LAMP

TWO POSTDOC POSITIONS IN CONTINUAL LEARNING OF DEEP NEURAL NETWORKS FOR SUSTAINABLE AND DATA SECURE AI

We are seeking two postdocs to join the Learning and Machine Perception (LAMP) team in beautiful Barcelona. The positions are for two years and will remain open until good candidates are found. LAMP is in the Computer Vision Center at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and performs research on continual learning, active learning, generative models, transfer learning, and self-supervised learning.
The project focuses on research lines that explore the potential of Continual AI to address the challenges of sustainable-AI. Research lines include (but are not limited to):

• Energy-efficient continual learning: this direction studies and aims to propose continual learning methods that are best adapted for the energy-efficient retraining of neural network when new data arrives.
• Data secure (privacy protective) continual learning: this direction is devoted to the study continual learning techniques that ensure the privacy of clients (including the unlearning of knowledge).
• Biologically inspired energy-efficient continual learning: this line is devoted to the development of a computational model that follows the continual learning in the human brain: separating the learning process in a slow and fast learner to optimally address the stability-plasticity trade-off. Potentially investigating spiking models for energy-efficient continual learning.

HOSTING GROUP
The project is in the Learning and Machine Perception (LAMP) team at the CVC led by Joost van de Weijer. For more information on the LAMP team visit: website

CANDIDATE ’S PROFILE
The candidate should possess a PhD in computer vision or machine learning and have a strong publication record. We are looking for candidates who have publications in the top conferences CVPR, ECCV, ICCV, NIPS, ICML, or ICLR. The candidate should have a background in machine learning and deep learning. Knowledge of continual learning is desired but not mandatory. The applicants are expected to be fluent in both oral and written communication in English. They should work well in a team while demonstrating initiative and independence. The candidate is expected to supervise PhD students.

THE COMPUTER VISION CENTER
The selected candidate will work in the Computer Vision Centre (CVC), Barcelona, a research institute comprising more than 100 researchers and support staff, dedicated to computer vision research and knowledge transfer. With a strong international projection and links to the industry, the Computer Vision Centre offers an exciting environment for scientific career development. The Computer Vision Center has a plan for expansion of its permanent research staff base, and has received the “HR Excellence in Research” award as a provider and supporter of a stimulating and favorable working environment.

RESEARCH CONTACT
If you are interested in the position, please contact Dr. Joost van de Weijer (scholar website) for more information and application (joost@cvc.uab.es)

FUNDING CONDITIONS
Living allowance of 31-36k€/year (gross salary) depending on experience.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE
The project starts December 1st 2022. The vacancy will remain open until a suitable candidate has been hired. Applications will be regularly reviewed and potential candidates will be contacted.