PhD Position in Switzerland for a Computer Scientist at the University of Geneva

Call for PhD position at University of Geneva, Switzerland
Study Subject(s):Development of stochastic heuristics for inferring the evolution of DNA & protein sequences
Course Level:PhD
Scholarship Provider: University of Geneva
Scholarship can be taken at: Switzerland
Eligibility:
creative and highly motivated people  with a strong interest in biological molecular evolution and clear skills in optimisation and parallelisation techniques
Scholarship Open for International Students: Yes
Scholarship Description: The successful candidates will extensively compare the performances of existing stochastic heuristics (including the ‘Meta-population Genetic Algorithm’, see www.metapiga.org), and develop new ones, for large phylogeny inference. The code will also have to be developed for Cloud/Grid as well as GPU computing
How to Apply: Please send (combined into one single pdf file) a brief letter of interest, your CV, as well as contact information of two references to: Michel Milinkovitch (Michel.Milinkovitch [at] unige [dot] ch), Laboratory of Artificial & Natural Evolution, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Scholarship Application Deadline: Contact Employer
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Linköpings University offers PhD Student Position in Computer Vision, 2011 in Sweden

Research at the Computer Vision Laboratory is conducted in the areas of cognitive vision systems, image analysis, object recognition, 3D geometry, and computer tomography. Undergraduate education covers computer vision, image sensors, image and signal analysis, and engineering of computer vision systems. The research project associated with this position studies design and evaluation of algorithms for adaptive vision systems. When people look at each other, the cerebellum and the brainstem are heavily engaged. On average three times a second we change gaze, in order to perceive various aspects of body language, and in parallel with this we follow moving targets with our gaze. In this position we will implement and investigate similar functionalities on a robot platform. Examples of topics: adaptation of the visuo-motor function of a robot, combined gaze stabilization and target tracking, adaptation of correspondence functionality in a stereo vision system.
How to Apply: Online
Scholarship Application Deadline: No later than 2011-06-07
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