PhD Position at EURECOM:
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http://www.eurecom.fr/resources/documents//0_Institut/Open_Positions/MM/2011/MM_Phd_linkedTV_Troncy_octobre_2011_USx.pdf
Title: Interacting with hypervideos semantically enriched
Department: Multimedia Communications, group Multimedia Semantics
Start date: as soon as possible and no later than January 2012
Duration: 36 months
Description:
EURECOM’s Multimedia Communications Department invites applications for
a full-time, fully-funded 36-month PhD position related to a project
recently awarded from the EU Seventh Framework Programme named LinkedTV.
TV and the Internet are going through an exciting phase of
convergence, with TV being delivered on-demand via the Web while access
to Web content is ever more a part of the TV experience. The European
project "Television Linked To The Web (LinkedTV)" will bring this
convergence to its fulfillment, neatly interweaving TV and Web content
into a single, integrated experience. The LinkedTV project will develop
several technologies and tools to analyse and annotate audio-visual
content, interlink parts of the content with other content, deliver this
enriched audio-visual content via different networks to the end user and
provide intuitive user interfaces on the end device to allow easy access
to and browsing of related content within the programme.
One of LinkedTV’s goals involves the development of novel interaction
mechanisms with hypervideos and is to be developed through this research
position. In particular, it requires:
* the development of an interactive rich multimedia player, based on
the popcorn.js framework, implementing the media fragments URI
specification;
* the design and implementation of a lightweight metadata model for
media resources, using semantic web technologies
* the research and test of novel usages of the second screen
scenarios where TV content is analyzed and automatically enriched with
knowledge, other content and opinions based on social features.
Requirements:
The successful candidate will have been awarded a Master’s degree in a
relevant field of user centered design, user system interaction or
artificial intelligence prior to their joining Eurecom. Previous
experience in collaborative research and development projects at the
European level is desirable though not mandatory. You will be highly
motivated to undertake challenging, applied research and have excellent
English language speaking and writing skills. French language skills are
a bonus.
Applications:
Please send to the address below (i) a one page statement of research
interests and motivation, (ii) your CV and (iii) contact details for two
referees (preferably one from your master’s or most recent research
supervisor) no later than *21st of October 2011*.
Contact: Dr. Raphaël TRONCY
Postal address: 2229 Route des Crêtes BP 193, F-06904 Sophia Antipolis
cedex, France
Email address: [email protected]
EURECOM is located in Sophia Antipolis, a vibrant science park on the
French Riviera. It is in close proximity with a large number of research
units of leading multi-national corporations in the telecommunications,
semiconductor and biotechnology sectors, as well as other outstanding
research and teaching institutions. A freethinking, multinational
population and the unique geographic location provide a quality of life
without equal.
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Raphaël Troncy
EURECOM, Multimedia Communications Department
2229, route des Crêtes, 06560 Sophia Antipolis, France.
e-mail: [email protected] & [email protected]
Tel: +33 (0)4 - 9300 8242
Fax: +33 (0)4 - 9000 8200
Web: http://www.eurecom.fr/~troncy/
