network Analysis, Science 2.0, Machine Learning, Information Retrieval (highly desirable)
• Experience in object oriented programming in Java, with databases (preferably MySQL, and/or PostgreSQL) (mandatory)
• Experience with frontend technologies (XHTML, JavaScript, CSS, HTML5) (highly desirable)
• Experience with Matlab/Octave, R, Python, PHP, Weka, Apache Solr (highly desirable)
• Team work and self-reliance (mandatory)
• Fluent English (mandatory)

INTEREST IN
• Social Semantic Systems, Analysis of Social Media and Interactions in the Social Web, Social Network Analysis, Recommender Systems, Science 2.0, Web Science, Data Mining, Machine Learning

WE OFFER
• an opportunity to obtain a PhD degree in Computer Science at Graz University of Technology
• young, dynamic, creative team
• informal and stimulating working environment
• on the job training, professional and personal development
• excellent career prospects, both scientific and technical career paths are possible
• compensation of 2,065 per month and up, depending on your education and work experience

We are looking forward to your application. Please email it to us together with relevant attachments at career@know-center.at

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Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Christoph Trattner BSc

Head of the Social Computing Research Group 

@Know-Center

Graz University of Technology

Inffeldgasse 13, 8010 Graz, Austria

E-mail: ctrattner@know-center.at

Tel: +43 316 873 30840      

Homepage: http://christophtrattner.info

Have an interesting EU-Project on User Modeling & Personalization? 

Present your Project at UMAP2014: http://umap2014.cs.aau.dk/

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TCS - Fotoball (Photography) Contest launched on Campus Commune !!

Dear Sir / Madam

Greetings from Tata  Consultancy Services!!

As we have hit the FIFA 2014 World Cup season, glad to inform you all that we have launched the Fotoball Contest  on Campus Commune

Request you to cascade it to your students from 2014, 2015,2016 & 2017 pass out batch to upload their creative pictures and bring more fun on campus commune.

Kindly push for maximum participation.... Looking forward for your support as always :-)

Contest Themes:
Joyous Victory – Capture a picture that shows the joy of the victorious in football.
Gracious Loss – Capture the losing team take the blow graciously in football.
Sticky Studs – Capture freestyle football at its best.

Faculty Position: iSchool at University of Tsukuba (Interactive Information Retrieval)

Outline 

Faculty of Library, Information and Media Science at University of Tsukuba invites applications for an international tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor level who will conduct international research in Interactive Information Retrieval. Upon appointment, a successful candidate will stay in School of Computing Science at University of Glasgow (UK) as a faculty member of University of Tsukuba, and carry out international collaborative research [with Prof. Jose in the Information Retrieval (IR) group] for two or more years. After the visiting period, the candidate will perform research, teaching, supervision, and committee work at University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan.

Department of Library, Information and Media Stuides at University of Tsukuba is a member of iSchool, and one of the largest iSchool institutions in Asia with more than 60 interdisciplinary faculty members. A successful candidate will join the department to strengthen the research in Information Retrieval by developing international collaboration with IR group at University of Glasgow.

Contract

Full-time (Fixed-Term, 5 years)

A candidate may obtain a tenured position before the end of contract. 

Institution

University of Tsukuba

http://www.tsukuba.ac.jp/

Department

Faculty of Library, Information and Media Science

http://www.slis.tsukuba.ac.jp/grad/english/

Number of positions

One

Qualifications

1) PhD (or equivalent) degree in a relevant field

2) English fluency that is sufficient to conduct international research

3) Track record of peer-reviewed publications in Information Retrieval (IR)

4) Experience with test collection based evaluation of IR systems 

5) Experience with user-based research method such as user studies 

6) At least 4 peer-reviewed publications in the last 5 years

Treatment

Annual Salary Scheme (6,480,000 JPY/Year)

Other working conditions are based on the regulations of University of Tsukuba

Deadline for applications

June 30, 2014 (JST)

Starting date

After October 1, 2014

Selection process

Screening of Application Materials and Interview

Contact

Prof. Hidehiko Hasegawa

hasegawa@slis.tsukuba.ac.jp

Faculty of Library, Information and Media Science

University of Tsukuba

Job Opportunities at University of Tsukuba

https://www.tsukuba.ac.jp/english/update/jobs.html

Official Information (PDF)

https://www.tsukuba.ac.jp/update/jobs/pdf/h26bosyu_toshojohogaku_fa.pdf

--

Hideo Joho <hideo@slis.tsukuba.ac.jp>

Faculty of Library, Information and Media Science

University of Tsukuba

Tel: +81 (0)29 859 1337 Fax: +81 (0)29 859 1093

URL: www.slis.tsukuba.ac.jp/~hideo/

Associate Support Engineer at Bangalore location.

Dear Placement Officer,

Greetings from Biztime!!!!

We are looking for Associate Support Engineer at Bangalore location.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

º        Remote Infrastructure support delivery

º        Perform problem cause analysis

º        Resolve routine customer problem

º        Ability to Identify Opportunity & Implement Process Improvements

º        Has technical experience and skills in the areas of problem determination, creativity and analysis.

º        Ability to meet a set of defined account agent productivity measurements.

Mandatory Skills

º        Excellent oral and written communication skills.

º        Excellent customer service orientation

º        Neutral accent Eligibility:

º        Bachelor's Degree/ Diploma

º        Fluency In Communications Skills (both spoken and written)/ soft skills

Interview Schedule @ Bangalore:

Saturday, 7th June, 2014 at 9:00 AM

Venue: Biztime IT Solutions Pvt Ltd #7/7, iBridge Business Centre, 

Hosur Main Road, Koramangala, Bangalore – 560029 

Phone: (+91) 80 41529697 (Between Forum Mall and Diary Circle) 

http://www.biztimeit.com/contact.php