School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at KTH

Job description

Deep networks have been repeatedly proven to benefit from large amount of labelled training data. Collecting high-quality labelled data, at Google scale, is prohibitively laborious and expensive for most societal bodies and industrial sectors. In this project, the postdoc candidate will work on unifying methods for undersupervised learning which includes semi-supervised, weakly-supervised, and noisily-supervised learning techniques. The postdoc will be hired at Hossein Azizpour’s group at the division of robotics, perception and learning and the project is in collaboration with a twinning postdoc at Aalto university in the group led by Juho Kannala. The postdoc position is funded by WASP (wasp-sweden.org) and is anticipated to involve two concrete applications in medical image analysis and autonomous driving.

What we offer

A position at a leading technical university that generates knowledge and skills for a sustainable future
Engaged and ambitious colleagues along with a creative, international and dynamic working environment
Work in Stockholm, in close proximity to nature
Help to relocate and be settled in Sweden and at KTH
Access to a vibrant group of PhD students and postdocs with several related academic activities including reading groups, international seminar series, and joint group meetings.
Access to state-of-the-art GPU resources (see Berzelius at https://www.nsc.liu.se/systems/berzelius/)
Access to real-world multi-disciplinary projects including life science and earth observation.
Financial support for presentation of own and collaborative works at international venues.

Qualifications

Requirements

A doctoral degree or an equivalent foreign degree. This eligibility requirement must be met no later than the time the employment decision is made.
Prior research experience with machine learning and computer vision proven with publications in top machine learning and/or computer vision venues.
We prefer that you are independent, aware of diversity and equal opportunity issues, and have teaching and collaborative abilities.

Preferred qualifications

A doctoral degree or an equivalent foreign degree, obtained within the last three years prior to the application deadline
Independence
Prior experience with various forms of under-supervised learning will be considered a plus
Experience of working in larger projects with remote collaborations

Great emphasis will be placed on personal competency.

Trade union representatives

You will find contact information to trade union representatives at KTH’s webbpage.

Application

Log into KTH’s recruitment system in order to apply to this position. You are the main responsible to ensure that your application is complete according to the ad.

The application must include:

CV including relevant professional experience and knowledge.
Copy of diplomas and grades from your previous university studies. Translations into English or Swedish if the original documents have not been issued in any of these languages.
Brief account of why you want to conduct research, your academic interests, how they relate to your previous studies and future goals, and how they fit to the goal of this position. Max two pages long.

Your complete application must be received at KTH no later than the last day of application, midnight CET/CEST (Central European Time/Central European Summer Time).

About the employment

The position offered is for, at the most, two years.

A position as a postdoctoral fellow is a time-limited qualified appointment focusing mainly on research, intended as a first career step after a dissertation.

Others

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About KTH

KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm has grown to become one of Europe’s leading technical and engineering universities, as well as a key centre of intellectual talent and innovation. We are Sweden’s largest technical research and learning institution and home to students, researchers and faculty from around the world. Our research and education covers a wide area including natural sciences and all branches of engineering, as well as architecture, industrial management, urban planning, history and philosophy. Read more here

Type of employment- Temporary position
Contract type- Full time
First day of employment- In agreement with supervisor
Salary- Monthly salary
Number of positions- 1
Full-time equivalent- 100%
City- Stockholm
County- Stockholms län
Country- Sweden
Reference number- J-2023-1400

Contact

Hossein Azizpour, Associate Prof., azizpour@kth.se
Sarah Kullgren, HR, sarahku@kth.se
Published- 24.May.2023
Last application date- 16.Jun.2023 11:59 PM CEST