Post doctor in image processing

This is a full-time employment for two years from January 2016. The position is mainly funded by the AIR (Action and Intention Recognition in human interaction with autonomous systems) project, which is a distributed research environment between Högskolan i Halmstad, Örebro Universitet, Högskolan i Skövde, and Viktoria Swedish ICT, supported by the Swedish Knowledge Foundation (KKS).

Principal duties
The selected candidate will become part of the very dynamic and international research environment at the Center for Applied Intelligent Systems Research (CAISR), a part of Halmstad Embedded and Intelli¬gent Systems Research (EIS) at the School of Information Technology. For more information please see: http://caisr.hh.se/

The post as postdoctoral researcher is a qualifying appointment with the purpose to give the employee a possibility to develop its independence as researcher and to obtain merits that can lead to a competence for another post with higher eligibility requirements. As a postdoctoral researcher you are expected to be ac¬tive in the research done within the research environments CAISR and EIS. The teaching load will be at most 20% of the time working hours. Furthermore, we expect you to take an active part in the continued development of the research environment and that you will take part in applying for research funding from various financiers, both in Sweden and abroad.

Qualification
The position is intended for someone with a recent PhD degree in Image Processing or closely related fields. The research track record should demonstrate excellence in Motion Analysis, Image Analysis, and Signal Processing. Strength in applied mathematics is a meritorious qualification. Proficiency and aptitude in algorithm implementations in regard to, e.g. real-time, thin-clients, mobile devices, in relation to images are most welcome.

Salary
Salary is to be settled by negotiation. The application should include a statement of the salary level requi¬red by the candidate.

Application
The application, marked with ref no ITE 6/15, shall reach Halmstad University no later than 2015-09-30. The application shall be sent either as one pdf by e-mail (preferably) to rekrytering1510@hh.se (cc josef.bigun@hh.se and antanas.verikas@hh.se ) or by regular mail to Halmstad University, Registrator, Box 823, SE-30118 HALMSTAD.

The application package shall consist of:
1) a cover letter stating the purpose of the application and a brief statement of why you believe that your goals are well-matched with the goals of this position, together with a description of future research plans
2) an attested CV that includes at least
- a list of previous degrees, dates, and institution, transcripts for higher-education studies until most recent available
- a complete list of publications and a description of previous research and other work experience and links to online copies of the most important publications
3) contact information for at least three references.

For further information, please contact professor Josef Bigun (josef.bigun@hh.se), lab leader Antanas Verikas (antanas.verikas@hh.se) or head of school Magnus Hållander (Magnus.Hallander@hh.se). For employ¬ment terms, you may contact the representative of the union Kristina Hildebrand (Kristina.Hildebrand@hh.se, representative of the union Saco-S) or Jenny Engström (jenny.engstrom@hh.se representative of the union OFR/S).

For more information see www.hh.se/omhogskolan/jobbahososs