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Position Not Currently advertised. Do not submit full application. Instead send expression of interest (CV and publication list) to Richard.Hartley@anu.edu.au
INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED STUDIES
RESEARCH SCHOOL OF INFORMATION SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING
DEPARTMENT OF SYSTEMS ENGINEERING
RESEARCH FELLOW
(Level B)
Salary Research Fellow (Level B — Fixed Term)
$48,858 - $57,645pa
Ref: XXXXXX
The Department of Systems Engineering seeks to fill two positions to work with Professor Richard Hartley. The research will be directed specifically towards Computer Vision and Image Understanding or closely related areas. The purpose is to broaden the research base in the Computer Vision group, so applications in all areas of compute vision are welcome. The position is available immediately.
Appointment: Fixed term contract for three years. Suitably qualified women are particularly encouraged to apply.
Enquiries: Professor Richard Hartley, email: Richard.Hartley@anu.edu.au tel: (02) 6125 8668, fax: +61 2 6125 8660 (from overseas, +61 2 6125 xxxx)
Contact: Further Information, including further particulars and
selection criteria must be obtained, before applying, from the Business Office,
e-mail: bm.rsise@anu.edu.au,
tel: (02) 6125 8665, fax: (02) 6125 8688. Information about the area is also
available at Website: http://wwwrsise.anu.edu.au/
Closing date: Not currently advertised
Information on how to apply may be obtained from the ANU Web Page — www.anu.edu.au/jobs or by contacting the Business Office, RSISE
SELECTION CRITERIA
THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED STUDIES
RESEARCH SCHOOL OF INFORMATION SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING
DEPARTMENT OF SYSTEMS ENGINEERING
RESEARCH FELLOW (Level B)
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE/SKILLS
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Research achievements demonstrated by published works in refereed journals of internationally reputed standard |
Essential |
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Achievement in a research area relevant to computer vision, or closely related areas |
Essential |
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Commitment to participation in the supervision and teaching of graduate students at the PhD level |
Essential |
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Ability to contribute to administrative aspects of departmental operation |
Highly Desirable |
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Potential for further career development |
Essential |
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Ability to initiate research |
Essential |
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Research experience in a number of different research institutions |
Desirable |
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Success at research interactions with industry |
Desirable |
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An ability to implement equity and diversity policies and programs. |
Essential |
Personal Attributes
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Ability to motivate students, to communicate freely with other staff and to act as a team member |
Essential |
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Good communication skills, oral and written |
Essential |
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Commitment to ethical and professional standards |
Essential |
Qualifications
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Postgraduate qualification at PhD level with specialisation relevant to the advertised position |
Essential |
FURTHER PARTICULARS
THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED STUDIES
RESEARCH SCHOOL OF INFORMATION SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING
DEPARTMENT OF SYSTEMS ENGINEERING
RESEARCH FELLOW (Level B)
Applications are invited for a fixed-term research position at academic level B in the Department of Systems Engineering. The successful individual will work to fill a position to work with Professor Richard Hartley. The research will be directed specifically towards robotics or closely related areas. The position is available immediately.
Department of Systems Engineering
The tenured staff of the Department of Systems Engineering comprise Professor Alexander Zelinsky, Head of Department, Professor BDO Anderson (who is Director of RSISE)., Professor Richard Hartley and Professor J B Moore. In addition, the Department has a number of fixed-term positions. The Department receives a substantial number of international as well as Australian visitors, and has a number a doctoral students principally working in control systems and signal processing, robotics, and discrete event systems. The emphasis is on excellence in research at a fundamental level, quality supervision of doctoral students, and industrial interactions.
Both the control and signal processing fields of the Department of Systems give rise to research centred on the development of advanced techniques and methodologies. A synthesis of electrical engineering, mathematics and engineering practice is applied to generate practically useful and motivated theoretical research in the areas of control systems, signal processing, optimisation, with applications areas which include process control, communications systems, speech coding, and robotics and vision systems. Principal areas of study in control systems include adaptive control and identification, robust control design, multivariable l arge-scale systems, and nonlinear control. In signal processing, the emphasis is on digital filter design, nonlinear filtering, discrete event systems and hidden Markov model processing. In optimisation the emphasis is on on-line optimisation via dynamical systems in interior point methods. In robotics, there are projects with autonomous mobile robots, including a Nomad and a submersible. and in vision systems, including panoramic and stereo vision, and virtual reality. There is also a high performance robot arm/hand project. Projects also exist in stereo vision and video analysis, and learning in computer vision. In addition, there is a plan to build up projects in medical computer vision. A balance is maintained between theoretical "blue sky" research in all these fields, and more mission-oriented applied research involving interaction with organisations outside the ANU. A strong visitor program is maintained as an integral part of the academic activities.
Research School of Information Sciences and Engineering
RSISE (Director Professor B.D.O. Anderson, AO, FIEEE, FAA, FTS, HonFIEAust, FRS) was formed in 1994. It is one of the nine Research Schools of the Institute of Advanced Studies at the University. It currently consists of three departments: the Department of Systems Engineering, the Computer Sciences Laboratory and the Telecommunications Engineering Group. There are good opportunities to exploit links with the nearby Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology and with the recently formed `Australian Partnership for Advanced Computing', and to collaborate with similar groups in Australia and overseas. The School has a strong visitors program.
Conditions of Appointment
Appointment: Two positions are available, one for three years, and one for five years.
Salary for this appointment will be determined according to qualifications and experience within the range:
Research Fellow (Level B): $48,858 - $57,645 pa
In addition the University has a policy which provides for market-related loading of academic salaries in appropriate instances. Grants are provided towards travel and removal expenses and assistance is given towards finding suitable accommodation in Canberra. Eligible appointees will be required to join the Superannuation Scheme for Australian Universities (SSAU). Maternity and paternal leave is available. The CV of a successful applicant will automatically be supplied to the Board of the Institute of Advanced Studies and the University Council. The successful applicant will be expected to be familiar with and have a commitment to the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity. The University is a smoke-free environment.
Applications
There is no prescribed form for application, but your letter of application should clearly set out the level of appointment being sought:, Research fellow, Department of Systems Engineering, Research School of Information Sciences and Engineering. It would be helpful if you would indicate the location and date of the advertisement to which you are responding. Your application should address the selection criteria and also clearly contain the following information:
1. your full name;
2. a postal address for correspondence over the next six months or so, together with fax numbers and email addresses;
3. your date of birth and citizenship;
4. marital status, including details of dependent children (this is only used to help in determining travel costs);
5. academic record, including title of any thesis for a postgraduate degree, academic honours and awards, membership of recognised learned societies, etc;
6. a brief statement of your research interests;
7. details of present and previous appointments, including dates;
8. a full list of publications, indicating with an asterisk those you consider to be most significant;
9. the names and addresses of three academic referees, including postal addresses, telephone and
10. fax numbers and email addresses if possible;
11. any other information which you feel you should bring to notice;
12. your earliest date of availability.
It would be helpful if you could send single reprints of recent or particularly significant publications. Please supply your referees with a full copy of your application and confirm that you have done this in your application letter.
The University Council reserves the right not to make an appointment to an advertised post.
Applications should be sent to:
The Staffing Recruitment Officer
The Australian National University
Canberra, ACT 0200
Australia
Closing date: NOT CURRENTLY ADVERTISED. Reference: XXXX