Fully Funded PhD Scholarship in building privacy-secure computer vision solutions for assistive supports for older adults at home
1 Mar 2024
Job Information
- Organisation/Company
University of Galway- Research Field
Engineering » Electronic engineering
Computer science » Cybernetics- Researcher Profile
First Stage Researcher (R1)- Country
Ireland- Application Deadline
30 Apr 2024 - 17:00 (Europe/Dublin)- Type of Contract
Not Applicable- Job Status
Other- Hours Per Week
39 hr/week- Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?
Not funded by an EU programme- Reference Number
PHD GSO 007-24- Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?
No
Offer Description
Application(s) are invited from suitably qualified candidates for full-time funded PhD scholarship(s) starting from March 2024 affiliated to the College of Science & Engineering at the University of Galway.
University of Galway
Located in the vibrant cultural city of Galway in the west of Ireland, the University of Galway has a distinguished reputation for teaching and research excellence
For information on moving to Ireland please see www.euraxess.ie
Detailed Project Description
This is one of 3 Ph.D. positions on the PRIVI-SENSE project to reinvent today’s computational imaging as a privacy-secured method of sensing human subjects. Positions are available from Jan 2024. You can find out more about our work here .
This Ph.D. research topic will explore the extension of existing physiological, emotional and cognitive sensation based on conventional imaging, to employ methods based on multi-modal (NIR, LWIR and Neuromorphic) imaging data. A key challenge here will be to better correlate these involuntary behavioural patterns of a subject with their cognitive and emotional state. A secondary objective will be to investigate the potential of multi-modal imaging to achieve physiological sensing of, for example, a subject’s pulse rate. Other behavioural patterns, e.g. eye-movements or facial tics, could be linked to underlying physiological conditions.
A key end goal is to advance the use of smart-sensing in support of the well-being of home workers and older adults at home – a field where research is growing following the broad adoption of home-working during the pandemic. Also, this research topic may encompass speech analysis to enhance computer-vision based sensing. (C3I has built significant know-how on child speech analysis and synthesis in the past 3 years). Note that C3I works with a number of industry partners and there will be opportunities for industry placements as part of this scholarship.
A more complete description of the project work and related Ph.D. and postdoctoral opportunities is available here: https://www.universityofgalway.ie/c3i/vacancies/
Living allowance (Stipend): €22,000 annual stipend (tax-free). Tuition fees are paid.
Academic Entry Requirements: Candidates must have a top honours grade in Electronic Engineering or Computer Science and completion of a relevant Masters degree or 5-year degree program is desirable. Candidates should be highly motivated and should have a strong background in programming, computer vision methods, and neural-network (NN) based data analysis.
In addition prospective candidates should have some background and experience in:
- State-of-Art Neural Architectures/Models for Computer Vision and/or Speech Processing
- Fine-tuning or customization of one or more Neural Network Models (i.e. significant re-training or re-programming of the neural model)
Also Desirable to have experience in one or more of the following:
- Designing and running experiments with well-defined research outcomes
- Working with complex neural architectures (e.g. GANs, Transformers, Diffusion Models, etc)
- Working with multi-modal imaging data (e.g. NIR, LWIR or Event Cameras).
- Working on advanced data augmentation or learned augmentation techniques to support re-training of neural models
- Techniques for implementation of neural architectures on embedded systems or in hardware (e.g. FPGA, tinyML, network compression, sparsification, etc)
To Apply for the Scholarship: Send e-mail directly to [email protected] marking “PRIVI-SENSE Ph.D. #1” in the e-mail. Kindly apply for the opportunity best aligned with your experience & interests. DO NOT apply for more than one position.
Contact Name: Prof. Peter Corcoran
Application Deadline: open until all positions filled
Primary Supervisor: Prof. Peter Corcoran
Requirements
- Research Field
- Computer science » Cybernetics
- Education Level
- Master Degree or equivalent
- Research Field
- Engineering » Electronic engineering
- Education Level
- Master Degree or equivalent
Additional Information
Work Location(s)
- Number of offers available
- 1
- Company/Institute
- University of Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- State/Province
- Galway
- City
- Galway
- Geofield
Where to apply
[email protected]
Contact
- State/Province
Ireland- City
Galway- Website
https://www.universityofgalway.ie/- Street
University Road- Postal Code
H91 TK33
[email protected]
STATUS: EXPIRED