Connectionists: Tenure-track Position in Cognitive Science at RPI

[Professor Ron Sun]

Tenure-track Position in Cognitive Science

The Cognitive Science Department at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute  
invites applications for an anticipated tenure-track position at the  
rank of Assistant Professor beginning in Fall 2006 or possibly (for  
the right candidate) Spring 2007.  We are seeking candidates who  
combine computational, mathematical, and/or logic-based modeling  
informed by experimental research in the areas of perception and  
action (e.g., motor control, vision, attention), interactive behavior  
(e.g., integrated models of cognitive systems), or high-level  
cognition (e.g., skill acquisition, decision making, reasoning). The  
candidate’s interest can be in basic and/or applied theory-based  
research. Interests in areas such as robotics or high-level  
computational neuroscience will be considered a strength. However,  
all disciplines within cognitive science are potential sources of  
candidates. All candidates are expected to have a strong potential  
for external funding.

The Cognitive Science Department at Rensselaer is among the world’s  
newest dedicated cognitive science departments, specializing in  
computational cognitive modeling, perception/action, learning and  
reasoning (human and machine), and cognitive engineering.  The  
department’s primary mission is to carry out seminal basic research  
and to develop engineering applications within cognitive science.  
This effort requires the continued growth of its new, research- 
oriented doctoral program in cognitive science.  Department faculty  
have excellent ties with faculty in Computer Science, Engineering,  
and Decision Sciences. Women and minorities are especially encouraged  
to apply. Send curriculum vitae, reprints and preprints of  
publications, a 1-to-2 page statement of research, a 1-page statement  
of teaching interests, and three letters of reference to: Search  
Committee, c/o Heather Hewitt, Cognitive Science Department, Carnegie  
Building, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute,110 8th Street, Troy, NY  
12180. (Direct queries via email to Prof. Wayne D. Gray,  
grayw at rpi.edu, Chair of the Search Committee.) Applications will be  
reviewed beginning December 1st and continuing until the position is  
filled.

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Professor Ron Sun
Cognitive Science Department
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
110 Eighth Street, Carnegie 302A
Troy, NY 12180, USA

phone: 518-276-3409
fax:   518-276-3017
email: rsun at rpi.edu
web:   http://www.cogsci.rpi.edu/~rsun
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