Research Assistant in Deep Learning for Computer Vision

Location: Markeaton Street, Derby, DE22 3AW

Contract Type: Fixed Term 9 months

Advert Closes: Sunday 15 October 2023

Challenging, interesting and constantly changing, the University of Derby is an exceptional place to learn and an incredibly rewarding place to work. 

Ours is an extraordinary educational environment and because we specialise in identifying and developing individual potential, you can be confident you'll receive all the help and encouragement you need to build a rewarding career with lots of opportunities to progress. 

Our combined higher and further education offering is spread over campuses in Derby, Buxton, Leek and Chesterfield and we have some of the best university facilities in the UK, investing more than £200 million in facilities in the last 10 years. 

We achieve outstanding results for our teaching and research and with more than 34,000 people choosing to study with us every year, we depend on the dedication of a team of 2,200 academic and professional services staff. 

Financially strong and seriously ambitious we offer our employees a family-friendly, rewarding career with lots of opportunities to progress. 

About the role 

We are seeking an innovative and highly motivated research assistant to join the School of Computing to assist a project into objects inspection and 3D modelling in collaboration with an industrial partner. The project will involve investigating and prototyping the state of art techniques in generating novel views of complex 3D scenes, based on a partial set of 2D images, evaluating these techniques, and developing novel and effective solutions to object 3D modelling. The research assistant will engage with a team of experts in the field of computer vision, deep learning and image processing to benefit from excellent support in developing and prototyping the solutions. The ideal candidate will be proactive and self motivated to take the initiative in seeking the best solutions for the problem domain.

For informal enquiries please contact Dr Harry Yu, Senior Lecturer in Computer Science (h.yu@derby.ac.uk) or Dr Alaa AlZoubi, Senior Lecturer in Computer Science (a.alzoubi@derby.ac.uk).

Please note that unfortunately, this role will not attract sufficient points to obtain a sponsored Skilled Worker visa under the UK Visas & Immigration points-based immigration system; however, applications are welcome from candidates who do not currently have the right to work in the UK, but who would be eligible to obtain a valid visa via another route. Please consult the Home office website for further information. 

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expect everyone who works for us to also share this commitment and to treat people with courtesy and respect. 

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