Subject: [AUDITORY] BBC Prosperity Partnership - 4 Research Fellow/Research Assistant/Research Software Engineer posts in CVSSP From: Philip Jackson <0000014ec135e0c2-dmarc-request@xxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2021 20:36:40 +0000--_000_DB6PR06MB39892FDE2FC091A2EEEC7B44D3749DB6PR06MB3989eurp_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi everyone, if you know someone whom you think may be interested, please p= ass it on... thank you! Join a new research partnership with the BBC at the Centre for Vision, Spee= ch and Signal Processing (CVSSP), University of Surrey Four research posts available in Audio-Visual AI, Computer Vision and Audio= : Research Fellow B https://jobs.surrey.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?ref=3D015321 Research Fellow A https://jobs.surrey.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?ref=3D015121 2x Research Software Engineer/Research Assistant https://jobs.surrey.ac.uk/= vacancy.aspx?ref=3D015621 AI4ME project website https://ai4me.surrey.ac.uk/ University of Surrey press release https://www.surrey.ac.uk/news/surrey-lea= d-ai-research-prosperity-partnership-enable-future-personalised-media-all BBC R&D blog https://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/blog/2021-04-prosperity-partnership-p= ersonalisation-media-interactivity Exciting opportunity for outstanding researchers in Computer Vision, Audio = and Audio-Visual AI to join CVSSP as part of a major new five-year research= partnership with the BBC to realise Future Personalised Media Experiences. The goal of the research partnership is to realise future personalised cont= ent creation and delivery at scale for the public at home or on the move. C= VSSP research will address the key challenges for personalised content crea= tion and rendering by advancing computer vision and audio-visual AI to tran= sform captured 2D video to object-based media. Research will advance automa= tic online understanding, reconstruction and neural rendering of complex dy= namic real-world scenes and events. This will enable a new generation of pe= rsonalised media content which adapts to user requirements and interests. T= he new partnership with the BBC and creative industry partners will positio= n the UK to lead future personalised media experiences. The Centre for Vision, Speech and Signal Processing (CVSSP) at the Universi= ty of Surrey is ranked first in the UK for computer vision. The centre lead= s ground-breaking research in audio-visual AI and machine perception for th= e benefit of people and society through technological innovations in health= care, security, entertainment, robotics and communications. Over the past t= wo decades CVSSP has pioneered advances in 3D and 4D computer vision, spati= al audio and audio-visual AI which have enabled award winning technologies = for content production in TV, film, games and immersive entertainment. BBC R&D (bbc.co.uk/rd<https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url= =3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fbbc.co.uk%2Frd&data=3D04%7C01%7Cp.jackson%40surrey.ac.uk%7C= 819889d9e11d40524efa08d8ef684ae7%7C6b902693107440aa9e21d89446a2ebb5%7C0%7C0= %7C637522578496704940%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV= 2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=3DilD2djee4t3s7dZAd3h0BD= vpwHRqfTKaqpb8ljkWoJ8%3D&reserved=3D0>) has a worldwide reputation for deve= lopments in media technology going back over 90 years and has worked closel= y with CVSSP for over 20 years. It has pioneered the development of object-= based media, working closely with programme-makers and technology teams acr= oss the BBC. Recent work has included object-based audio delivery across mu= ltiple synchronised devices for sports and drama, and AI for recognising wi= ldlife for natural history. This is an opportunity for outstanding researchers to join a world-renowned= research centre at the start of a major new five-year research partnership= . Research Fellow B The Research Fellow B will be an experienced researcher with an excellent t= rack-record of publication in leading academic forums and post-doctoral res= earch leadership. The successful candidate will take an active role in lead= ing the research programme, contributing novel machine learning approaches = to real-world dynamic scene understanding and reconstruction from video, an= d co-supervision of post-doctoral and PhD researchers. Research Fellow A The Research Fellow A will hold a PhD in computer vision, audio and/or audi= o-visual AI with a track-record of publication in leading academic forums. = The successful candidate will contribute novel machine learning approaches = advancing audio-visual AI to transform video of real-world scenes to object= -based representation and neural rendering. The post-holder will collaborat= e with the team and project partners to realise personalised media experien= ces. 2x Research Software Engineer/Research Assistant The Research Software Engineer/Research Assistant will have experience of r= esearch and software development in computer vision, audio and machine lear= ning. The post holder will support the research programme, contributing to= research and technologies which enable the transformation of video to audi= o-visual objects, production of personalised media experiences and object-b= ased audio-visual rendering. All posts are at the core of a research team working together with the BBC,= University and industry partners to realise personalised object-based medi= a experiences at scale for offline content and live events. These posts wi= ll enable individuals to advance knowledge in computer vision, audio and ma= chine learning and raise their own academic and research profile by joining= Europe=92s largest research centre in this field. All posts will initially= be offered for a fixed term which is extendable for the 5 year duration of= the partnership. -- Dr PJB Jackson | Reader in Machine Audition | CVSSP | University of Surrey = | www.surrey.ac.uk/people/philip-jackson<https://www.surrey.ac.uk/people/phil= ip-jackson> --_000_DB6PR06MB39892FDE2FC091A2EEEC7B44D3749DB6PR06MB3989eurp_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html> <head> <meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3DWindows-1= 252"> <style type=3D"text/css" style=3D"display:none;"> P {margin-top:0;margin-bo= ttom:0;} </style> </head> <body dir=3D"ltr"> <div> <div dir=3D"ltr"> <div> <div dir=3D"ltr"> <div class=3D"" style=3D"word-wrap:break-word; line-break:after-white-space= "> <div class=3D""> <div class=3D""> <div> <blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D""> <div class=3D""> <div class=3D"" style=3D"font-family:Helvetica; font-size:12px; font-style:= normal; font-variant-caps:normal; letter-spacing:normal; text-align:start; = text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; white-space:normal; word-spacing:0px;= text-decoration:none"> <div class=3D"" style=3D"font-weight:normal">Hi everyone, if you know someo= ne whom you think may be interested, please pass it on... thank you!</div> <div class=3D"" style=3D"font-weight:normal"><br> </div> </div> <div class=3D"" style=3D"font-weight:normal"><br> </div> <div class=3D"" style=3D"font-family:Helvetica; font-size:12px; font-style:= normal; font-variant-caps:normal; letter-spacing:normal; text-align:start; = text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; white-space:normal; word-spacing:0px;= text-decoration:none"> <div class=3D"" style=3D""> <div class=3D"" style=3D""> <p class=3D"" style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top:0px; = margin-bottom:0px; font-weight:normal; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:1em; f= ont-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size= :14px; background-repeat:no-repeat"> <strong class=3D"" style=3D"background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat">Join a n= ew research partnership with the BBC </strong>at the Centre for Vision= , Speech and Signal Processing (CVSSP), University of Surrey</p> <p class=3D"" style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top:0px; = margin-bottom:0px; font-weight:normal; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:1em; f= ont-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size= :14px; background-repeat:no-repeat"> <strong class=3D"" style=3D"background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat">Four res= earch posts available in Audio-Visual AI, Computer Vision and Audio: <= /strong></p> <p class=3D"" style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top:0px; = margin-bottom:0px; font-weight:normal; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:1em; f= ont-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size= :14px; background-repeat:no-repeat"> Research Fellow B <a href=3D"https://jobs.surrey.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?re= f=3D015321" class=3D"">https://jobs.surrey.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?ref=3D015321<= /a></p> <p class=3D"" style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top:0px; = margin-bottom:0px; font-weight:normal; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:1em; f= ont-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size= :14px; background-repeat:no-repeat"> Research Fellow A <a href=3D"https://jobs.surrey.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?re= f=3D015121" class=3D"">https://jobs.surrey.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?ref=3D015121<= /a></p> <p class=3D"" style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top:0px; = margin-bottom:0px; font-weight:normal; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:1em; f= ont-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size= :14px; background-repeat:no-repeat"> 2x Research Software Engineer/Research Assistant <a href=3D"https://jo= bs.surrey.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?ref=3D015621" class=3D"">https://jobs.surrey.a= c.uk/vacancy.aspx?ref=3D015621</a></p> <div class=3D"" style=3D"margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:1em; font-family:&qu= ot;Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; backgro= und-repeat:no-repeat"> <b><br> </b></div> <div class=3D"" style=3D"margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:1em; font-family:&qu= ot;Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; backgro= und-repeat:no-repeat"> <b>AI4ME project website</b> <a href=3D"https://ai4me.surrey.ac.uk/" i= d=3D"LPlnk" style=3D"font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial= ,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-weight:normal">https://ai4me.surrey.ac.uk= /</a></div> <div class=3D"" style=3D"margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:1em; font-family:&qu= ot;Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; backgro= und-repeat:no-repeat"> <b>University of Surrey press release</b> <a href=3D"https://www.surre= y.ac.uk/news/surrey-lead-ai-research-prosperity-partnership-enable-future-p= ersonalised-media-all" id=3D"LPlnk">https://www.surrey.ac.uk/news/surrey-le= ad-ai-research-prosperity-partnership-enable-future-personalised-media-all<= /a></div> <div class=3D"x_x__Entity x_x__EType_OWALinkPreview x_x__EId_OWALinkPreview= x_x__EReadonly_1"> </div> </div> <div class=3D"" style=3D""> <div class=3D"" style=3D"margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:1em; font-family:&qu= ot;Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; backgro= und-repeat:no-repeat"> <b>BBC R&D blog</b> <a href=3D"https://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/blog/2021-= 04-prosperity-partnership-personalisation-media-interactivity" id=3D"LPlnk"= >https://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/blog/2021-04-prosperity-partnership-personalisati= on-media-interactivity</a></div> <div class=3D"x_x__Entity x_x__EType_OWALinkPreview x_x__EId_OWALinkPreview= _2 x_x__EReadonly_1"> </div> </div> <div class=3D"" style=3D""><br> </div> <div class=3D"" style=3D""> <div class=3D"x_x__Entity x_x__EType_OWALinkPreview x_x__EId_OWALinkPreview= _1 x_x__EReadonly_1" style=3D"font-weight:normal"> </div> <br> <p class=3D"" style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top:0px; = margin-bottom:0px; font-weight:normal; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:1em; f= ont-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size= :14px; background-repeat:no-repeat"> <strong class=3D"" style=3D"background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat">Exciting= opportunity for outstanding researchers in Computer Vision, Audio and Audi= o-Visual AI to join CVSSP as part of a major new five-year research partner= ship with the BBC to realise Future Personalised Media Experiences.</strong></p> <p class=3D"" style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top:0px; = margin-bottom:0px; font-weight:normal; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:1em; f= ont-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size= :14px; background-repeat:no-repeat"> The goal of the research partnership is to realise future personalised cont= ent creation and delivery at scale for the public at home or on the move. C= VSSP research will address the key challenges for personalised content crea= tion and rendering by advancing computer vision and audio-visual AI to transform captured 2D video to obje= ct-based media. Research will advance automatic online understanding, recon= struction and neural rendering of complex dynamic real-world scenes and eve= nts. This will enable a new generation of personalised media content which adapts to user requirements and intere= sts. The new partnership with the BBC and creative industry partners will p= osition the UK to lead future personalised media experiences.</p> <p class=3D"" style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top:0px; = margin-bottom:0px; font-weight:normal; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:1em; f= ont-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size= :14px; background-repeat:no-repeat"> The Centre for Vision, Speech and Signal Processing (CVSSP) at the Universi= ty of Surrey is ranked first in the UK for computer vision. The centre lead= s ground-breaking research in audio-visual AI and machine perception for th= e benefit of people and society through technological innovations in healthcare, security, entertainment, = robotics and communications. Over the past two decades CVSSP has pioneered = advances in 3D and 4D computer vision, spatial audio and audio-visual AI wh= ich have enabled award winning technologies for content production in TV, film, games and immersive entertainment.</p> <p class=3D"" style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top:0px; = margin-bottom:0px; font-weight:normal; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:1em; f= ont-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size= :14px; background-repeat:no-repeat"> BBC R&D (<a href=3D"https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url= =3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fbbc.co.uk%2Frd&data=3D04%7C01%7Cp.jackson%40surrey.ac.u= k%7C819889d9e11d40524efa08d8ef684ae7%7C6b902693107440aa9e21d89446a2ebb5%7C0= %7C0%7C637522578496704940%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQI= joiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=3DilD2djee4t3s7d= ZAd3h0BDvpwHRqfTKaqpb8ljkWoJ8%3D&reserved=3D0" originalsrc=3D"http://bb= c.co.uk/rd" shash=3D"GLbgkrvTZDj4gkNoKY9R9ZrncEiMO8tP/dgDVpEJGayc+hZ239+m7l= c29xV+hxJSdRE7NTIhcCt/a/fZBkLm1rxgwl7kkGGwAeeapn5cQa4fqJ7/8RmXIvYLDvcvF8HAL= yiMhjozducYNEjwW2JI5Bpr13tXHTt9P/9/CiBewxo=3D" class=3D"" style=3D"border-b= ottom-width:1px; border-bottom-style:solid; border-bottom-color:rgb(99,184,= 207); text-decoration:none; background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat">bbc.co.u= k/rd</a>) has a worldwide reputation for developments in media technology going back= over 90 years and has worked closely with CVSSP for over 20 years. It has = pioneered the development of object-based media, working closely with progr= amme-makers and technology teams across the BBC. Recent work has included object-based audio delivery acros= s multiple synchronised devices for sports and drama, and AI for recognisin= g wildlife for natural history.</p> <p class=3D"" style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top:0px; = margin-bottom:0px; font-weight:normal; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:1em; f= ont-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size= :14px; background-repeat:no-repeat"> This is an opportunity for outstanding researchers to join a world-renowned= research centre at the start of a major new five-year research partnership= . </p> <p class=3D"" style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top:0px; = margin-bottom:0px; font-weight:normal; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:1em; f= ont-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size= :14px; background-repeat:no-repeat"> <strong class=3D"" style=3D"background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat">Research= Fellow B</strong></p> <p class=3D"" style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top:0px; = margin-bottom:0px; font-weight:normal; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:1em; f= ont-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size= :14px; background-repeat:no-repeat"> The Research Fellow B will be an experienced researcher with an excellent t= rack-record of publication in leading academic forums and post-doctoral res= earch leadership. The successful candidate will take an active role in lead= ing the research programme, contributing novel machine learning approaches to real-world dynamic scene understandin= g and reconstruction from video, and co-supervision of post-doctoral and Ph= D researchers.</p> <p class=3D"" style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top:0px; = margin-bottom:0px; font-weight:normal; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:1em; f= ont-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size= :14px; background-repeat:no-repeat"> <strong class=3D"" style=3D"background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat">Research= Fellow A</strong></p> <p class=3D"" style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top:0px; = margin-bottom:0px; font-weight:normal; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:1em; f= ont-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size= :14px; background-repeat:no-repeat"> The Research Fellow A will hold a PhD in computer vision, audio and/or audi= o-visual AI with a track-record of publication in leading academic forums. = The successful candidate will contribute novel machine learning approaches = advancing audio-visual AI to transform video of real-world scenes to object-based representation and neural rende= ring. The post-holder will collaborate with the team and project partners t= o realise personalised media experiences.</p> <p class=3D"" style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top:0px; = margin-bottom:0px; font-weight:normal; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:1em; f= ont-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size= :14px; background-repeat:no-repeat"> <strong class=3D"" style=3D"background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat">2x Resea= rch Software Engineer/Research Assistant </strong></p> <p class=3D"" style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top:0px; = margin-bottom:0px; font-weight:normal; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:1em; f= ont-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size= :14px; background-repeat:no-repeat"> The Research Software Engineer/Research Assistant will have experience of r= esearch and software development in computer vision, audio and machine lear= ning. The post holder will support the research programme, contributi= ng to research and technologies which enable the transformation of video to audio-visual objects, production of = personalised media experiences and object-based audio-visual rendering.</p> <p class=3D"" style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top:0px; = margin-bottom:0px; font-weight:normal; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:1em; f= ont-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size= :14px; background-repeat:no-repeat"> All posts are at the core of a research team working together with the BBC,= University and industry partners to realise personalised object-based medi= a experiences at scale for offline content and live events. These pos= ts will enable individuals to advance knowledge in computer vision, audio and machine learning and raise their o= wn academic and research profile by joining Europe=92s largest research cen= tre in this field. All posts will initially be offered for a fixed term whi= ch is extendable for the 5 year duration of the partnership.</p> <p class=3D"" style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top:0px; = margin-bottom:0px; font-weight:normal; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:1em; f= ont-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size= :14px; background-repeat:no-repeat"> <br> </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </blockquote> </div> <div class=3D"x_PlainText" style=3D"margin:0px; font-size:13.3333px; font-f= amily:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emoji",= "Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","= ;Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols,Helvetica,EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emo= ji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol&qu= ot;,"Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols,Helvetica,EmojiFont,"Apple = Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI = Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols; color:rgb(0,0,0); back= ground-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> <span style=3D"margin:0px; font-family:wf_segoe-ui_normal,"Segoe UI&qu= ot;,"Segoe WP",Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont; color:rgb= (33,33,33)">--</span><br> <span style=3D"margin:0px; font-family:wf_segoe-ui_normal,"Segoe UI&qu= ot;,"Segoe WP",Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont; color:rgb= (33,33,33)">Dr PJB Jackson | Reader in Machine Audition | CVSSP | Universit= y of Surrey |</span></div> <div class=3D"x_PlainText" style=3D"margin:0px; font-size:13.3333px; font-f= amily:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emoji",= "Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","= ;Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols,Helvetica,EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emo= ji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol&qu= ot;,"Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols,Helvetica,EmojiFont,"Apple = Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI = Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols; color:rgb(0,0,0); back= ground-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> <a href=3D"https://www.surrey.ac.uk/people/philip-jackson" style=3D"margin:= 0px">www.surrey.ac.uk/people/philip-jackson</a><br style=3D"color:rgb(33,33= ,33); font-family:wf_segoe-ui_normal,"Segoe UI","Segoe WP&qu= ot;,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont"> </div> <br class=3D""> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </body> </html> --_000_DB6PR06MB39892FDE2FC091A2EEEC7B44D3749DB6PR06MB3989eurp_--