The COMPLEx (COMPutational PLankton Ecology) team at the Laboratory of Oceanography of Villefranche-sur-mer (LOV) seeks a postdoctoral researcher in plankton imaging and machine learning.
Main activities include
- collect image data (UVP5, UVP6, Zooscan, FlowCam, …) from international colleagues and assist in their upload to EcoTaxa
- program and apply data quality control algorithms (e.g. outlier detection)
- develop and apply algorithms to evaluate the consistency of image classification across different image datasets
- evaluate and apply published size-to-biomass conversions for plankton and particles
- program data aggregation and transfer from EcoTaxa to PSSdb (API-based)
- combine image and environmental data (Temp., Oxygen, Satellite data) and use multivariate regression (e.g., generalized linear mixed models, generalized additive models) and machine-learning (e.g., RandomForest, neural networks) techniques to extrapolate data onto a global grid
- publish the results of these analyses in a scientific journal
- participate in international conferences and workshops to present the results of the project
A PhD is required in either oceanography, marine ecology, marine biogeochemistry, or related field.
The appointment is for at least 2 years.
Application deadline:Â 15 September 2021. Intended start date: 1 December 2021.
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