Category: Academic | Faculty/SMT Lead: College of Life, Health & Physical Sciences | School/Department: School of Computing, Engineering and Mathematics | Team/Division: Division of Computing | Location: Brighton - Moulsecoomb | Post Type: Full Time | Closing Date: 09 Sep 2014 |
This varied and challenging role is located within our Moulsecoomb campus just five minutes ride away from central Brighton. It will be based in the School of Computing, Engineering and Mathematics but is to be seconded for the first 12 months to join the EPSRC-funded research project “Automatic Semantic Analysis of 3D Content in Digital Repositories” working in the Cultural Informatics Research Group (CIRG). The CIRG specialises in collaborating with institutions on developing viable, strategic and sustainable technologies in the documentation, digital preservation, analysis and communication of cultural heritage.
The research project aims to improve the organisation and discoverability of 3D content in large scale repositories by automating the analysis and enrichment of 3D content with its high level semantic meaning. The research will concentrate on 3D content from the Cultural Heritage domain in order to focus on a specific domain of expertise. You will work alongside the Principal Investigator in designing and developing shape segmentation algorithms (e.g. skeletal representations) for ornamental shapes in the Regency Period. You will also implement shape analysis methods to compare the 3D shape descriptors to predefined shape templates in a 3D dictionary. Our partner, the Regency Town House (RTH) will make available their architectural ornament collection for this purpose.
You would normally be expected to hold, or be close to completion of, a PhD in areas related to computer graphics, geometry processing or visual analytics. In addition, an understanding of academic and award standards and the range and level of knowledge and skills, which the programmes are intended to foster is desirable.
For informal enquiries about this post, please contact Karina Rodriguez at K.Rodriguez@brighton.ac.uk