Postdoctoral positions for the Document Analysis research group at Computer Vision Center

Postdoctoral positions for the Document Analysis research group at Computer Vision Center

Job Reference: 20250731_DAG

Closing date: open until the candidates are selected

About CVC

The Computer Vision Center (CVC) is a non‑profit research centre established in 1995 by the Generalitat de Catalunya and the University Autónoma de Barcelona (UAB). Its mission is to carry out cutting‑edge research that has the highest international impact in the field of computer vision and to promote the transfer of knowledge to industry and society.

Computer vision is an exciting research area and an omnipresent technology, essentially empowering machines with the sense of vision. The CVC is a successful marriage between knowledge and innovation. In addition to our cutting‑edge scientific achievements, we have established lasting ties with industrial partners and created several spin‑off companies.

Context and Mission

The Document Analysis group is looking for postdoctoral researchers to collaborate on handwriting recognition. The objective is to explore methodologies suitable for historical documents in low‑resource scenarios (when training data is scarce), such as self‑supervised learning, continual learning, synthetic data generation, etc. Architectures can be based on deep‑learning models and/or spiking neural networks.

The successful candidate will work in close collaboration with researchers of the Document Analysis research group. This position is linked to the project “DESCRYPT: Echoes of History: Analysis and Decipherment of Historical Writings”, financed by the Riksbankens Jubileumsfond. More info at:

Key Duties

• Conduct research on the topics of the project.
• Present results at top conferences or journals in the field.

Requirements

• Education
  • PhD in Computer Science.
• Essential Knowledge and Professional Experience
  • Previous experience in deep learning (e.g. recurrent neural networks, transformer networks, generative adversarial networks, etc.).
  • Previous experience in the field of document image recognition/understanding.
  • Good programming skills using PyTorch, TensorFlow, or similar frameworks.
• Additional Knowledge and Professional Experience
  • Professional experience in scientific publications in relevant forums.
  • Previous experience in spiking neural networks.
• Competences
  • Fluency in spoken and written English.
  • Ability to think creatively, work independently, and make decisions.
  • Ability to take initiative, prioritize, and work under set deadlines and pressure.
  • The candidate must be an effective communicator, multitask, and work well on collaborative and interdisciplinary designs.

Conditions

• Location: Computer Vision Center (Campus Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona).
• Contract: Full‑time (37.5 h/week), with a good environment and flexible working hours.
• Duration: 1 year (which could be extended up to 3 years).
• Salary: In accordance with qualifications and experience and CVC’s salary regulations.
• Starting date: As soon as possible.