Connectionists: Post doc for modeling reading of Kanji (Germany/UK)

[Gert Westermann]

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Post-doctoral Research Assistant

Connectionist reading model

*Our Profile *

"Anthropological universals -- cultural differences" is an 
interdisciplinary project funded by the German Federal Ministry of 
Education and Research. Principal investigators are Prof. Dr. Christian 
Stetter (Institute for Language and Communication Studies, project 
leader), Prof. Dr. Walter Huber (Section Neurolinguistics at the 
Department of Neurology) and Prof. Dr. Martina Ziefle (Human Technology 
Centre, eHealth). We closely cooperate with Prof. Gert Westermann 
(Department of Psychology, Oxford Brookes University, UK). The project 
compares the German writing system with Japanese Kanji as well as their 
cognitive processing. The aim of the project is to create an empirically 
appropriate connectionist cognitive model for single word recognition.

*Your responsibilities*

You will be responsible for programming and analysing an artificial 
neural network of single word recognition and lexical decision in 
Japanese (Kanji). You will cooperate closely with the researchers of the 
other sub-projects. Half of the time you will stay in Oxford (UK) at the 
lab of Gert Westermann.

*Your profile*

You should hold a PhD in the field of computer science, cognitive 
sciences or a closely related field and have experience in programming 
(C/C++/Matlab), preferably with connectionist networks. You should be 
highly motivated and eager to explore psycho-linguistic questions with 
computational modelling.

*Our offer *

We offer an interdisciplinary and international work environment in the 
heart of Europe.

The candidate will be employed as a regular employee. The position is to 
be filled as soon as possible and is for a fixed term limited to 
September 15, 2011. Salary is according to TV-L (E13) (3.064-3.403 EUR 
gross, depending on experience).

RWTH Aachen University has been rewarded with the 
"Total-E-Quality-Award" for its efforts with respect to gender equality. 
Applications from female candidates are explicitly welcome. In cases of 
equal qualification, aptitude and expertise of the applicants, female 
applicants will be given preferential treatment for those salary groups 
and careers in which females are underrepresented, unless there are 
preponderant reasons to give preference to another applicant.

Please refer to § 8 Article 6 of the North Rhine-Westphalian Equal 
Opportunities Act (Landesgleichstellungs-gesetz NRW).

RWTH Aachen University has been rewarded with the title 
"disability-friendly" ("Prädikat behinderten-freundlich") for its 
efforts with respect to training and employment of severely disabled 
people. Applications from severely disabled people with appropriate 
suitability are explicitly welcome. This also applies to people with 
equal opportunities in accordance with § 2 SGB IX (Social Code).

*Contact *

Closing date for applications: September 3rd, 2010. Please send your 
application documents (CV, list of publications, 2 letters of reference) 
to:

Institute for Language and Communication Studies

Dr. Sonja Häffner

RWTH Aachen University

Eilfschornsteinstr. 15

52056 Aachen

Germany

s.haeffner at isk.rwth-aachen.de <mailto:s.haeffner at isk.rwth-aachen.de>

http://kanji.isk.rwth-aachen.de


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  Dr. Gert Westermann                       gwestermann at brookes.ac.uk
  Department of Psychology, Oxford Brookes University, Gipsy Lane,
  Oxford OX3 0BP   Tel +44 (0)1865 483772     Fax: +44 (0)1865 483887
  http://www.cbcd.bbk.ac.uk/people/scientificstaff/gert/
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