Computer Vision Researcher

About Us:

Fraunhofer Portugal’s mission to undertake applied research of direct utility to private and public enterprises and of wide benefit to society currently materializes itself through the Fraunhofer Portugal Research Center for Assistive Information and Communication Solutions (AICOS), located in Porto and born in 2009 following a partnership between the Fraunhofer Society (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft), the Foundation for Science and Technology and the University of Porto.

With a team of over 80 hired researchers and a client portfolio from a broad range of areas, such as health, agriculture, retail or energy, AICOS has consolidated competence in:

• Human-Centred Design;
• Artificial Intelligence;
• Cyber-physical systems.

User analysis in different environments, computer vision, cognitive and decision support systems, and the internet of things are some of the fields of study in this research centre which steers its activities towards applied research and its clients’ success, with whom it establishes close cooperation for the development of innovative, intuitive, accessible and ubiquitous technological solutions. Currently, the innovation themes of interest to AICOS are the following:

• Cognitive connected solutions;
• Digital farming;
• Accountable artificial intelligence;
• Decentralised health technology;
• Living and ageing with data.

AICOS’ track record in institutional and commercial collaborations has built a vast network of active partners. Since 2009, AICOS has been involved in 10 European projects and established partnerships with over 150 organizations in 31 countries.

In order to expand our team, AICOS is interested in applications from candidates feeling to contribute in the particular fields addressed by the centre. We are looking for team players capable of providing excellent qualifications and the skills described below.

Job Title: Computer Vision Researcher

Job Ref: FhP_Jobs_2021_23

Job Type: Full time – fixed term contract

Job Salary: Depending on the academic degree and professional experience of the candidate.

Job Location: Porto, Portugal.

Job Description and Responsibilities:

The candidate will perform research activities within the Intelligent Systems (IS) group, namely in Computer Vision, Data Science and Machine Learning areas. The candidate is expected to contribute for the development of competences in Machine Learning applied to image data, or image data combined with other types of data, with analytical performance comparison. The candidate will work on the following tasks:

• Research and development of tools and frameworks for Machine Learning
• Support the development and maintenance of internal Computer Vision modules
• Research on Edge Computing and Active Learning.