The research group of Dr Christopher Cooney (https://www.cooneylab.co.uk/)
in the School of Biosciences at the University of Sheffield (UK)
is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher in machine learning, computer
vision and animal colouration.

Summary
The post is part of a funded project titled 'Unlocking the complexity
of organismal colour patterns using artificial intelligence' that
aims to develop new approaches for extracting and analysing high
dimensional colour pattern information from images. Capitalising
on extensive photographic datasets of animal colouration
(https://www.projectplumage.org/), the project aims to use machine
learning and computer vision techniques to produce a 'next generation'
software toolkit for characterising organismal colour pattern information
with wide applicability.

The role
The main responsibilities of the role are to conduct research into
advanced approaches for characterising colour pattern information from
image-based datasets and to develop user-friendly software pipelines for
implementing these tools. This is an excellent opportunity to work on a
project bridging biological and computer science research and to unlock
new fundamental and applied research areas involving colour pattern
phenotyping using AI.

The researcher will join the Cooney Lab which sits within the world-class
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Research Cluster at Sheffield. The
project has strong collaborative links with other Sheffield academics
including Dr Gavin Thomas (School of Biosciences), Dr Steve Maddock
and Prof Jungong Han (Department of Computer Science). The role will
also involve collaboration with international partner Dr Julien Renoult
(University of Montpellier) and there is scope for an extended research
visit to Montpellier as part of the role.

The post is full time for a period of 18 months and available immediately.

How to apply:

Full details of the role and how to apply can be found at this link:
https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DFW385/research-associate

The closing date for applications is 8 March 2024 at midnight.

Any queries should be directed to Dr Chris Cooney
(c.cooney@sheffield.ac.uk).

The University of Sheffield is committed to equality and valuing
diversity and all applicants will be judged on merit according to the
selection criteria.

NERC Research Fellow
School of Biosciences
University of Sheffield
www.cooneylab.co.uk

Chris Cooney <c.cooney@sheffield.ac.uk>

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