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style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:black" lang="EN-US">The <a href="http://bachlab.org/">Hertz
Chair for Artificial Intelligence and Neuroscience</a> at <a
href="https://www.uni-bonn.de/en">University of Bonn</a> seeks
applications for a funded 4-year PhD to be based at University
of Bonn under the supervision of Prof Dominik Bach. The position
is within a project funded by the <a
href="https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/816564">European
Research Council: “Action selection under threat – the complex
control of human defense”.</a> The purpose of the project is
to understand the cognitive-computational control of human
action-selection and decision-making under acute, immediate
threat. We investigate this in an immersive virtual reality (VR)
environment, in which people can move to avoid various threats.
In a series of behavioural and magnetoencephalography
experiments, we seek to understand the algorithms that control
this behaviour, and their neural implementation. Behavioural
research takes place in Bonn, and magnetoencephalography at the
Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging, University College
London.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:justify"><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:black" lang="EN-US">The Hertz Chair is strongly
interdisciplinary, and we invite applications from potential
students with a broad range of backgrounds including, but not
limited to, neuroscience, experimental psychology, statistics,
machine learning, computer science, physics, or medicine. The
candidate will be enrolled in an international doctoral
programme at University of Bonn (<a
href="https://bigs-neuroscience.de">bigs-neuroscience.de</a>).
This programme offers unique training in concepts and methods
across the neurosciences. Training involves seminars, methods
workshops, participation in summer schools, and collaboratively
supervised research. The Hertz Chair provides training in all
relevant aspects of computational neuroscience, decision-making,
and statistics. Project collaborators at the Institute of
Computer Science, <a>University College London</a>,
Max-Planck-Institute for Biological Cybernetics in Tübingen and
University of Tubingen provide additional expertise and
supervision opportunities. The Hertz Chair is part of the <a
href="http://ibehave.nrw/">interdisciplinary iBehave network</a>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:justify"><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:black" lang="EN-US">We offer generous funding (usually
starting with 33’000 € p.a.) and support travel to conferences
or advanced courses. Students will participate in international
summer schools, seminars and workshops. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:justify"><b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"
lang="EN-US">Requirements: </span></b><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"
lang="EN-US">This is a highly competitive programme. Successful
applicants should have, or expect to get, an excellent MSc
degree (or equivalent), and should have an interest in
computational and statistical methods as well as programming.
The university is committed to employing more people with
disabilities and especially encourages them to apply. The
university also seeks to increase the number of women in those
areas where they are underrepresented and therefore explicitly
encourages women to apply. </span></p>
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style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:black" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:justify"><b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"
lang="EN-US">Deadline: </span></b><b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0070C0"
lang="EN-US">27 June 2022</span></b><b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"
lang="EN-US">. Shortlisted candidates will be interviewed
online in </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0070C0"
lang="EN-US">July 2022</span></b><b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"
lang="EN-US">. </span></b><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"
lang="EN-US"></span></p>
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6.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify"><b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"
lang="EN-US">HOW TO APPLY. </span></b><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">Please
send in one PDF, your CV, a statement of why you want to do this
PhD (no more than 1 page), and a copy of your strongest piece of
academic work (e.g., thesis, publication). Please provide the
name of two referees who can send us reference letters upon
request. All documents and references should be sent to <a
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="mailto:a.menke@uni-bonn.de">a.menke@uni-bonn.de</a> by
27 June 2022 at midnight. Enquiries about the project can be
directed to <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"></span><a
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="mailto:d.bach@uni-bonn.de">d.bach@uni-bonn.de</a>.</span></p>
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Prof. Dominik R Bach, MBBS PhD
Hertz Chair for Artificial Intelligence and Neuroscience
University of Bonn
Am Propsthof 49
53121 Bonn, Germany
bachlab.org | @bachlab_cog</pre>
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