Postdoctoral Position in Machine Learning for Automated Plant Phenotyping (PhenoMix Project)

The Swiss Data Science Center (SDSC) and the ETH Zurich’s Crop Science Group are seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher for the PhenoMix project, a Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) funded initiative.

This role sits at the intersection of machine learning, computer vision, agricultural sciences, and plant phenotyping. The position focuses on Automated Trait Estimation using Machine Learning, developing novel data science methods for crop mixture phenotyping.

Project background

The PhenoMix project addresses the critical challenge of automated phenotyping for crop mixtures -- a promising agricultural practice with significant potential for sustainable food production. The project leverages the Field Imaging Platform (FIP), a state-of-the-art high-throughput phenotyping facility, along with field experiments to generate unprecedented multi-m...