Senior Researcher on Applied Artificial Intelligence for Multi-Modal Sensor Fusion

The Internet & Data Lab (IDLab) is an imec research group at the University of Antwerp and Ghent University. IDLab focuses its research on internet technologies and data science. IDLab is a joint research initiative between Ghent University and the University of Antwerp. Bringing together 300 internet experts, we develop technologies outperforming current solutions for communication subsystems, high speed and low power networking, distributed computing and multimedia processing, machine learning, artificial intelligence, and web semantics.
Within Antwerp, the overall IDLab research areas are machine learning and wireless networking. IDLab has a unique research infrastructure used in numerous national and international collaborations.
IDLab collaborates with many universities and research centres worldwide and jointly develops advanced technologies with industry (R&D centers from international companies, Flanders’ top innovating large companies and SMEs, as well as numerous ambitious startups).

What you will do

Within this job you are expected to provide a high-level hands-on research and management support to the team’s research projects particularly related to sensor fusion and computer vision.

• You will be responsible for the management of research projects in the context of scalable and distributed multi-modal sensor fusion in autonomous systems.
• You follow up on progress within research projects and are able to communicate the accomplished / in-process work to internal and external stakeholders and adapt where needed.
• You lead a technical team going forward in implementing research projects.
• You develop project proposals for the Horizon Europe Program and national projects, both in fundamental and collaborative programs.
• You interface and collaborate on a technical level with research partners from industry and academia.
• You will participate in the framework of European and national research projects (in collaboration with industry).

Who you are

• You have a PhD, preferable in Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, Electrical Engineering, Electromechanical Engineering, or equivalent.
• You have affinity with academic research, but also want to make a difference in today’s industrial and societal challenges.
• You can translate the business requirements of partners to technical challenges, and – together with researchers – define clear methodologies for addressing them.
• You have a strong background in AI and hands-on experience with machine learning projects.
• Prior experience with and a strong publication record in computer vision is a big plus.
• Knowledge of vision-based control in automotive or robotics is an advantage.
• You have experience with managing and supervising team members.
• You consider yourself a machine learning expert and can show case a strong publication record in this area.
• You can explain the challenges of machine learning to a broad non-technical audience, but also have an in-depth understanding of the technical aspects.
• Having experience with participating/leading in national and/or international research projects is an advantage.
• Having experience in proposal writing in national and/or international research projects is an advantage.
• You are a team player and have strong communication skills.
• Your English is fluent, both speaking and writing.

Interested?

If you are interested in this position, please apply using the application button on https://jobs.idlab.uantwerpen.be/o/senior-researcher-on-applied-artificial-intelligence-for-multimodal-sensor-fusion
Applications sent to us via email will not be considered.

More information: contact dr. Ali Anwar - ali.anwar@imec.be