Job offer

We are permanently looking for enthusiastic, prospective employees with a desire to participate in interdisciplinary research. Candidates of different backgrounds are welcome, including undergraduate and graduate students of computer science / informatics, electrical engineering, biomedical engineering, mathematics or physics. Holding a Ph.D. degree or a desire to pursue Ph.D. studies is an advantage. Information about Ph.D. studies at our Faculty is available here.

Currently, we offer the following positions:

PhD Position in Biomedical Image Analysis

The Centre for Biomedical Image Analysis (CBIA) at the Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University, invites applications for a PhD position. The core of our work lies at the intersection of computer science, life sciences and medicine. We develop and validate novel methods for a broad range of biomedical imaging applications, with emphasis on oncology-related topics, in particular, cancer cell analysis using optical microscopy and tumour analysis using magnetic resonance imaging. Special attention is paid to time-lapse / longitudinal studies.

A key factor in the group’s continued success is close collaboration between people of different backgrounds, including biological and clinical partners, throughout the entire process of experiment design, data acquisition, and image analysis.

As a member of our team, you will contribute to the development of methods for image segmentation, object detection and tracking, object classification, image filtering, image restoration, image registration, image acquisition, or simulation / synthetic image generation.

Key Research Areas

We encourage candidates to bring their own perspective while collaborating with experts from biological and clinical backgrounds. We are particularly seeking involvement in the following topics:

• Machine learning in cancer cell detection, segmentation, classification and tracking
• AI for spatiotemporal analysis of cell behavior in large-scale bioimage data
• Machine learning in MRI brain tumour image analysis
• Deep learning & mathematical morphology for biomedical imaging
• Improving evaluation frameworks for biomedical image analysis
• Metrics and benchmarking in biomedical image analysis
• Dealing with uncertainty and fuzziness in biomedical image analysis
• Generative modelling and characterization of latent space embeddings in biomedical imaging
• Image synthesis of both healthy and tumour-affected human brain tissue

Research Environment

CBIA is a dynamic group of approximately 15 researchers, including PhD students and postdocs, fostering a supportive environment for academic growth.

The Faculty of Informatics is the oldest and most prestigious academic institution for education and research in computer science in the Czech Republic, with about 2,000 students.

Masaryk University is the largest university in Brno, with about 30,000 students, and the second largest in the Czech Republic.

Brno is the second largest city in Czechia. As a major Central European scientific hub, it offers a high quality of life, a rich history, and a vibrant community of several universities and scientific parks. It is consistently ranked among the world’s best student cities.

Application Procedure

The length of a PhD appointment is 4 years, with a preferred starting date of September 1, 2026. The deadline for applications is April 30, 2026 but applicants are strongly encouraged to get in touch with us earlier to sort out details.

Qualifications

• Candidates are expected to have (or be about to defend) a master’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, or a related field, with demonstrated competency in their chosen topic
• Proficiency in English, both written and spoken
• Willingness to spend 1-6 months in a collaborating group abroad during the PhD studies

Required Documents

• CV (including education, degrees and dates, publications/scientific presentations, skills/experience in programming languages, project work, academic awards, etc.)
• Motivation letter explaining why you are applying specifically for this project and why you are an ideal candidate
• Transcript of grades from both the applicant’s master’s and bachelor’s degrees
• Two references (either written letters of recommendation or the contact details of former supervisors/professors)

Please send informal PhD application inquiries, including the mentioned documents, to prof. Michal Kozubek.