[Job] Postdoc position in remote sensing - La Reunion, St-Pierre

Annonce postée par : oflores (olivier.flores(a)univ-reunion.fr) ---------------------------------------- The person will be recruited as part of the FRAG'ILE (FRAGmentation en milieu InsuLairE, funding: French Office for Biodiversity) and EDENE (Extinction dynamics of endemic trees in exotic-dominated ecosystems, funding: French National Research Agency) research programs, which generally focus on population dynamics of rare and threatened endemic woody species in Reunion island (Mascarenes, Indian Ocean). After the recent colonization of the island by humans during the second half of the seventeenth century, habitat loss, alteration and invasion by exotic species have severely affected population and range sizes, and increased the extinction risk of many endemic species. Unfortunately, historical records that document the dynamics of habitat loss and fragmentation at island scale are rare and disseminated in testimonies from former naturalists and geographers. However, the existence of aerial photograph campaigns (in black and white, color and sometimes infrared) starting from the 1950 s provide unprecedented and overlooked information to understand past habitat trajectories. The recruited person will be responsible for developing photogrammetry methods to analyze the evolution of the habitat of threatened endemic woody species over the last seven decades. The overall objective is to produce time-series of derived metrics to characterize changes in land cover (classifications) and vegetation structure (canopy height models) from historical aerial images of Reunion island taken by the French National Geographic Institute (IGN, see https://remonterletemps.ign.fr). The candidate is expected to build a workflow to assemble and georeference individual images and produce time-series of target metrics. Promising approaches include sensor calibration, dense matching, deep-learning and 3D reconstruction of point cloud data. The position requires a dedicated person with strong skills in image processing, photogrammetry and deep learning. The production of one scientific publication in an international peer-reviewed journal per year is expected. For further details, please see position description here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/15xRrDfcAW-7OPZLuL6_FeJ7y4UlzH_bo/view?usp=…. ---------------------------------------- L'annonce est située https://georezo.net/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=360801#p360801 Pour vous désabonner connectez-vous sur le forum puis Profil / Abonnement -- Association GeoRezo - le portail géomatique https://georezo.net (Message généré automatiquement. Ne pas répondre à ce message, utiliser les coordonnées contenues dans l'annonce)