RECRUITMENTOFATENURETRACKASSISTANTPROFESSOR

INIMAGEPROCESSINGANDMATHEMATICALMORPHOLOGY

Institution: MINES ParisTech (Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris)Laboratory:CentreforMathematicalMorphology,Fontainebleau,France

Developing its research and teaching activities in the field of applied mathematics and systems, MINES ParisTech,member of PSL Research University, opens an assistant professor position in image processing and mathematicalmorphology.

This 3-years position is aimed at a young researcher (man or woman), who appreciates a multidisciplinary workcombiningfundamentalresearchandindustrialapplications.Thesuccessfulcandidatewilltakeparttothepartnershipresearch work of his/her team and contribute to industrial and economic innovation. He/She will also have theopportunityofdefiningaPhDsubjectduringhis/her firstyearatcentre formathematicalmorphology (CMM), thathe/shewillsupervisetogetherwithaseniormemberoftheteamwhoisofficiallyaccreditedforsuchatask.Thepositionistoevolveintoapermanentlecturerandresearcherworkwithin3yearsintheframeworkofaTenureTrack procedure. A description of the process is available on MINES ParisTech website:http://www.minesparistech.fr/Ecole/Recrutement/Travailler-a-MINES-ParisTech/1. THERESEARCHATMINESParisTech

In linewith its training activity,MINESParisTechdevelops a researchactivity that covers awide rangeof scientificdisciplines.Theeighteenresearchcentersareorganizedin5departments:EarthandEnvironmentalSciences,EnergyandProcesses,MechanicsandMaterials,MathematicsandSystems,andfinally,Economics,ManagementandSociety.MINES ParisTech's research aims at both academic excellence and socio-economic impact. This oriented researchmodelisdevelopedincloseinteractionwiththesocio-economicworld:privateorpublicsectorcompanies,butalsoinstitutions and public administrations.MINES ParisTech is the first school in France by its volume of research oncontracts,carriedbyArmines,theMinesParisTechFoundationorMINESParisTech.ThisoriginalpositioningallowedtheSchooltoexpanditsteams(byrecruitingresearchersonanopen-endedcontractwithitsownresourcesviatheArmines contract research association) and allows it to maintain its long-term Unique experimental and digitalplatformswhosequalityisrecognizedbyitspartners.This ability of MINES ParisTech and companies to work together on ambitious scientific and industrial issues isrecognized nationally and internationally: the CNRS silvermedal awarded toMadeleine Akrich, twoANR industrialchairs,TherenewaloftheCarnotlabelin2016(MESR),MINESParisTechatthe23rdplaceintheQSWorldUniversityRankingsbysubjectandinthetop100,150and300oftheShanghaiengineeringthematicrankings.

2. MINESPARISTECHCENTERFORMATHEMATICALMORPHOLOGY

ThevacancytobefilledislocatedattheCentreforMathematicalMorphology(http://cmm.mines-paristech.fr/)thatcurrentlyhasastaffof10permanentscientistsand15Ph.D.studentsandpost-docs.The CMM was created in 1968 by G. Matheron and J. Serra with the aim of developing the foundations ofmathematical morphology and its applications in image processing and analysis, computer vision and physics ofheterogeneous media. The fields of application focus on biological andmedical imaging, quantitative microscopy,physicsofheterogeneousmedia,inspectionofdefects,2D,3D,3D+tsceneanalysis,multimediaapplications,satelliteimageandremotesensing,etc.

MINES ParisTech Centre for Mathematical Morphology (CMM) invites applications from individuals that willstrengthenitsteaminadvancedimageprocessing.3. DESCRIPTIONOFTHEVACANCY

Thesuccessfulcandidateisexpectedtohavealreadyprovenhis/herabilitytoelaborateacademicresearchinimageprocessinganditsapplications.He/sheisexpectedtodevelopanindependentandcreativeresearchprogramdevotedtohis/her topics, initiateanexternally funded researchprogram,andestablisha strong relationshipwithacademiccommunitiesandtechnologicalcompanies.

Research.

CMM wants to strengthen his team in its development of innovative methods for non-conventional imagingmodalities.

Thecandidatewillbeabletocontributetotheoreticalandmethodologicalstudiesaswellas totheirapplicationtoconcretecases.Accordingtotheneeds,butalsotohis/herresearchinterestsandabilities,he/shewillcontributetothegeneralizationofmathematicalmorphologyandtotheirapplicationorimplementationfordataissuedfromnewimagingmethods (hyper-spectral,point clouds...), andworkonefficient “big imagedata”processingandstochasticmethods for morphological image processing. The successful candidate will develop an independent and creativeresearchprogramdevotedtothesetopics,supervisePhDstudentsandpublishinthebestjournalsandinternationalconferences.

Teachingactivities

He/she will contribute to the various undergraduate and graduate courses and teaching sessions where CMM isinvolved,opentoMINESParisTechstudentsaswellastoengineersundergoingpost-graduateeducation.He/shewillbe encouraged to organize new courses to improve the CMM educational offer, in particular in the MAREVAspecialization(AppliedMathematics:Robotics,Vision,Automation)inMINESParisTechCivilEngineereducation,orindifferentMasterlevelcourses.TheCentreisalsoinvolvedinspecializedandcontinuingeducationinpartnershipwithindustrialcompaniesfromthepublicandprivatesectors.Specialfeaturesofthecandidate’sprofile

At the time of the appointment, the applicant must have a PhD degree in image/signal processing with a strongbackgroundinappliedmathematics(algebra,graphtheory,statisticsandprobabilities,differentialgeometry,etc.)andadefiniteknow-howinalgorithmicimplementationandcomputerprogramming.Asthepositionimpliescooperationwithnationalandinternationalpartners,strongsocialskillsaswellasgoodknowledgeofFrenchandEnglishlanguagearerequired.Post-doctoralexperienceinaforeignlaboratorywouldbeanassetforthisposition.

Theapplicantwillhavetoshowhis/hercapacitytoconductresearchworkinamultidisciplinarycontext,togetherwithanaptitudeforteamwork.Afirstexperienceinacademicorindustrialresearchwouldbeappreciated.

Thepositionwillevolvetoapermanentpositionafter3yearsforanexcellentcandidate.4. APPLICATIONFILE

Theapplicationfileshouldinclude:

-adetailedCV;

-alistofrecentresearchworkandpublications;

-acoveringletterpresentingthecandidate’sresearchproject;

-possiblythreereferencelettersdirectlysenttoCMMfromspecialistsselectedbythecandidate.Ifnot,thefilewill includeat leastthenamesandcontactdetailsofthreescientific leadingfigureswhocouldbecontactedtogivetheiropinionaboutthecandidate’sworkandabilities.

ThefileshouldbesentatthelatestonJune15th2017atthefollowingaddress:

C/OMr.BILODEAU,CMMDirectorMINESParisTech,CentredeMorphologieMathématique-,35,rueSaint-Honoré,F77300Fontainebleau,France,And/orbye-mailtocmm@mines-paristech.fr