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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.2pt;mso-line-height-alt:11.65pt"><span class="style1"><span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Kings Caslon Text",serif;color:black">An 18-month Postdoctoral Research Associate (PDRA) position is available at the
robotics and computer vision lab led by Dr Shan Luo at the Department of Engineering, King’s College London. You will work on an Innovate UK funded project “ARRES PREVENT: The world-first autonomous road repair vehicle”. The project is to develop an autonomous
AI driven robotic system to autonomously carry out preventative road maintenance repairs. As part of the programme, you will be working on road defect classification and prediction by processing data like camera images and 3D point clouds. The project is in
partnership with a fast-growing startup Robotiz3d and the postdoc may have the opportunity to transition into the startup after the project.</span></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="style1"><span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Kings Caslon Text",serif;color:black">The candidate is expected to have a PhD in Computer Vision, Robotics, or related fields, and have excellent communication and interpersonal skills. The candidate
should have substantial knowledge in computer vision (particularly on image and point cloud based object detection), robotics and machine learning.</span></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="style1"><span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Kings Caslon Text",serif;color:black">Key responsibilities</span></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">·</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Review the literature
in the field of object detection, generative models, predictive models and road defects classification and prediction<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">·</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Kings Caslon Text",serif;color:black">Design
deep/machine learning models to classify road defects</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">·</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Kings Caslon Text",serif;color:black">Design
deep/machine learning models to predict the evolution of cracks</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Kings Caslon Text",serif;color:black">Preprocess
datasets that consist of images and 3D scans of roads</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Kings Caslon Text",serif;color:black">Evaluate
the developed models and publish the results</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Kings Caslon Text",serif;color:black">Integrate
the developed models with the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="style1"><span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Kings Caslon Text",serif;color:black">autonomous road repair vehicle platform developed by Robotiz3d</span></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Kings Caslon Text",serif;color:black">Essential criteria</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="style1"><span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Kings Caslon Text",serif;color:black">1.</span></span><span class="style1"><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Kings Caslon Text",serif;color:black">Proven<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="style1"><span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Kings Caslon Text",serif;color:black">research
experience in the field of computer vision (particularly on image and point cloud based object detection) and/or robotics;</span></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="style1"><span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Kings Caslon Text",serif;color:black">2.</span></span><span class="style1"><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span></span><span class="style1"><span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Kings Caslon Text",serif;color:black">Practical
experience with design of deep learning models for object recognition and detection;</span></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="style1"><span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Kings Caslon Text",serif;color:black">3.</span></span><span class="style1"><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span></span><span class="style1"><span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Kings Caslon Text",serif;color:black">Practical
experience with deep learning libraries (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow);</span></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="style1"><span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Kings Caslon Text",serif;color:black">4.</span></span><span class="style1"><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span></span><span class="style1"><span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Kings Caslon Text",serif;color:black">PhD
degree (or shortly expect to receive) in Computer Vision, Robotics, Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Engineering (or a related field);</span></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="style1"><span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Kings Caslon Text",serif;color:black">5.</span></span><span class="style1"><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span></span><span class="style1"><span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Kings Caslon Text",serif;color:black">Written
communication and presentation skills, including academic conference and journal papers, and ability to work collaboratively and independently;</span></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="style1"><span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Kings Caslon Text",serif;color:black">6.</span></span><span class="style1"><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span></span><span class="style1"><span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Kings Caslon Text",serif;color:black">Excellent
mathematical and programming skills in Python or C++;</span></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="style1"><span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Kings Caslon Text",serif;color:black">7.</span></span><span class="style1"><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span></span><span class="style1"><span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Kings Caslon Text",serif;color:black">Ability
to organise and prioritise conflicting tasks to conduct the research within the project timetable and ensure interim deadlines are met.</span></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Kings Caslon Text",serif;color:black">Desirable criteria</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Kings Caslon Text",serif;color:black">1.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Kings Caslon Text",serif;color:black">Experience
with processing 3D point cloud data;</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Kings Caslon Text",serif;color:black">2.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Kings Caslon Text",serif;color:black">Strong
publication record in computer vision and/or robotics, e.g., ICRA, IROS, RSS, T-RO, CVPR, ICCV, ECCV;</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="style1"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Kings Caslon Text",serif;color:black">3.</span></span><span class="style1"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Kings Caslon Text",serif;color:black">Hands-on
experience with systems integration, e.g., deploying deep learning models on energy efficient platforms.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">If you are interested in the post, please send an email to Dr Shan Luo (<a href="mailto:shan.2.luo@kcl.ac.uk"><span style="color:#954F72">shan.2.luo@kcl.ac.uk</span></a>) with your up-to-date CV and any publications related to the
post.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">Best regards,</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">Shan Luo</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">-------------------------------------<br>
Dr. Shan Luo<br>
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Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Robotics</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Department of Engineering<br>
King’s College London, WC2R 2LS<br>
United Kingdom<br>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">Email:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:shan.2.luo@kcl.ac.uk"><span style="color:#954F72">shan.2.luo@kcl.ac.uk</span></a></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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