A fully funded PhD position (3 years) in computer vision and machine learning is available at the Institut for Informatics at the University of Bonn starting winter 2014 or later.

Topic of interest include:

• human action / gesture / complex activity recognition
• human pose estimation
• active / interactive learning (especially wrt to applications in vision)

Candidates should have:

• a degree in Computer Science or a related field (Electrical Engineering, Physics, Applied Math)
• strong mathematical background
• extensive programming experience (C++ and/or Matlab)
• fluency in both written and spoken English
• prior experience computer vision or machine learning is a plus but not necessary

Please send applications as a single PDF to Dr. Angela Yao (yaoa@vision.ee.ethz.ch):

• CV
• grades transcript
• title and abstract of your master thesis
• contact details of one to two academic referees
• a research statement and proposal (max 3 pages) on any of the topics indicated above or another area of computer vision and or machine learning
• publications (if any)

Applicants are being reviewed and accepted on a rolling basis and early submissions are strongly encouraged.