the Greenland Climate Research Centre together with the Scottish Association of Marine Science are advertising a PhD position to develop an machine learning based algorithm to use for the identification of taxonomic groups from imagery to aid seabed management in Greenland.

This is an exciting and unparalleled opportunity to join an international team of researchers using automated (machine-learning) based image analysis to map benthos on the Greenlandic shelf and shelf edge. The project is primarily based at the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) in Oban, Scotland but you will also be based at the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources (GINR) in Nuuk, Greenland, and will attend at least one offshore research cruise on the Greenland shelf. You will develop: 1) data analytical skills in automated benthic image analysis, 2) experience in polar and subpolar field work and, 3) a deep understanding of Arctic benthic ecology. SAMS and GINR are highly supportive, well equipped, and internationally recognised research-orientated laboratories. The context of this PhD is the development of automated benthic imagery analysis pathways, in order to map benthos and support spatial planning, marine conservation and fishing activity on the Greenlandic shelf and shelf edge.