[Infovis] Postdoc position in Machine Learning and Visual Analytics - University of Montpellier, France. (Deadline: May 1st 2024)

[Arnaud Sallaberry]

Dear colleagues,

The ADVANSE team at LIRMM / University of Montpellier (France) is 
pleased to announce an opening for a postdoc position (20 months) in 
Machine Learning and Visual Analytics, focusing on adaptation of cities 
to climate change.

===Project description===

The adaptation of cities to climate change is an urgency that local 
authorities must address. To support their efforts, a better knowledge 
of the climatic specificities of the built environments but also of the 
climatic experience of city dwellers is necessary.

To this end, the French ANR Project PICOPATT (Urban PICOclimatic 
PATTerns), in collaboration with the CRENAU Team (AAU), introduces the 
notion of urban picoclimate and proposes to study this notion from a 
scientific and operational perspective.

This project aims at producing a methodology for the analysis of urban 
picoclimatic conditions based on mobile metrology, machine learning and 
visualization, deducing picoclimatic patterns in different urban fabrics 
from the collected data and to test them against the perceptions and 
uses of city dwellers to establish a typology of urban picoclimates and 
transforming this knowledge into operational tools for promoting the 
adaptation of cities to climate change by the development of existing 
conditions and anticipation through urban projects. The postdoc will 
contribute to one or more sub-projects.

===Profile===

PhD in computer science, machine learning and visualization, with good 
programming skills (ideally Python and/or web technologies). Previous 
experience with geographical data time series is a plus, as well as 
familiarity with data science and/or visualization modern libraries 
(scikit-learn, Pytorch, D3.js…). Depending on the project, you will be 
responsible for producing new methodologies, experimenting them, and 
disseminating the results at conferences and in journal articles. The 
language of the lab is French or English. French is not required.

===Work place and environment===

The Laboratory of Computer Science, Robotics and Microelectronics of 
Montpellier (LIRMM) is a major multi-disciplinary French research center 
located in the South of France. It is affiliated with the University of 
Montpellier and the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS).

The research activities carried out by the ADVANSE team (ADVanced 
Analytics for data SciencE) are in the field of the analysis of large 
databases in order to extract new knowledge. They relate to the 
following three areas: Data mining, Visual Analytics and Machine 
learning. The ADVANSE team, in its three axes, is developing work on 
both theoretical and experimental bases to address the associated issues.

The postdoctoral fellow will participate to the collaboration with the 
AAU laboratory and will also carry out assignments in Nantes to work 
directly with the experts.

===Duration and dates===

20 months. Full time. Preferred starting date: October 1st 2024, but 
sooner or later is also possible.

===Application process===

Please send via email to sandra.bringay at lirmm.fr, 
maximilien.servajean at lirmm.fr, arnaud.sallaberry at lirmm.fr:
-    your CV
-    a research statement (what you like and want to do)
-    the contact details for two reference letters.
Application will be assessed on a rolling basis (positions open until it 
they are filled)