Project:
The life of about 200 million Europeans is significantly impacted by disabling foot or ankle pain. Fortunately, foot orthotics can provide support, correction, and pain management. The traditional patient measurement and subsequent orthotics production process is, however, very labor-intensive with an end-result influenced by subjective human factors. A digital orthotics workflow has many advantages in effectiveness and efficiency. By employing statistical foot models, this project aims to improve scanning robustness, will strive to automate foot analysis and subsequent orthotic modeling, and will provide a supporting central management platform, effectively making a digital workflow technically and economically feasible.
The doctoral student will focus on developing algorithms for statistical modeling of foot shape, pose, and plantar pressure for use in the shoe and orthotics industry. The student can build on the state-of-the-art techniques available at the Vision Lab and the industrial project partners.
Your tasks:
You prepare a doctoral thesis in the field of statistical shape analysis; You acquire knowledge in this field which strongly leans on techniques from computer graphics (triangle meshes, b-spline surfaces, skeletal animation) and applied mathematics (statistics, linear algebra); You devise, implement, and apply new techniques in C/C++ and/or Python; You discuss the results in terms of the expected performance of the technique and its limitations; You present your work at regular project meetings and publish and present research results in the form of articles in international peer reviewed journals and papers at international conferences.Research group:
iMinds-Vision Lab ( http://visielab.uantwerpen.be/ ) is a research group of the physics department at the University of Antwerp. The Vision Lab has unique expertise in the quantitative biomedical imaging (magnetic resonance imaging, computed tomography), remote sensing, and shape modeling. The working environment is strongly interdisciplinary, combining techniques and insights from Physics, Mathematics and Computer Science. The group has a broad range of national and international collaborations with both academic and industrial partners.
Our offer
A doctoral scholarship for a period of two years, with the possibility of renewal for a further two-year period after positive evaluation; Multidisciplinary research in cooperation with strong academic research groups and world-leading industrial partners; A world-class research environment with state-of-the-art infrastructure. More information of Vision Lab’s work on shape modeling can be found on http://visielab.uantwerpen.be/research/shape-modeling ; A gross monthly grant ranging from € 2.167,88 - € 2.486,53; Enrolment will start as soon as possible.Procedure
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Please send an extended CV and motivation letter addressed to Karen Dierckxsens A pre-selection will be made from amongst the submitted applications. The remainder of the selection procedure is specific to the position and will be determined by the selection panel; For questions about the profile and the description of duties, please contact sijbers@uantwerpen.be and toon.huysmans@uantwerpen.be. Please note: Applications to these emails addresses will not be considered.Skills :
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