Position in Computational Neuroscience

[Dietmar Heinke]

Research Fellow/Assistant in Computational Neuroscience.
 
Behavioural Brain Sciences Centre
School of Psychology
University of Birmingham
Birmingham


The Fellow/Assistant will work with Dr Dietmar Heinke and Prof Glyn 
Humphreys in developing a computational model of visual object 
recognition and attention in humans. The framework for this project is 
set by the computational model, SAIM (Selective Attention for 
Identification Model; see http://web.bham.ac.uk/heinkedg/SAIM for 
details) and will draw on experimental evidence from a broad range of 
sources: single cell studies, fMRI, MR tractography, neuropsychological 
and psychological studies.

The position is funded by the BBSRC and is part of the collaboration of 
the following four groups: Glyn Humphreys and Dietmar Heinke, 
Behavioural Brain Sciences Centre, Birmingham; S. Shipp, Institute of 
Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London; Paul Matthews and 
colleagues, Oxford Centre for Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of 
the Brain and Andrew T. Smith, Royal Holloway & Bedford New College.

The project is part of a long-term effort in the Behavioural Brain 
Sciences Centre (BBS) to establish computational modelling as a standard 
method within cognitive neuroscience.  Examples for first results can be 
found on Dietmar Heinke's web-page and the BBS web-page. This long-term 
project is also supported by long-standing collaborations with the 
school of computer science, including Aaron Sloman, Ela Claridge and 
John Bullinaria

Applicants should have, or be about to complete, a PhD or a very good 
MSc in a relevant field (incl. computer vision, neural networks, 
connectionist modelling, physics, or applied mathematics).  Familiarity 
with programming (MatLab, C++) would be an advantage.
The posts are available from 1 September 2004 or as soon as possible 
thereafter. Application forms are available from Personnel Services, 
University of Birmingham (j.s.thorp at bham.ac.uk) and informal queries 
should be addressed to Dietmar Heinke (0121 414 4920 
d.g.heinke at bham.ac.uk). The salary is at point 6 on the RA1A scale 
(18,893 to 21,010). The deadline is 30 June 2004.

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