PhD position (Computer Sciences) in Image Analysis – RELEVANCE, arivis AG, Rostock-Germany Copy

PhD position (Computer Sciences) in Image Analysis – RELEVANCE, arivis AG, Rostock-Germany

Organization: Arivis AG

Available from: September 1, 2016 to September 1, 2019

JOB DESCRIPTION

Arivis AG (based in Germany) is looking for a talented and driven person to join their team in the Business Unit Imaging Science as a PhD (Computer Sciences) in Image Analysis.

Starting date: April – September 2016
Duration: 36 months with excellent chance for a permanent deployment

An Early Stage Researcher (Ph.D. student) position is available at arivis AG in Rostock, Germany as part of the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Innovative Training Network “Regulation of red cell life span, erythropoiesis, survival, senescence and clearance (RELEVANCE)”.

arivis develops and provides IT solutions focused on the Life Sciences industry. Our product portfolio ranges from solutions in imaging science, regulatory, raw data archiving and production to quality management for medical and pharmaceutical products. arivis solutions help customers to meet the worldwide ever-increasing regulatory, quality and compliance requirements in research, clinical trials, approval and maintenance of medical devices and medicinal products.

Responsibilities and Project Topics:

arivis’ contribution to the EU funded project will be diagnostic tools for red blood cells, including:

• Segmentation and classification of red blood cells
• Trainable classification algorithms (SVM, Random forest, Deep Neural Networks)
• Parallelization and automated analysis workflows
• Integration of analysis algorithms into a scalable software environment

The focus will be on the development of software algorithms for highly parallelized trainable algorithms.

Qualifications:

We are looking for highly motivated individuals with evidence of high academic achievements. Candidates should bring:

• Masters degree in computer sciences, mathematics or a similar field.
• Strong background in image analysis, algorithm development and implementation.
• Languages: English required, German optional.
• Development in C++/C#/Python/MATLAB

Funding:

The MSC ITN programme offers a highly competitive and attractive salary. The successful candidates will receive a salary in accordance with the regulations for MSC Fellows/early stage researchers (ESRs) for 3 years. Exact salary will be confirmed upon appointment but will involve a generous Living Allowance and monthly mobility allowance depending on the successful candidate’s family situation.

We seek candidates with a Masters degree in computer sciences, mathematics or a similar field with a strong background in image analysis, segmentation and classification. Candidates will travel and work in collaborators‘ laboratories in Europe.

We can only consider candidates from within the EU. Furthermore, candidates with German nationality or who have lived in Germany for longer than 12 months during the past 3 years are excluded from applying for this specific position. Details of the other available RELEVANCE projects can be found on the consortium website

The candidate must take up the ESR position before 1st September 2016.

Please send your application to Applications should consist of an up-to-date CV and cover letter including the applicant’s motives to apply. Please provide supporting documents, personal statement, degree transcripts and certificates and references.

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