Short-term postdoc opening: Neural modeling of visual perception

[Jonathan Marshall]

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                        Short-Term Position Opening:


                      POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE
                  IN NEURAL MODELING OF VISUAL PERCEPTION

             at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill


A short-term postdoctoral position is available in neural modeling of visual
perception, in Dr. Jonathan Marshall's research group at UNC-Chapel Hill.
The group's research focuses on intermediate-level visual motion perception,
surface appearance perception, object perception, binding and grouping, and
depth perception.  The opening is the 2nd postdoctoral position in a
research group that includes one faculty member, one postdoc, and four PhD
students.

The postdoc will develop and implement computational simulations of neural
models of visual mechanisms involved in perception of surface brightness and
transparency, depth, motion, and other aspects of visual and neural
processing.  The postdoc will also work on developing relative-motion
algorithms for image processing tasks in object detection, image
stabilization, scene segmentation, and invariant object representation.  The
postdoc may also have opportunities to develop and run visual psychophysics
experiments on motion perception and stereopsis.  The project includes work
on adaptation and self-organization processes that may guide the development
and maintenance of such neural mechanisms in human and animal brains.  The
postdoc will collaborate with other members of the research group.

The position requires very good programming skills and (ideally) some image
processing and/or neural simulation experience.  Experience with visual
psychophysics or visual neurophysiology would be a plus.

The position is available immediately and is funded for 6 or more months.
Because the position is short-term, it might be ideal for a new PhD who
needs interim funding before starting another position in the Summer or
Fall.  Salary is competitive.

Please send CV, a letter describing research interests and background,
relevant publications, and references to Prof. Jonathan A. Marshall,
Department of Computer Science, CB 3175, Sitterson Hall, University of
North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3175, USA.  Phone 919-962-1887,
fax 919-962-1799, marshall at cs.unc.edu, http://www.cs.unc.edu/~marshall.

                           Posted 25 October 1996

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