Post-doctoral position in Multimedia Indexing Location: EURECOM, Multimedia Communications Department, Sophia Antipolis, France Duration: 12 months Description We have an open position for a post-doc to work on several aspects of Multimedia Indexing, in particular Multimedia fusion and co-training. We are looking for candidates who are highly motivated to conduct high quality research, propose and evaluate innovative solutions for the difficult problems that arise when automatically analyzing Multimedia content. This research is conducted in partnership with other French laboratories and companies. Candidates should have a PhD Degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science, or a closely related area, with a good knowledge of Machine Learning techniques, and possibly an experience on multimedia analysis. Good programming skills are expected. A good level of written and spoken English is mandatory. Application Screening of applications will begin immediately, and the search will continue until the position is filled. Applicants should send, to the email address below (i) a CV, (ii) a motivation letter, (iii) contact details for three referees, (iv) a two page statement of research interests and motivation. Applications should be submitted by e-mail to secretariat@eurecom.fr with the reference Postdoc_MM_BM_Index_sept2013 Postal address : EURECOM, Campus SophiaTech, 450 route des Chappes, 06410 Sophia Antipolis, France Contact : Prof. Bernard Merialdo, Bernard.Merialdo@eurecom.fr Web page : http://www.eurecom.fr/mm/ Phone number : +33 4 93 00 81 29 Fax number : +33 4 93 00 82 00 EURECOM is a French graduate school and a research center in communication systems based in the international science park of Sophia Antipolis, which brings together renowned universities such as Télécom ParisTech, Aalto University (Helsinki), Politecnico di Torino, Technische Universität München (TUM), Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh Ville (VNU). The Principality of Monaco is a new institutional member. The Institut Mines-Télécom is EURECOM's founding member. EURECOM benefits from a strong interaction with the industry through its specific administrative structure: Economic Interest Group (kind of consortium), which brings together international companies such as: Swisscom, SFR, Orange, ST Microelectronics, BMW Group Research & Technology, Symantec, Monaco Telecom, SAP, IABG. EURECOM deploys its expertise around three major fields: Networking and security, Multimedia Communications and Mobile Communications. EURECOM is particularly active in research in its areas of excellence while also training a large number of doctoral candidates. Its contractual research is recognized across Europe and contributes largely to its budget. Thanks to its strong ties set up with the industry, EURECOM was awarded the "Institut Carnot" label jointly with the Institut Telecom right from 2006. The Carnot Label was designed to develop and professionalize cooperative research. It encourages the realization of research projects in public research centers that work together with socioeconomic actors, especially companies.