Fully funded PhD opening at Rochester Institute of Technology
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ActualAIz is excited to bring prospective graduate students a brilliant opportunity in the form of a fully funded PhD position at the Rochester Institute of Technology.
About the Advisor:
Dr. Fawad Ahmad is an Assistant Professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology. His research focuses on building mobile systems that enable humans and machines like self-driving cars, and drones to perceive, and understand the world better. Research at Dr. Fawad’s lab is published at top networks/systems and mobile systems venues like MobiSys, MobiCom, NSDI etc. Students from his lab intern at places like General Motors.
About the Project:
A live 3D digital twin is a high-fidelity 3D replica of some physical object or scene, which evolves with the physical object in real-time. These twins are starting to enable ground-breaking capabilities in numerous applications ranging from autonomous driving and manufacturing to sports analytics. In his research lab, Dr. Fawad builds reusable perception infrastructure to build these digital twins and then build end-to-end cyber-physical systems that leverage these twins in different applications.
Eligibility:
- Undergraduate Senior or recent graduate
- At least 6 Months to 1 Year of Research Experience (preferably in the domain of the project)
- Computer Science or Electrical and Computer Engineering Major
- Prior Experience in Computer Vision and/or robotics and networks/systems
Application:
Interested candidates should please email Dr. Fawad at fawad@cs.rit.edu with:
- A short description about yourself
- Provide a clear description of why you are interested in the specific topics above
- Explain how your background applies specifically to this position,
- Your academic curriculum vitae (CV).
