Research Associate in Computational Statistics for Image Data - Ref:1430209
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Salary: £33,353 - £40,313 per annum
Duration of post: 12 months in the first instance
Closing date: 23rd September 2014 Project:
Start date: October/November 2014 or soon thereafter.
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Applications are invited for a post-doctoral research associate position
in the Department of Statistical Science at University College London,
UK.
This DSTL-funded project will exploit exciting recent developments in
applied and computational statistics and beyond to advance current
understanding of how relational and contextual aspects of image data can
contribute to tasks such as detection, classification, and segmentation.
Description
The project will address the current need to progress new
spatial-statistical models and computer-aided approaches that have the
capability to capture both the rich statistical, and structural,
interdependencies present in high-dimensional image data sets. The work
will draw on the interacting and convergent fields of computational
statistics, machine learning, statistical signal processing, and
computer vision where recent activity has given rise to a wealth of
concepts that attempt to describe both correlatory and relational
interactions of heterogeneous data over, and between, multiple scales.
Image data sets taken from a selection of neoteric applications,
including the life sciences, astronomy, and oceanography, will be
considered.
Of some interest to this project is the use and development of
graphs/graphlets, random fields and point processes, stochastic
geometry, hierarchical representations, and/or multiresolution analyses
to model the dependencies between key constituent parts of image data.
It is hoped that a somewhat more comprehensive, relational, description
of the data will facilitate better, and more robust, detection and
segmentation. The post-holder will have an interest in one or more of
these (or allied) areas along with experience of some of the associated
inferential/estimation machinery (such as Markov chain Monte Carlo, EM,
LARS/lasso, ADMM, etc, and variants thereof). Good programming skills in
Matlab, R, Python, and/or C/C++ are essential.
It is anticipated that the project will afford the opportunity for the
post-holder to enjoy some collaboration with Dstl, industry, other
universities in the UK (especially Cambridge, Bristol, and Imperial) and
elsewhere, and multiple departments and centres at UCL, including the
Centre for Computational Statistics and Machine Learning.
In particular, thanks to a series of recent grants, totalling over
£1.3M, there will be ample opportunities for interaction with the
immediate research group which currently comprises:
. one other research associate and three Phd students funded by Dstl
. one EPSRC-funded research associate
. two other Phd students funded by an ASTAR/UCL joint-scheme
The post comes with a generous travel and research expenses budget and
is funded for 12 months in the first instance.
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* How to Apply
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Informal enquiries regarding the vacancy are welcomed and may be
addressed to Dr James Nelson. See below links for contact details.
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Dr. James Nelson
Senior Lecturer
Department of Statistical Science
University College London
www.ucl.ac.uk/statistics/people/jamesnelson
www.ucl.ac.uk/~ucakjdb/
www.csml.ucl.ac.uk/people
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