Subject: [AUDITORY] PhD opportunity: 10 funded PhDs on Bioacoustic AI for wildlife protection From: Dan Stowell <0000026eca42b59c-dmarc-request@xxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2023 17:08:27 +0200--------------igc8EKZg0bNKiyVUUYUHXhCR Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by edgeum4.it.mcgill.ca id 38DF8ZbM118409 Dear all, Would you like to develop AI algorithms to help understand animal sound?=20 To monitor biodiversity across Europe? To collaborate with AI and=20 biodiversity experts, as part of a team and with partners in many=20 European countries? *10 PhD positions within prestigious EU funded project available:=20 **bioacousticai.eu <https://bioacousticai.eu/>* We are now looking for *PhD Doctoral Candidates in Bioacoustic AI*. We=20 have *ten fully-funded positions available*, within a project that=20 reaches across various countries: The Netherlands, Germany, France,=20 Belgium, Czechia, Finland, and the UK. As a PhD candidate you will be=20 based at a university/institution in one of these countries, and you=20 will work on your project in teamwork with experts in both AI and=20 ecology/zoology. You will also collaborate with project partners in=20 other European institutions, including extended research visits for=20 in-depth collaborations. Some of the PhD projects focus on developing AI/signal processing=20 algorithms. Some of the PhD projects focus on ecological questions or=20 animal behaviour. The animals of interest include different species of=20 terrestrial insects, birds, bats and other mammals. Recruitment has just started. *The PhDs are planned to begin in early=20 2024 (Jan=E2=80=93Mar)*. The funded PhDs will be full-time, and run for 3= years,=20 or up to 4 years in some countries according to local PhD requirements. The 10 PhD topics: 1. *Human-in-the-loop AI for acoustic event detection and classification* - Tampere University, Finland. Primary supervisor: Prof Tuomas Virtanen 2. *Identifying unknown species and unknown sounds using machine learning* - Naturalis Biodiversity Centre, The Netherlands. Primary supervisor: Dr Dan Stowell 3. *Massively multi-task deep learning for wildlife sound monitoring* - Tilburg University, The Netherlands. Primary supervisor: Dr Dan Stowe= ll 4. *Distributed sound source localisation and separation for wireless microphone networks consisting of two-microphone nodes* - KU Leuven, Belgium. Primary supervisors: Dr Randall Ali and Prof Toon van Waterschoot 5. *AI-enhanced sound event localisation and detection in microphone arrays* - Sorama BV, The Netherlands. Primary supervisor: Dr Jin-Jack Tan 6. *Sustainable design of autonomous bioacoustic sensors* - CNRS, =C3=89= cole Centrale Nantes, France. Primary supervisor: Dr Vincent Lostanlen 7. *Vocal interactions in animal groups* - Max Planck Institute for Animal Behaviour, Germany. Primary supervisor: Dr Ariana Strandburg-Peshkin 8. *Yellowhammer =E2=80=93 individual acoustic monitoring to study song = culture evolution within and between dialect areas* - Charles University, Czechia. Primary supervisor: Dr Tereza Petruskova 9. *Using sounds to estimate breeding and non-breeding population of a species* - University of South Bohemia, Czechia. Primary supervisor: Dr Pavel Linhart 10. *End-to-end bioacoustic systems for monitoring wildlife populations and ecosystems* - UCL, UK. Primary supervisor: Prof Kate Jones For details about the project supervisors and their groups/labs, and *to=20 apply*, please see https://bioacousticai.eu/ Please share this with your networks and anyone who may be interested. Best wishes Dan Stowell (lead investigator), on behalf of the team /BioacAI has received funding from the European Union=E2=80=99s Marie=20 Sk=C5=82odowska-Curie Action under grant agreement No 101116715/ --=20 Dan Stowellhttp://www.mcld.co.uk/research/ Associate Professor of AI & Biodiversity * Tilburg Universityhttps://csai.nl/ * Naturalis Biodiversity Centrehttp://naturalis.nl/ * Jheronimus Academy of Data Scienceshttps://www.jads.nl/ --------------igc8EKZg0bNKiyVUUYUHXhCR Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by edgeum4.it.mcgill.ca id 38DF8ZbM118409 <html><head> <meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8"> </head> <body> <p>Dear all,<br> <br> Would you like to develop AI algorithms to help understand animal sound? To monitor biodiversity across Europe? To collaborate with AI and biodiversity experts, as part of a team and with partners in many European countries?<br> <br> <b>10 PhD positions within prestigious EU funded project available: </b><b><a moz-do-not-send=3D"true" href=3D"https://bio= acousticai.eu/">bioacousticai.eu</a></b><br> <br> We are now looking for <b>PhD Doctoral Candidates in Bioacoustic AI</b>. We have <b>ten fully-funded positions available</b>, within a project that reaches across various countries: The Netherlands, Germany, France, Belgium, Czechia, Finland, and the UK. As a PhD candidate you will be based at a university/institution in one of these countries, and you will work on your project in teamwork with experts in both AI and ecology/zoology. You will also collaborate with project partners in other European institutions, including extended research visits for in-depth collaborations.<br> <br> Some of the PhD projects focus on developing AI/signal processing algorithms. Some of the PhD projects focus on ecological questions or animal behaviour. The animals of interest include different species of terrestrial insects, birds, bats and other mammals. <br> <br> Recruitment has just started. <b>The PhDs are planned to begin in early 2024 (Jan=E2=80=93Mar)</b>. The funded PhDs will be full-ti= me, and run for 3 years, or up to 4 years in some countries according to local PhD requirements.<br> <br> The 10 PhD topics:<br> <br> </p> <ol> <li><b>Human-in-the-loop AI for acoustic event detection and classification</b> - Tampere University, Finland. Primary supervisor: Prof Tuomas Virtanen</li> <li><b>Identifying unknown species and unknown sounds using machine learning</b> - Naturalis Biodiversity Centre, The Netherlands. Primary supervisor: Dr Dan Stowell</li> <li><b>Massively multi-task deep learning for wildlife sound monitoring</b> - Tilburg University, The Netherlands. Primary supervisor: Dr Dan Stowell</li> <li><b>Distributed sound source localisation and separation for wireless microphone networks consisting of two-microphone nodes</b> - KU Leuven, Belgium. Primary supervisors: Dr Randall Ali and Prof Toon van Waterschoot</li> <li><b>AI-enhanced sound event localisation and detection in microphone arrays</b> - Sorama BV, The Netherlands. Primary supervisor: Dr Jin-Jack Tan</li> <li><b>Sustainable design of autonomous bioacoustic sensors</b> - CNRS, =C3=89cole Centrale Nantes, France. Primary supervisor: Dr Vincent Lostanlen</li> <li><b>Vocal interactions in animal groups</b> - Max Planck Institute for Animal Behaviour, Germany. Primary supervisor: Dr Ariana Strandburg-Peshkin</li> <li><b>Yellowhammer =E2=80=93 individual acoustic monitoring to stu= dy song culture evolution within and between dialect areas</b> - Charles University, Czechia. Primary supervisor: Dr Tereza Petruskova</li> <li><b>Using sounds to estimate breeding and non-breeding population of a species</b> - University of South Bohemia, Czechia. Primary supervisor: Dr Pavel Linhart</li> <li><b>End-to-end bioacoustic systems for monitoring wildlife populations and ecosystems</b> - UCL, UK. Primary supervisor: Prof Kate Jones</li> </ol> <p>For details about the project supervisors and their groups/labs, and <b>to apply</b>, please see <a moz-do-not-send=3D"true" href=3D= "https://bioacousticai.eu/" class=3D"moz-txt-link-freetext">https://bioac= ousticai.eu/</a><br> <br> Please share this with your networks and anyone who may be interested.<br> </p> <p>Best wishes<br> Dan Stowell (lead investigator), on behalf of the team<br> <br> <br> <i>BioacAI has received funding from the European Union=E2=80=99s M= arie Sk=C5=82odowska-Curie Action under grant agreement No 101116715</= i><br> </p> <pre class=3D"moz-signature" cols=3D"72">--=20 Dan Stowell <a class=3D"moz-txt-link-freetext" href=3D"http://www.mcld.co= .uk/research/" moz-do-not-send=3D"true">http://www.mcld.co.uk/research/</= a> Associate Professor of AI & Biodiversity * Tilburg University <a class=3D"moz-txt-link-freetext" href=3D"https://c= sai.nl/" moz-do-not-send=3D"true">https://csai.nl/</a> * Naturalis Biodiversity Centre <a class=3D"moz-txt-link-freetext" href=3D= "http://naturalis.nl/" moz-do-not-send=3D"true">http://naturalis.nl/</a> * Jheronimus Academy of Data Sciences <a class=3D"moz-txt-link-freetext" = href=3D"https://www.jads.nl/" moz-do-not-send=3D"true">https://www.jads.n= l/</a> </pre> </body> </html> --------------igc8EKZg0bNKiyVUUYUHXhCR--