The Imaging and Vision Laboratory at the University of Milano-Bicocca is seeking two candidates for a 12-months Research Assistant (Italian Assegno di Ricerca – Post-Doc Equivalent). The candidates will work in the context of the project "SMILE: Statistical Machine Learning for Exposure development", funded by the Italian Ministry of University and Research (MUR) through the PRIN 2022 PNRR program. A Master's Degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Computer Engineering, Sciences and technologies for the environment and the territory, or Mathematics is required. - Duration: 12 months each - Start of the contract: November 1, 2024 - Salary: monthly net of about 2,000 Euro - Deadline: July 8, 2024 at 12:00 (Rome time) Apply here: https://www.unimib.it/ateneo/gare-e-concorsi/cod-24a143 If you are interested, and for more information please contact: gianluigi.ciocca@unimib.it Brief description of the project The purpose of the research is the study of machine learning techniques for the extraction of information inherent the type, characteristics, and distribution of buildings on a given territory. This information will be used to assess the exposure development of the territory to potential risk situations. To this end, the data expected to be analyzed will be heterogeneous and may come from aerial imagery (e.g. remote sensing), land use data surveyed by public administrations (e.g. ISTAT-National Institute of Statistics) and crowd-sourced data collected by trained citizens. Artificial intelligence tools such as deep neural networks applicable to image classification, object detection and semantic segmentation are expected to be used in the development of this study.