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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>PhD Studentship: Models of Human Face Perception<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We have a studentship available for UK/EU citizens to work in the Face Research Lab with Professor Peter Hancock. The aim is to work on a computer model of human face perception and recognition. Such a model should show characteristics
of human perception, for example being very good at recognising familiar faces but rather poor with unfamiliar ones, yet still able to derive things like age, sex, race and expression. The student will join a much larger project, FACER2VM, where the aim is
to improve the state of the art in computer face recognition ‘in the wild’. Working with two postdocs who are studying human face recognition, the aim of this studentship is to further our understanding of how we may do it; it is explicitly not a hard-core,
squeeze the best you can out of a deep neural network project.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The successful candidate will need good programming skills, for example in Matlab or Python. Ideally they will already also be familiar with the psychology of human face perception.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The studentship is available for three-years, and includes a tax-free stipend of approximately £14,553 p.a. Tuition fees will be met by the University at the home/EU rate. Subject to satisfactory progress<b>
</b>review at the end of the first year, the studentship will be renewed for a second year and thereafter for a third year.<b>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The studentship will have an anticipated registration date of 1 October 2017.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:14.55pt"><b><br>
</b>Informal enquiries to Peter Hancock, <a href="mailto:pjbh1@stir.ac.uk">pjbh1@stir.ac.uk</a>
<span style="color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">or Linda Cullen (</span><a href="mailto:linda.cullen@stir.ac.uk">linda.cullen@stir.ac.uk</a> Tel: +44 (0) 1786 466854.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background:white">Please submit a CV and research proposal via the online application, selecting ‘Research Degree in Psychology’:<span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background:white"><a href="http://www.stir.ac.uk/postgraduate/how-to-apply/">http://www.stir.ac.uk/postgraduate/how-to-apply/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background:white"><span style="color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Once you have started the
</span>application process, please email <a href="mailto:research.admissions@stir.ac.uk">
research.admissions@stir.ac.uk</a> to ask to be exempted from the ‘find-a-supervisor’ process.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Closing date: 28<sup>th</sup> July<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Peter Hancock<br>
Professor,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Deputy Head of Psychology,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Faculty of Natural Sciences<br>
University of Stirling<br>
FK9 4LA, UK<br>
phone 01786 467675<br>
fax 01786 467641<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="http://stir.ac.uk/190"><span style="color:blue">http://stir.ac.uk/190</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6025-7068"><span style="color:blue">http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6025-7068</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="http://www.researcherid.com/rid/A-4633-2009"><span style="color:blue">http://www.researcherid.com/rid/A-4633-2009</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Psychology at Stirling: 100% 4* Impact, REF2014<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Come and study Face Perception at the University of Stirling! Our unique MSc in the Psychology of Faces is open for applications. For more information see
<a href="http://www.stir.ac.uk/postgraduate/programme-information/prospectus/psychology/psychological-research-methods-face-research/">
<span style="color:blue">http://www.stir.ac.uk/postgraduate/programme-information/prospectus/psychology/psychological-research-methods-face-research/</span></a>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>The University achieved an overall 5 stars in the QS World University Rankings 2016/17</FONT></DIV>
<FONT face=Arial color=gray size=2>The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.<BR></FONT>
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