Connectionists: open postdoc position at the Humboldt-University Berlin

[Laurenz Wiskott]

Please forward this job advertisement to candidates who might be interested.
Thanks, Laurenz Wiskott.

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		      Open Position for a Postdoc in
	     Machine Learning and Medical Data Analysis at the
		 Institute for Theoretical Biology, Berlin
		 in the group of Prof. Dr. Laurenz Wiskott

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 Institute:

   Institute for Theoretical Biology
   Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
   Invalidenstraße 43
   D-10115 Berlin, Germany

   The Institute for Theoretical Biology is a young and dynamic lab with
   four full professors, three junior research groups, and about 60
   students and researchers doing interdisciplinary and innovative research
   in different areas of theoretical biology.

 Research group:

   The position is available in the group of Prof. Dr. Laurenz Wiskott and
   is funded by the DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft).

 Research topics:

   The goal of this project is to develop an algorithm for nonlinear blind
   source separation based on slow feature analysis and to apply it to
   medical data analysis. Some published preliminary work can be found at
   http://itb1.biologie.hu-berlin.de/~wiskott/Projects/ISFA.html.

 Teaching:

   There will be some duties as a teaching assistant, e.g. for the basic
   mathematics courses.

 Time:

   The position is available immediately. The appointment will be for 2(+1)
   years.

 Requirements:

   Candidates should have an education in physics, mathematics, electrical
   engineering or any related field. Required are strong mathematical and
   programming skills as well as the ability to communicate and work well
   in a team.

 Salary:

   Salary will be according to salary scale IIa of the wage settlement of
   the Humboldt University and will depend on age and family status, see
   below.

 Inquiries:

   Informal inquiries can be addressed to Prof. Dr. Laurenz Wiskott.

 Application:

   Complete applications should be sent to Prof. Dr. Laurenz Wiskott at the
   address given above. Please send only copies and not original documents,
   since the applications will not be sent back. You may also send
   applications via email, but please make sure they are complete and in a
   convenient format.

   Handicapped applicants with corresponding qualifications will be
   considered preferentially.

   To increase the proportion of female scientists, applications of
   qualified females are especially welcome.

 Deadline:

   None. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled, as
   will be indicated on the web page below.

 WWW: http://itb.biologie.hu-berlin.de/~wiskott/Jobs/Job-DFG-BSS.html.

 FAQ: http://itb.biologie.hu-berlin.de/~wiskott/Jobs/Jobs-FAQ.html.