Connectionists: University Professor (salary grade W3) “Neural Information Processing”

[Matthias Bethge]

The Wilhelm Schickard Institute for Computer Science at the University  
of Tübingen invites applications for the position of

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University Professor (salary grade W3)
“Neural Information Processing”.
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The Professorship deals with principles of neural information  
processing that are crucial for perceptual inference and autonomous  
behavior in animals and machines. The position entails research on how  
neural systems effectively utilize information in high-dimensional  
sensory inputs and the design of corresponding methods or hardware for  
technical applications. Potential research topics include: distributed  
computation, dynamic learning systems, design principles for feature  
hierarchies that are critical for vision, audition or other sensory  
inference problems, stimulation methods and algorithms, models for  
neural information processing, signal processing of neural activity,  
development of neural information processing based hardware.

The position is to be filled as soon as possible. The professorship  
will be part of the new Bernstein Centre for Computational  
Neuroscience that will soon be launched by the Max Planck Institute  
for Biological Cybernetics, the Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain  
Research, and the University of Tübingen. The successful candidate is  
expected to have a thriving independent research program as evidenced  
by a strong publication record. He/she will join the teaching faculty  
of a newly established International Master-/PhD-program in Neural  
information processing and of the teaching programs of the Wilhelm  
Schickard Institute for Computer Science.


Requirements:
Candidates must have a habilitation or a strong publication record and  
good teaching abilities.

Contact:
For more information about the position, please contact Prof. Dr.  
Wolfgang Rosenstiel (Rosenstiel at informatik.uni-tuebingen.de) or Prof.  
Dr. Matthias Bethge (mbethge at tuebingen.mpg.de).

Applications including CV, list of publications, and certificates  
should be submitted preferably in electronic form (pdf-file) to the  
dean of Informations- und Kognitionswissenschaften, Sand 13, 72076  
Tübingen. Full applications should be sent before May 31, 2010 to the  
contact address given above.

The University of Tübingen aims at increasing its share of women in  
research and teaching and therefore actively encourages applications  
from female candidates. Applicants with disabilities are preferred  
given equal qualifications. Please send only copies and not originals  
of documents, as they will not be returned by mail.



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Prof. Dr. Matthias Bethge
Computational Vision & Neuroscience Group
http://www.kyb.mpg.de/bethge

Werner-Reichardt Centre for Integrative Neuroscience
:: Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics
:: University of Tübingen, Inst. for Theoretical Physics




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