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Closing date: Until position is filled

We are seeking a postdoc to join the Vision, Language and Reading group at the Computer Vision Center (CVC), in Barcelona, Spain.

The position is initially for 3 years and linked to the “European Large Open Multi-Modal Foundation Models For Robust Generalization On Arbitrary Data Streams” (ELLIOT), a European Project funded by Horizon Europe and backed by the ELLIS network of excellence. The project targets the development of the next generation of open Multimodal Foundation Models and further adapting them for specific downstream tasks.

The successful candidate is expected to participate in large-scale training efforts, research on finetuning methods, and applications on the specific use case of Document Understanding.

PROJECT PI & HOSTING GROUP

The direct responsible for this post will be Dr Dimosthenis Karatzas and Dr Ernest Valveny, members of the Vision, Language and Reading research group at the CVC. For more information visit: http://vlr.cvc.uab.es/

THE COMPUTER VISION CENTER

The selected candidate will work in the Computer Vision Centre (CVC), Barcelona, a research institute comprising more than 150 researchers and support staff, dedicated to computer vision research and knowledge transfer. With a strong international projection and links to the industry, the Computer Vision Centre offers an exciting environment for scientific career development. The Computer Vision Centre has a plan for expansion of its permanent research staff base and has received the “HR Excellence in Research” award as a provider and supporter of a stimulating and favourable working environment.

Barcelona is a vibrant city and an important Artificial Intelligence hub. The high quality of life is combined with an open and international looking character of the city. Barcelona is very well connected by air, sea and ground transportation. The region of Catalonia boosts its own AI strategy, in which the CVC is a key player.