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Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 11:39:54 +0100
From: Frederic Chazal <frederic.chazal@inria.fr>
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Subject: [gdr-im] Offre de post doc en calcul topologique - INRIA Saclay



Post-doctoral position at INRIA Saclay, Geometrica team

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Authors of the postdoctoral research subject : Frédéric Chazal (INRIA Saclay)
and Vin de Silva (Pomona College)

Title of the postdoctoral research subject : Computational Topology for
Topological and Geometric Data Analysis.

Location: INRIA Saclay Ile-de-France (http://www.inria.fr/saclay/)
Project : GEOMETRICA team (C3TTA Digiteo project)

Research context:
Applied and computational topology is a comparatively young discipline;
topology has traditionally been regarded as a cornerstone of pure
mathematics.
However, this situation has changed in the recent years. The physical
sciences
have been revolutionized by technology for gathering data in unprecedented
quantity. Powerful computers with large memories are readily available to
process this data. Techniques developed in the 20th century to study abstract
geometrical objects can now be implemented within computer programs and
applied
to 21st century scientific data. This has generated and will continue to
generate a rich class of research problems for the present-day researcher in
applied topology. Motivated by problems and applications coming from various
areas, applied and computational topology has enjoyed an increasing
interest in
the recent years. In collaboration with Vin de Silva, who is holding a chair
from the Digiteo consortium (http://www.digiteo.fr/) in Saclay, the
Geometrica
group at INRIA Saclay is working on and has strong expertise in the
development
(both at the theoretical and applied level) of new topology-based tools for
Topological and Geometric Data Analysis.

Postdoctoral researcher work description:
The position is at INRIA Saclay, for 12 months, starting in 2010. The exact
starting date is negotiable. The successful applicant will work in
collaboration with Geometrica researchers and with V. de Silva, on the
development of new methods to infer relevant topological and geometric
information from data sets represented by metric spaces (e.g. point clouds).
Starting from existing results, the researcher will have to design new
methods,
prove their relevance, implement them, and run experiments on actual data
sets.
The implemented algorithms must be integrated with a recently created
open-source library (named CULT) for computational topology, hosted at INRIA.

Required knowledge and background:
Applicants must have a PhD in Computer Science or Mathematics with a strong
knowledge in (computational) geometry/topology or statistical data analysis.
Expertise in C/C++ is required. Applicants should be able to work efficiently
in a research team.

For further information, please contact :
Frédéric Chazal ( frederic.chazal@inria.fr ) and Vin de Silva (
Vin.deSilva@pomona.edu )


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