• Are you a highly motivated recent (or near) PhD graduate with an interest in probabilistic machine learning?
• Prestigious Postdoctoral Fellowship on offer - kick-start your research career
• Join CSIRO's Data61 - Australia's largest data innovation group

Do you want to work for one of the world's leading research organisations, live in a city with extremely high standard of living, enjoy pristine beaches and sun all year round, and still carry out ground breaking research to solve real-world challenges? If so, this position is for you.

The Position

Postdoctoral Fellowships at CSIRO provide opportunities to scientists and engineers who have completed their doctorate and have less than three years relevant postdoctoral work experience.  These fellowships will help launch their careers, provide experience that will enhance their career prospects, and facilitate the recruitment and development of potential leaders for CSIRO.

Postdoctoral Fellows are appointed for up to three years or part time equivalent and will work closely with a leading Research Scientist or Engineer in their respective field. They carry out innovative, impactful research of strategic importance to CSIRO with the possibility of novel and important scientific outcomes. They present the findings in appropriate publications and at conferences.

The role of the Postdoctoral Fellowship in Probabilistic Multispectral Deep Learning is to carry out new cutting-edge research in area of probabilistic machine learning, statistical analysis and deep learning techniques for multi/hyperspectral sensory data. The postdoctoral fellow will focus on developing novel Bayesian deep learning frameworks that are explicitly designed for 2D/3D multispectral, hyperspectral data. The developed frameworks will be tested and deployed on real-world problems. They will present the findings in appropriate top-tier journals or conferences.

The CSIRO Robotics and Autonomous Systems Group, located in Brisbane, is part of the Cyber Physical Systems Research Program (CPS) at Data61, and is one of the leading applied robotics and autonomous systems research labs in the world. It has over 45 researchers and engineers, as well as many research interns, graduate students and visiting scientists. The Robotics Group has extensive laboratory facilities and research infrastructure and has a broad spectrum of collaborations with other CSIRO research units, as well as many universities and research centres in Australia and abroad.

Location:      Pullenvale, QLD
Salary:          AU $80K - AU $91K plus up to 15.4% superannuation
Tenure:         Specified Term of 3 years
Reference:    56869

To be successful you will need:

• A doctorate (or will shortly satisfy the requirements of a PhD) in a relevant discipline area, such as robotics, mechatronics, electrical or mechanical engineering, computer science or engineering, applied physics, etc. Please note: To be eligible for this role you must have no more than 3 years of relevant postdoctoral experience.
• Strong demonstrated theoretical and applied experience in two or more of the following key research areas: Deep Learning, hyperspectral or Multispectral Image Processing, Probabilistic and statistical framework, machine learning and Information theory.
• Strong programming experience (C++ and/or Python)
• Demonstrated experience in the collection and processing of large data sets, development of efficient algorithms on large datasets, and development of machine learning algorithms or protocols for processing noisy and unstructured data.
• The ability to work effectively as part of a research team, plus the motivation and discipline to carry out autonomous research.
• A record of science innovation and creativity plus the ability and willingness to incorporate novel ideas and approaches into scientific investigations.
• A record of publication in top peer reviewed journals and conferences (i.e. high impact factor, or selective acceptance rate).

Before applying, we encourage you to read the full position description for this role. This document can be viewed at:

Position details document

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How to Apply:  To apply, please provide a CV as well as a cover letter addressing the selection criteria in brief, and upload these as one document. If your application proceeds to the next stage you may be asked to provide additional information.

Applications Close:  Applications will remain open until 10:59pm AEST on Friday 15th June 2018.