Connectionists: Scholarship offer: Analysis of the Sensory-motor Interface of the Blowfly

[Wolfram Schenck]

Offer for a doctoral scholarship in the graduate school associated to the 
Excellence Cluster "Cognitive Interaction Technology" of Bielefeld University 
(www.cit-ec.de):

“Analysis of a sensory-motor interface: From optic flow parameters to action 
selection”

Goal of the project is to unravel the relationship between the activation of 
motion sensitive output neurons of the visual system of the blowfly and the 
motor circuits controlling locomotion during flight. A large multidimensional 
data set of neural recordings is already available so that the project will 
focus on data evaluation.

The applicant should hold a university's Master's or Diploma degree in 
computer science, engineering, mathematics, physics, or biology. A background 
in data evaluation, pattern recognition, or machine learning is required; 
knowledge in neurobiology and artificial neural networks is an advantage. 
Advanced programming skills and the ability to work autonomously are 
expected.

Supervision of the project: 
Department of Neurobiology (http://www.uni-bielefeld.de/biologie/Neurobiology)
and 
Computer Engineering Group (http://www.ti.uni-bielefeld.de)
of Bielefeld University

Please send your application with the usual documents (including a detailed 
letter of motivation and the names and email addresses of two referees) until 
June 15, 2008 by email to "roland.kern at uni-bielefeld.de".


-- 
Dr.-Ing. Wolfram Schenck
Computer Engineering Group, Faculty of Technology, Bielefeld University
POB 10 01 31, D-33501 Bielefeld, Germany
phone +49 (0)521 106-6162, fax +49 (0)521 106-6440
http://www.ti.uni-bielefeld.de/html/people/wschenck/index.html