Sweden: DOCTORAL STUDENT IN MATHEMATICS, ORIENTED TOWARDS COMPUTER VISION

Deadline: 14 Jan. 2013

Type of employment: Limit of tenure, 4-5 years 
Extent: 100 % 
Location: Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Lund 
First day of employment: February 1st, 2012 
Official Records Number: LTHPA 2012/1044

Job assignments

The studentship is directed on mathematical modeling and methods applied to computer vision and image analysis. The student will be working within a project involving 3D-reconstruction of static and dynamic objects, scenes and environment from image data. The employee will also have teaching duties with the undergraduate program.

Eligibility/Entry Requirements

Students with basic eligibility for third-cycle studies are those who- have completed a second-cycle degree- have completed courses of at least 240 credits, of which at least 60 credits are from second-cycle courses, or- have acquired largely equivalent knowledge in some other way, in Sweden or abroad. Special eligibility requirements comprise knowledge from first-cycle studies or the equivalent, but can also refer to special professional experience. Additionally, sufficient knowledge of the subject area is required for third-cycle studies. Students meeting special eligibility requirements are those who have- at least 60 higher education credits within the same subject area as the third-cycle studies, of which in-depth work of at least 30 higher education credits of relevance to the subject area.

Basis of Assessment

The employment of doctoral students is regulated in the Swedish Code of Statues 1998:80. Only those who are or have been admitted to PhD-studies may be appointed to doctoral studentships. When an appointment to a doctoral studentship is made, the ability of the student to benefit from PhD-studies shall primarily be taken into account. In addition to devoting themselves to their studies, those appointed to doctoral studentships may be required to work with educational tasks, research and administration, in accordance with specific regulations in the ordinance.

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