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The successful applicant will be working in the challenging and cutting-edge fields of human activity recognition, visual tracking and crowd behavior analysis in indoors and outdoors environments. The position is embedded in the Affective and Visual Computing group of DKE (https://project.dke.maastrichtuniversity.nl/RAI/). The position is to be filled as soon as possible, the position is offered for the duration of 2 years.
The researcher will assist in research and technology integration and will gain significant experience in multidisciplinary European research projects. To that aim, she/he will work with other UM researchers, as well as research and industrial partners across Europe towards the development of automated video analysis algorithms for tracking, activity recognition and interpretation of individuals and crowds.
Excellent programming skills in Python, C/C++;
Familiarity with OpenCV;
Have (or should be close to completing) a Master’s degree in image/video processing, computer vision, artificial intelligence, machine learning, or a closely related field Exceptional candidates with a Bachelor’s degree might also be considered;
Good/very good command of spoken and written English;
High motivation, enthusiasm and ability to work in a team;
Pre-knowledge and practical experience in software development and technical reporting;
Good presentation, communication and organization skills.
We offer a 0.7 - 1.0 fte appointment as Researcher (Researcher 4) starting as soon as possible for a period of 2 years. Remuneration will be according to standard salary levels defined in the Collective Labour Agreement of Dutch Universities in scale level 10 (€ 2.709 - € 4.274), depending on qualifications and experience, plus 8% holiday and 8.3% year-end allowance (calculated based on the annual salary). A favourable tax agreement, the ‘30% ruling’, may apply to non-Dutch applicants.
The mentioned salaries are based on a 1,0 fte employment.
UM (http://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl) is renowned for its unique, innovative, problem-based learning system, which is characterized by a small-scale and student-oriented approach.
UM is currently ranked 4th in the Times Higher Education (THE) “World's Best Universities Under 50 Years Old”. Research at UM is characterized by a multidisciplinary and thematic approach, and is concentrated in research institutes and schools. Maastricht University has around 16,300 students, 4,300 employees and 55,000 alumni. Reflecting the university's strong international profile, a fair amount of both students and staff are from abroad. For further information please see https://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/
Founded in 1992 as part of the Faculty of Science and Engineering today DKE broadly covers Data Science and Knowledge Engineering in research and teaching. DKE comprises three internationally respected research groups, having their focus on “Robotics, Agents and Interaction”, “Networks and Strategic Optimization”, and “Biomathematics and Bioinformatics”. For further information, see https://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/dke
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