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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Dear Colleagues, <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The Department of Ancient Civilizations of the University of Basel invites applications for <b>one PostDoc position (80 to 100%) in Computer Science</b> (Machine Learning/Computer Vision) for 1 year (renewable once) on the topic of “computational acquisition of the handwriting movements (ductus)” and “handwriting clustering according to similarity” within the new SNSF-funded research project 'EGRAPSA: Retracing the evolutions of handwritings in Greco-Roman Egypt thanks to digital palaeography'<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Applicants should hold a PhD in Computer Science or related disciplines, ideally with a specialization on Document Analysis and Recognition, and should demonstrate a profound understanding of the peculiarities of Historical documents and/or handwritings. Applicants should be highly motivated to conduct innovative research in collaboration with manuscript specialists, have an excellent command of English, and be able to work autonomously within an internationally and institutionally diverse environment.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>For more information and application procedure, see: <a href="https://jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stellen/postdoc-position-in-computer-science-machine-learning-computer-vision/5e552c57-2270-4119-a520-1179f4a62ef9">https://jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stellen/postdoc-position-in-computer-science-machine-learning-computer-vision/5e552c57-2270-4119-a520-1179f4a62ef9</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Deadline for application: <b>May 8th, 2023</b> (anywhere on Earth) <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Beginning of the position: September 1st, 2023 <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>The project<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>Papyri preserved by the dry climate of Egypt are an unparalleled source of information about the Ancient World. However, their large number, their diversity and their current dispersion have impeded a comprehensive grasp of their nature and content. In particular, palaeography, as the study of handwritings that has the potential to unveil where, when, and by whom a text has been written, still relies on experts' assertions which rarely reach consensus. New technological advances in Computer Science, notably in Computer Vision and Natural Language Processing allow now building the big picture of the writing culture of Greco-Roman Egypt and developing scientific analyses of scripts. Funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation for 5 years, the goal of the Starting Grant project EGRAPSA (literally "I have written" in Ancient Greek) is to provide a new theoretical framework to the palaeography of Greek papyri. Starting from sound evidence, it aims at retracing the evolutions of handwritings, generating a model that, in turn, can contribute to organizing the papyrological documentation in a coherent panorama, improving the solidity of dates and writer identifications made on palaeographical grounds. The ground-breaking dimension of the project is not only in its scope that encompasses the entire papyrological documentation in its full complexity, and in its conceptual approach to make sense of the plurality of scripts by discerning evolution phenomena, but also in its methodological choice to measure similarities and explain evolutions by focusing on the reconstruction of the dynamics of writing, thus to literally re-trace handwritings.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>We offer you</b><br>The project is based in the Department of Ancient Civilizations and conducted in collaboration with the Center for Data Analytics led by Prof. Ivan Dokmaniæ, as well as Prof. Dokmaniæ's research team at the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science. This collaborative nature of the project ensures that the successful candidate will be immersed in a stimulating and cutting-edge machine learning research environment. The infrastructure for high performance computing will be offered by the Center for Scientific Computing (sciCORE). The salary is approx. 5'535 to 6'918 CHF for 80 to 100% occupation rate (resp. 33.5 to 42h/week, upon discussion) and the conditions of employment will be those of the University of Basel.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Questions about the position can be addressed to Dr. Isabelle Marthot-Santaniello, SNSF Project leader EGRAPSA (<a href="mailto:i.marthot-santaniello@unibas.ch"><span style='color:windowtext'>i.marthot-santaniello@unibas.ch</span></a>).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Best regards,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Isabelle Marthot-Santaniello<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>University of Basel<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>d-scribes.org<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>