2x PhD Positions as part of the SNSF Project “From Alps to Arctic: Satellite-based Assessment of Forest Canopy Height across Decades” — Universität Zürich
- Location
- Winterthurerstrasse 190
- Contract
- full-time
- Posted
- 21 days ago
Role overview
The University of Zurich, Switzerland's largest university, offers a range of attractive positions in various subject areas and professional fields.
With around 10,000 employees and currently 12 professional apprenticeship streams the University offers an inspiring working environment on cutting-edge research and top-class education.
Put your talent and skills to work with us.
- The University of Zurich, Switzerland's largest university, offers a range of attractive positions in various subject areas and professional fields.
- With around 10,000 employees and currently 12 professional apprenticeship streams the University offers an inspiring working environment on cutting-edge research and top-class education.
- Our employees benefit from a wide range of attractive offers.
- Find out more: https://www.uzh.ch/de/explore/work.html.
What the company offers
- Our employees benefit from a wide range of attractive offers.
- Find out more: https://www.uzh.ch/de/explore/work.html.
Application process
- Become part of the EcoVision Lab, a vibrant, exciting, fun place to do research on deep learning for applications to ecology
- Close collaborations with leading research groups in machine learning, computer vision, data science, remote sensing, and historical remote sensing image interpretation.
- A unique opportunity to combine cutting-edge AI research with real-world environmental impact for a yet completely under-explored research topic
- Access to diverse, large-scale historical satellite image archives Anforderungen:
- We are looking for highly motivated candidates who are excited about pushing the boundaries of machine learning while contributing to meaningful environmental impact.
- You are curious, rigorous, and enjoy developing both new ideas and high-quality research software.
- You are comfortable engaging with challenging problems and collaborating across disciplines. An ideal candidate will have:
- An excellent Master's degree (M.Sc. or equivalent) in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Data Science, or a closely related field (e.g., Electrical Engineering, Applied Mathematics) A strong foundation in mathematics and machine learning A lot of programming experience, preferably in Python
Additional details
- Find out more about UZH as an employer!
- As a PhD candidate, you will develop novel deep learning and computer vision methods to transform large-scale remote sensing imagery of different satellite missions to maps of canopy height, and further forest parameters and their change over time. Your research will include: These 2x PhD positions offer:
- Access to diverse, large-scale historical satellite image archives
- You are comfortable engaging with challenging problems and collaborating across disciplines. An ideal candidate will have:
- An excellent Master's degree (M.Sc. or equivalent) in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Data Science, or a closely related field (e.g., Electrical Engineering, Applied Mathematics) A strong foundation in mathematics and machine learning A lot of programming experience, preferably in Python
Notes and original content
- As a PhD candidate, you will develop novel deep learning and computer vision methods to transform large-scale remote sensing imagery of different satellite missions to maps of canopy height, and further forest parameters and their change over time.
- Your research will include:
- These 2x PhD positions offer:
- Anforderungen:
- You are comfortable engaging with challenging problems and collaborating across disciplines.
- An ideal candidate will have:
- An excellent Master's degree (M.Sc. or equivalent) in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Data Science, or a closely related field (e.g., Electrical Engineering, Applied Mathematics)
- A strong foundation in mathematics and machine learning
- A lot of programming experience, preferably in Python
- Wir bieten:
Questions about this listing
What salary does Universität Zürich offer for this role?
Universität Zürich lists CHF 73'500 - 111'500 gross per year for this position in Winterthurerstrasse 190. This is the salary published in the original listing (or, when the employer omits a figure, a realistic estimate for the role and sector) — the calculator on this site converts it to your actual net take-home once cross-border tax and social contributions are applied.
Is this a full-time role, and what type of contract does Universität Zürich offer?
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