Detecting 3D urban change from remote sensing

Edusail Abroad; Valbonne; Remote; EUR 23,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Edusail Abroad invites applications for a PhD project in France. The work combines geometry processing, 3D computer vision, machine learning and statistics to detect 3D city changes and describe them with geometric shapes for scalable processing.

Eligibility requires a Master’s degree with strong background in 3D geometry, computer vision and ML, plus programming in C/C++ and Python. Fluent English is required; salary is EUR 2,300 gross per month for a 3-year position.

Qualifications

• Graduate (Master's) degree or equivalent with strong background in 3D geometry, computer vision and machine learning.
• Programming in C/C++ and Python.

Responsibilities

• Create efficient methods to detect 3D changes in cities and describe them with simple geometric shapes.
• Study spatial-temporal spread of changes and link to urban growth and architectural change.

Skills

3D geometry

Computer vision

Machine learning

C/C++

Python

Education

Master's degree

Job description

France is building a digital twin of its territory, led by IGN, Cerema and Inria, using huge volumes of airborne LiDAR and satellite surface data. This PhD will create efficient ways to detect three-dimensional changes in cities and describe them with simple geometric shapes such as planes and 3D polygons, rather than raw point clouds, so that results scale and feed directly into building reconstruction. A second goal is to study how these changes are spread across space and time, from districts up to the whole country, and link them to urban growth and architectural change. The work combines geometry processing, 3D computer vision, machine learning and statistics.

Eligibility: Graduate (Master's) degree or equivalent, with a strong background in 3D geometry, computer vision and machine learning, and programming in C/C++ and Python. Indian M.Tech/ME/M.Sc in CS, geoinformatics or related with these skills fits.

Tests: Fluent English

Pay: EUR 2,300 gross per month

Duration: 3 years