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[Apologies if you receive multiple times this announcement] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ * Three-year postdoc position in Machine Learning and Image Analysis for * Precision Farming * Location: Newcastle University, UK * Deadline for application: August 2nd, 2018 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ We are looking for an outstanding Research Assistant/Associate with expertise in machine learning for activity recognition and behaviour analysis. You will develop activity recognition techniques for automatic behaviour analysis in livestock both at group and individual level with the aim of early detection of health and wellbeing challenges (e.g., disease outbreaks) through recognition of changes in behaviour. You will work jointly within the Interdisciplinary Computing and Complex BioSystems (ICOS) Research Group at the School of Computing and the Animal Research Group at the School of Natural and Environmental Sciences. You will have access to the recently opened, state of the art Centre for Digital Innovation Applied to Livestock. You will have a PhD (or be near completion) related to machine learning with focus on image analysis and more specifically in activity recognition, and an outstanding publication track record in internationally leading venues. This post is funded from two related EU-funded research projects, Feed-a-Gene and HealthyLivestock. Since the research conducted will be a collaboration with partners from academic and industry from across Europe, ideally you will have experience in working within interdisciplinary teams. Good communication skills, and strong software development skills are essential. This post is full-time and for a fixed term of 3 years. Informal enquiries: [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask] More info and instructions on how to apply: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BKZ458/research-assistant-associate-machine-learning-and-image-analysis-d137360r/ -- ------------------------------------------------------------------- Jaume Bacardit, PhD Reader in Machine Learning Newcastle University The Interdisciplinary Computing and Complex BioSystems research group. Web: http://www.ico2s.org/ Twitter: @ico2s School of Computing, Newcastle University. 1 Science Square, Science Central, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE4 5TG, UK Email: jaume _dot_ bacardit _at_ newcastle.ac.uk _dot_ ac _dot_ uk Web: http://homepages.cs.ncl.ac.uk/jaume.bacardit Twitter: @jaumebp -------------------------------------------------------------------- ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the EVOLUTIONARY-COMPUTING list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=EVOLUTIONARY-COMPUTING&A=1