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School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science

PhD scholarship on Computer based histopathological image analysis for cancer grading and progression assessment

Expectedstartdate:September2017

Supervisor:DrQianniZhang(qianni.zhang@qmul.ac.uk)

Applications are invited for this fully funded PhD position on computer based histopathological image analysis for cancer grading and
progression assessment. The assessment of pathological cancer regression after preoperative chemotherapy is mostly based on the
assessment of tumour morphological features, such as the proportion of cancer cells in relation to the total tumour region, as well as
biologicallyrelevanthistologyfeatures,suchthetumourinvasionfront.Currently,thishistopathologicalevaluationisperformedbyexpert
pathologists through visual assessment of the tumour microscopic slides. This is often timeconsuming, expensive and may be
unacceptablyinconsistentandimprecise.Thisprojectaimsatdevelopinganintelligentsystemthatenablesautomatic,precise,objective
andreproducibleassessmentoftumourregressionandprecisecharacterisationofthetumourinvasionfrontbasedonthedigitalscans
ofresectedtumourtissueslides,byintegratingbeyondthestateoftheart,specificallydesignedcomputervision,imageprocessingand
machinelearningschemes.

Howtoapply
ThestudentshipwillbebasedintheSchoolofElectronicEngineeringandComputerScience(EECS)www.eecs.qmul.ac.ukatQueen
MaryUniversityofLondon,intheMultimediaandVisionResearchGroup.Theprojectundertakenunderthisstudentshipisexpectedto
fitintothewiderresearchprogrammeofthegroup,whichhaswidespreadrecognitionforitsresearchinimageprocessingandcomputer
visionareas.

Thisstudentship,fundedbytheSchoolofElectronicEngineeringandComputerScience,isfor3yearsandwillcoverstudentfeesanda
taxfreestipendstartingat15,600perannum.Candidatesshouldhaveafirstclasshonoursdegreeorequivalent,orastrongMasters
Degree,incomputerscience,mathematics,orelectronicengineering.

Toapplypleasefollowtheonlineprocess(seeQMUL:Howtoapplyforpostgraduateprogrammes)byselectingElectronic
EngineeringintheAZlistofresearchopportunitiesandfollowingtheinstructionsontherighthandsideofthewebpage.

Pleasenotethatinsteadofthe'ResearchProposal'werequesta'StatementofResearchInterests'.YourStatementofResearchInterest
shouldanswertwoquestions:(i)Whyareyouinterestedintheproposedarea?(ii)Whatisyourexperienceintheproposedarea?Your
statementshouldbebrief:nomorethan500wordsoronesideofA4paper.MarkclearlythestatementwithYourNameandthetitle
semanticimageunderstandingand3Dreconstruction.Inadditionwewouldalsolikeyoutosendasampleofyourwrittenwork.This
might be a chapter of your final year dissertation, or a published conference or journal paper. More details can be found at:
www.eecs.qmul.ac.uk/phd/apply.php

Past Positions:

School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science

PhD scholarship on semantic based media synchronisation, aggregation and event plotting

ApplicationsareinvitedforthisfullyfundedPhDpositiononsemanticbasedmediasynchronisation,aggregationandeventplotting.The
project focuses on the automatic understanding of semantic objects and events in videos and combining the content from different
sourcesintoasingleplottoproducehighlyappealingmediafordescribinganevent.

This studentship, funded by EU Horizon 2020 project COGNITUS (Converging Broadcast and User Generated Content for Interactive
UltraHigh Definition Services), is for 3 years and will cover student fees and a taxfree stipend starting in the range of 15,600 per
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