Research Opportunities

Principal Investigator: CHAM Tat Jen
Centre for Multimedia & Network Technology (CeMNet)
School of Computer Engineering
Nanyang Technological University
Singapore

[Latest Update: September 2008. Positions are available immediately.]
[Interested applicants please email a CV to A/Prof Cham (astjcham at /ntu/edu/sg).]

Project TACREA

This is a DSTA-funded project on localizing a user carrying/wearing a mobile camera in an urban area based on images captured from the camera. Such image-based localization technology is particularly useful in unfamiliar high-rise urban areas, where GPS triangulation may not be adequately achieved due to line-of-sight obstruction. The prior data available is a 3D geometric model layout of the urban area, which may optionally include facade appearance data. The proposed framework involves separate stages of recognizing buildings, determining image-to-model registration, and followed by pose computation. The system will be tested on both regular field-of-view cameras as well as omnidirectional cameras.

We currently have opportunities for:

1. Postdoctoral Research Fellow. We are looking for candidates with a PhD degree from a good university, and proven research credentials (publications and/or building research systems) in a computer vision-related topic. Strong preference will be given to individuals who have track record of collaborating and leading research groups. The duration is 1.5-2 years, with expected renumeration of SGD$4,500-$5,000 (not including potential performance bonus and CPF for Singaporeans / permanent residents).

2. Research Engineer. We are looking for candidates with a relevant Bachelors degree from a good university and a strong academic record. The candidate should have taken a subject course / module in computer vision or closely-related subject., with strong performance at undergraduate final-year project or equivalent. The duration is 1.5-2 years, with expected renumeration of SGD$2,700-$3,300 (not including potential performance bonus and CPF for Singaporeans / permanent residents).

Background and Links to Principal Investigators and Organizations

• Principal Investigators (Various Projects)

  • CHAM Tat Jen. http://www.ntu.edu.sg/home/astjcham. Tat Jen obtained his BA in Engineering (triple first class honours) in 1993 and his PhD in 1996 from the University of Cambridge. He was subsequently awarded a prestigious Jesus College Research Fellowship 1996-97, before joining DEC/Compaq Research Labs in Boston as a research scientist 1998-2001, where his experience included technology transfer to product groups and showcasing research work to Hollywood studios. An Associate Professor in NTU since late 2001, he was concurrently a Faculty Fellow in the Singapore-MIT Alliance Computer Science Program in 2003-2006. In computer vision research, Tat Jen has made key contributions to object matching and registration, as well as human tracking and analysis in video. In the area of sentient environments, he is working on groundbreaking systems that synergistically combine projectors and cameras to turn all surfaces into ubiquitous interactive displays. Tat Jen's papers have been cited over 500 times, receiving overall best paper prizes at PROCAMS’05, BMVC’94, and in particular at ECCV'96 (now the Longuet-Higgins prize). A recipient of over S$1.5M in research grant funding since 2002, Tat Jen is also an inventor on 8  patents and filings. He is on the editorial board for IJCV and an Area Chair for ICCV’05, the top journal and conference in his field respectively, and has been invited to many other technical program committees and expert panels. Tat-Jen has been interviewed on Channel News Asia and Lian He Zao Bao in relation to SMA student projects that he jointly supervised.

  • CHIA Liang Tien, Clement. Liang-Tien Chia received the B.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Loughborough University, in 1990 and 1994, respectively. He is an Associate Professor in the School of Computer Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He has recently been appointed as Head, Division of Computer Communications and he also holds the position of Director, Centre for Multimedia and Network Technology. His research interests include image/video processing & coding, multimodal data fusion, multimedia adaptation/transmission and multimedia over the Semantic Web. He has published over 80 research papers.

  • Michael S. Brown. http://www.ntu.edu.sg/home/msbrown/
• Centre for Multimedia & Network Technology (CeMNet). http://cemnet.ntu.edu.sg/
• School of Computer Engineering. http://www.ntu.edu.sg/sce

• Nanyang Technological University. http://www.ntu.edu.sg. Nanyang Technological University (NTU) is a research-intensive university with globally acknowledged strengths in science and engineering. The university is located in a garden campus in western Singapore, tracing its roots back to 1955. NTU has 4 colleges. The College of Engineering comprises six schools focused on technology and innovation, with its research output ranking among the top four in the world. The College of Science pushes the boundaries of Singapore’s life sciences initiatives. The Nanyang Business School offers one of the world's top 100 MBA programs. The College of Humanities and Arts boasts Singapore's first professional degree school in art, design and interactive digital media, as well as one of the top journalism and media schools in Asia. NTU is home to the Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies, a world authority on terrorism issues, and the internationally-acclaimed National Institute of Education, Singapore’s only teacher-training institute. NTU has in place multi-country programs and initiatives with established institutions worldwide such as MIT, Stanford University, Peking University, Waseda University, Indian Institute of Technology, Cambridge University and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, among many others.