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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=FR link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>+ with apologies for cross-posting +<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Dear all,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>The Department of Ancient Civilizations in the University of Basel invites applications for the Digital Humanities project "Reuniting fragments, identifying scribes and characterizing scripts: the Digital paleography of Greek and Coptic papyri (D-scribes)" for <b>a one-year position for a technical lead </b>as of April 15, 2021.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Fully integrated to the team, the new member will have the opportunity to contribute to the future peer-review articles to be submitted in international conferences. D-scribes is a SNSF-funded research project led by Dr. Isabelle-Marthot-Santaniello, please see <a href="d-scribes.org">d-scribes.org</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Assignments<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Implementing state-of-the-art methods of layout and script analysis in order to apply them to ancient papyri written in Greek and Coptic. Proper software tools are to be developed with easy-to-use GUIs for the implemented methods.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Profile<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>PhD-holders in Document Analysis and Recognition or related fields of Computer Vision will be preferred. Applicants with Master and/or able to attest a strong experience and motivation in the topic will be considered. The applicant must testify a background in Computer Vision, and specifically in Document Analysis and Recognition. In addition, sufficient experience in software development is required.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Application / Contact<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Applicants should submit a motivation letter, a current CV and a copy of their highest/most recent academic degrees via the online application portal of the university (see link below) until <b>February 21, 2021</b>. Contact details of two referees should be sent directly to Dr. Isabelle Marthot-Santaniello (i.marthot-santaniello@unibas.ch) Applications that are not submitted via the online application portal of the university will not be considered. Questions about the position can be addressed to Dr. Isabelle Marthot-Santaniello (i.marthot-santaniello@unibas.ch).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Full job advertisement and online application portal: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stellen/technical-lead-in-digital-humanities/266c38f4-9eea-448f-acb3-8c1fb1e8f683">https://jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stellen/technical-lead-in-digital-humanities/266c38f4-9eea-448f-acb3-8c1fb1e8f683</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Looking forward to receiving your application,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Isabelle Marthot-Santaniello<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>PI d-scribes.org project<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Department of Ancient Civilizations, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE-CH>University of Basel, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE-CH>Petersgraben 51, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE-CH>CH - 4051 Basel<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>