Stillingstittel:
PhD research fellowship position in Robotic Vision

Stillingsbeskrivelse:

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Faculty of Information Technology, Mathematics and Electrical EngineeringDepartment of Engineering Cybernetics

Jobbnorge ID: 125402

1 PhD research fellowship position in Robotic Vision - Visual odometry /SLAM and servoing for 3D reconstruction

The position's field of research/research project

Remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) have been used for several decades for submarine operations. An alternative are autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) which are highly suitable for repetitive tasks in harsh environments or for long submarine missions performing high quality visual imaging leading to a 3D reconstruction of the sea floor, benthic environments, underwater structures or installations.    

  

Monocular or stereo SLAM perform drift free tracking of the pose of a camera relatively to a sparse map of landmarks allowing real-time operation performance. Visual odometry techniques can record a dense map of visual features leading to a very accurate estimate of the relative camera motion.

 

In this project we will investigate the benefit and synergetic effect of robotic vision techniques like visual odometry, SLAM, optical flow, pose estimation or visual servoing in order to allow real-time motion estimates with low delay and lack of scenery prior knowledge for the 3D reconstruction of underwater objects. The new methods will be demonstrated using laboratory and field experiments with underwater vehicles.

 

The research activity will be associated with the Center of Excellence on Autonomous Marine Operations and Systems (NTNU AMOS) at NTNU (https://www.ntnu.edu/amos ).

 

The successful candidate will be appointed for a period of 3 years, with possible extension to a fourth year if the candidate undertakes teaching related duties.

 

 

Qualification requirements

The successful candidate is expected to have a master degree in control engineering, cybernetics, marine cybernetics, computer sciences, physics, mathematics, or similar with a solid background or interest in computer and machine vision, machine learning and parallel programming. Education in image processing, robotics, control theory and embedded systems is an advantage. Applicants that expect to complete master degree studies by summer 2016 can apply.

 

Academic results, publications, relevant specialization, work or research experience, personal qualifications, and motivation will be considered when evaluating the applicants.

 

The research of this project has civilian objectives. However, equipment restricted by export licenses and ITAR (International Traffic in Arms Regulations) is being used in this research area. Applicants that are citizens of Norway, NATO countries, Australia, Japan, New Zealand, or Sweden are eligible. Other applicants should provide evidence of eligibility to use such equipment for their application to be considered.

 

It is a prerequisite that the PhD scholar applies for and is granted admission to the NTNU PhD studies as soon as possible after employment. NTNUs PhD-rules require a Master degree or equivalent with at least 5 years of studies and an average ECTS grade of A or B within a scale of A-E for passing grades (A best).

               

Excellent English skills, written and spoken, are required. Applicants from non-Euro

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Arbeidsgiver Navn: NTNU - Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelig

Arbeidsgiver adresse: O.S. Bragstads plass 2D 7491 TRONDHEIM

Job kort beskrivelse: University and higher education teachers

Land: Norge

Region: Sør-Trøndelag

Kilde til jobbtilbud: NAV, Offentlige arbeidsformidlinger, Norge

Lønn valuta: NOK

Lønn periode: Pr. år