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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Times">At the
AI-lab of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) we have a
fully-funded four-year
PhD position available as part of a project which investigates
the origins of
vocal and rhythm learning. This project is a cooperation between
prof. Bart
de Boer<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>at the VUB, prof
Sonja Kotz at
Maastricht University and dr. Andrea Ravignani at the Max Planck
Institute in
Nijmegen. The PhD research will focus on developing a
cognitively plausible
model of the interplay of rhythm and vocal learning capacities
in humans and
other animals. This model would test, using a cognitively
plausible approach –
for instance based on a neurologically and cognitively
constrained deep neural
network – the hypothesis that the ability to entrain to a beat
and the
ability to do open-ended vocal imitation are evolutionarily
linked. The
deadline for application is August 31st, 2021. Details of the
position and the
application procedure can be found at:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://ai.vub.ac.be/~bart/rhythmphd.pdf">https://ai.vub.ac.be/~bart/rhythmphd.pdf</a></span></p>
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