Subject: Automated signal recognition: postdoc and programmer jobs (fwd)
Date: Jun 19 16:04:10 1995
From: Christopher Hill - cehill at u.washington.edu


Hi Tweets,

A couple of months back we had a collective
palmtop-that-can-identify-any-bird-sound-in-the-field daydream. I thought
you might be interested in who is doing what to make it a reality. I'm
impressed that anyone is even trying - it seems a pretty imposing task.

Sorry about all the jargon.

Chris Hill
Seattle, WA
cehill at u.washington.edu


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Date: Mon, 19 Jun 1995 15:28:59 -0400
From: Daniel Margoliash <dan at fred.uchicago.edu>
To: BIOACOUSTICS-L at cornell.edu
Subject: Automated signal recognition: postdoc and programmer jobs

Postdoc/Research Associate in automated signal recognition

Programmer in automated signal recognition

We are launching a major new effort to develop techniques for automated
identification/ recognition of animal vocalizations under real-world
conditions. Two laboratories will be involved, one which will have primary
responsibility for collecting and annotating field recordings of animal
vocalizations, whereas my lab will have primary responsibilities for
developing the analysis procedures. The computer resources will include a
compute server (of the class of SGI Power Challenge or DEC Alpha),
workstations, a large disk farm, and a large (TB) near-line storage
facility.

o The primary responsibilities of the research associate will include
algorithm development and evaluation, reporting results, as well as
immediate oversight of the project. The individual should have familiarity
with a variety of recognition approaches for acoustic signals, for example
dynamic time-warping, hidden Markov models, and artificial neural networks
(TDNN and recurrent backprop). Background in speech recognition is
probably helpful but is not essential. Oversight responsibilities will
include 1) interacting with a programmer, 2) interacting with another
postdoc/ research associate who will interface with the other laboratory,
and 3) helping to manage the local computer resources.

o The primary responsibilities of the programmer will be to implement and
test the algorithms, manage the data base (perhaps including a commercial
DBMS), and provide general hardware/software support for scientific
computing in the laboratory. The programmer will need to interact
effectively with postdocs and graduate students in the laboratory,
including individuals primarily responsible for algorithm development.
Applicants should have a BSEE, and extensive experience and good working
knowledge of Unix/C. Experience with digital signal processing and DBMS is
desirable.

For the postdoc/research associate, the salary range is $20,000 to $40,000,
depending on experience. For the programmer, the salary range is $25,000
to $33,000, depending on experience. The project will be conducted under
contract with an anticipated start-date of July, 1995. Applications will be
accepted until the position is filled. Via e-mail (preferred), FAX, or
surface mail, send CV, a statement of interest, background, and
qualifications, and names and contact for references. The University of
Chicago is an Affirmative-Action/Equal-Opportunity employer.

Daniel Margoliash, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Dept. Organismal Biology and Anatomy
University of Chicago,
1025 E. 57th St., Chicago, IL 60637.

Fax (312) 702-0037
e-mail d-margoliash at uchicago.edu

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Daniel Margoliash, Ph.D. Lab: (312) 702-8090
Associate Professor Dept:(312) 702-8087
Department of Organismal Biology FAX: (312) 702-0037
and Anatomy
The University of Chicago dan at fred.uchicago.edu
1025 E. 57th Str.
Chicago, IL 60637 U.S.A.