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APPLY: PhD Scholarships at QUT, Australia -2023 (UAV and AI Remote Sensing in Antarctica)

UAV and AI remote sensing in Antarctica (PhD scholarship): This fully funded PhD project provides aElecn exciting opportunity to develop new remote sensing capabilities to detect flora species in Antarctica and Sub-Antarctic Islands using UAVs and machine learning. Expertise in computer science and in programming languages for applied machine learning will be a major advantage for the success of this project. Subject to COVID-19 restrictions, there may also be an opportunity to travel to Antarctica to visit the ecosystems you will be mapping.

Applications Deadline: 31 July 2023

Type: PhD

Value of Award: $32,500 per annum for a period of three years

If you’re an international student, you will also receive either:

  • an Australian Government Research Training Program (RTP) fees offset (International)
  • a QUT research degree (HDR) tuition fee scholarship.

Eligibility:

To apply for this scholarship, you must;

  • meet the entry requirements for a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) at QUT, including any English language requirements for international students.
  • expertise in (or the potential for developing expertise in) UAV image processing, computer vision, and applied machine learning for image classification and regression
  • the ability to code up pipeline models for UAV data in an appropriate programming language (MATLAB, ENVI and Python) is therefore essential for completion of the project
  • although not strictly necessary, experience in hyperspectral and satellite image processing techniques and  understanding of vegetation reflectance would also be an advantage.

How To Apply;

To apply for this opportunity, please email your CV and an outline of your proposed research project to Professor Felipe Gonzalez.

Source: https://www.qut.edu.au

 

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