PhD RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP WITHIN THE AREA OF MULTIMEDIA INFORMATION RETRIEVAL AT THE NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
The Department of Computer and Information Science (IDI) in the Faculty of Information Technology, Mathematics and Electrical Engineering (IME), The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) offers a PhD research fellowship within the area of multimedia information retrieval, with a focus on context-oriented storage, indexing and retrieval of images.
The position is part of the CAIM (Context-Aware Image Management). CAIM is a research project supported by the Research Council of Norway, and is a cooperation between NTNU, University of Tromsø, University of Bergen and Telenor R&D in Tromsø¸. The CAIM project focuses on research and the development of tools for context-aware image management, where image description, query formulation, retrieval from heterogeneous distributed environments, and ranking are designed for using context information. An objective in the CAIM project is to design a system that is flexible enough to support context-aware image management for a vide variety of applications. For more information on the CAIM project please refer to http://caim.uib.no/.
Further information on this fellowship can be obtained from Associate Professor Heri Ramampiaro, Phone +47 73 59 14 59 or +47 990 27 656, email: heri@idi.ntnu.no and/or Head of Department Professor Kjell Bratbergsengen, Phone +47 73 59 34 39, email: kjell.bratbergsengen@idi.ntnu.no.
SPECIFIC CONDITIONS
The PhD fellowships are placed in Norwegian salary code 1378, gross NOK 353 000 per year (approx. EUR 37 000 or USD 50 000).
LIVING COST IN NORWAY
The Norwegian tax system is complicated. A rule of thumb is that one pays between 28 - 35% tax on gross income. Because of this tax level, the public health care system is among other free, and there is normally no need for private health care insurances. Education on all levels (including Ph.D.) is also free.
Daily expences and housing is expensive in Norway. Housing normally costs between NOK 4000 (for a simple one bed studio with kichenette, possibly shared bathroom) and 8000 (for a 3-4 piece apartment suitable for a small family) per month.
APPLICATION PROCEDURE
The application should as a minimum include the following:
- Curriculum Vitae
- Complete list of publications
- Certified copies of diplomas awarding the relevant degree(s)
- The most important publications/papers (max 10)
- A statement about the relevance of your background for the Ph.D. project
DEADLINE: 31st of Jan. 2009.