Post-Doctoral Research Associate in Computer Vision/Machine Learning

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Faculty of Pc Science
Location:

Lincoln

Wage:  

From £37,099
each year

Please notice, this submit is mounted time period till 28 February 2027, and full time at 1.0 FTE.

Closing Date:  

Monday 08 April 2024

Interview Date:  

Wednesday 24 April 2024

Reference:  

CHS104

We’re on the lookout for a passionate and motivated Submit-Doctoral Analysis Affiliate (PDRA) to hitch an interdisciplinary staff of researchers on a 3-year challenge “Utilizing synthetic intelligence for automated habitat evaluation (AI-Hab)” funded by the Pure Surroundings Analysis Council (NERC).

Utilizing tens of hundreds of pictures from the long-term, nationally consultant Countryside Survey , AI-Hab will leverage the most recent advances in pc imaginative and prescient and deep studying to ship an automatic monitoring device for habitat classification. Habitat recognition is crucial to the supply of Biodiversity Internet Achieve (BNG), which seeks to make sure that land improvement has a measurably optimistic (+10%) influence on biodiversity. Led by the College of Lincoln, this challenge is a collaboration between the Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences (Dr Lan Qie, challenge lead), the Faculty of Pc Science (Dr James Brown, Dr Petra Bosilj), and the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (UKCEH). The ensuing device can be built-in into the E-Surveyor utility developed by UKCEH.

As a part of this thrilling alternative, you may be accountable for the event, validation, and deployment of a deep studying mannequin for habitat classification. You will want to have expertise in constructing deep studying workflows utilizing established instruments (e.g., PyTorch), proficiency in Python or one other appropriate programming language (e.g., C++), and a ardour for interdisciplinary analysis in help of environmental conservation. You must also have, or be near finishing, a PhD in pc science or a associated subject. There can be alternatives so that you can develop your personal analysis pursuits, attend high-profile worldwide conferences, and publish your work in each computational and ecological venues.

If you want to have a casual dialogue in regards to the function, please contact both Dr James Brown (line supervisor, he/him), at [email protected] , Dr Petra Bosilj (challenge co-lead, she/her), at [email protected] , or Dr Lan Qie (challenge lead, she/her), at [email protected] .

Additional particulars:

You could find out extra about working at Lincoln, and all the things that we now have to supply, at: 

https://www.lincoln.ac.uk/jobopportunities/

We attempt for a various workforce with the perfect workers and are dedicated to creating an inclusive atmosphere for all. The College encourages purposes from underrepresented teams inclusive of Black, Asian and different minoritised/marginalised ethnic teams, all gender identities and expressions from the LGBTQIA+ group, candidates with a incapacity, and those who practise completely different faiths and beliefs, to boost our One Neighborhood the place we attempt to be sort, affected person, and supportive of one another.

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