Internship
Unsupervised information extraction from video
Video data is becoming ubiquitous thanks to accessible hardware and impressive advances in storage and transmission capacity. However, from the massive amounts of data captured in the form of video streams, only a very small part of it is automatically processed. The ability to automatically process video data and therefore turn video cameras into sensors has high-value applications in fields such as transportation.
While there have been significant research advances in video processing (tracking, activity recognition, etc.), most of these have focused on supervised scenarios, which usually assume high amounts of prior knowledge.
The internship will focus on studying the more challenging case of unsupervised analysis of video: trying to extract as much information as possible with a minimal set of assumptions and without training sets, using advanced computer vision and machine learning techniques, which may include tracking and activity recognition.
The successful candidate should be enrolled in a graduate program (PhD is a plus). He/she should have a strong knowledge in computer vision and pattern recognition (previous experience in video processing is a plus). He/she should have a good programming background: C/C++and Matlab.
The successful candidate will be given the freedom and flexibility to find their own solutions and to work in a way that suits them but will have the guidance and support of experienced full-time Xerox researchers and thereby gain an introduction to the field of corporate research in a world-class research laboratory.
Xerox Research Centre Europe (XRCE) is a young, dynamic research organization, which creates innovative technologies to support growth in Xerox business process outsourcing and document management services businesses.
Our domains of research stretch from the social sciences to computer science. We have renowned expertise in machine learning, natural language processing, computer vision, ethnography and services computing.
XRCE is part of the Xerox Innovation group made up of 800 researchers and engineers in four world-renowned research and technology centres. Xerox and XRCE is an equal opportunity employer.
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