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    <p class="Default" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><b><span lang="EN-US"
style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
color:#005555;mso-themecolor:text2;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Master
          thesis: </span></b></p>
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      style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:center"><b><span
          lang="EN-US"
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-ansi-language:
EN-US">Information Under Fire:</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US"
style="font-size:
14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#005555;
mso-themecolor:text2;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"></span></b></p>
    <p align="center" style="margin:0cm;text-align:center"><b><span
          lang="EN-US"
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black;mso-ansi-language:
EN-US">POMDP Models of Information Seeking in VR Threat Environments</span></b></p>
    <p align="center" style="margin:0cm;text-align:center"><b><span
          lang="EN-US"
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black;mso-ansi-language:
EN-US"> </span></b></p>
    <p align="center" style="margin:0cm;text-align:center"><b><span
          lang="EN-US"
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span></b><span
        lang="EN-US"
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Responsible co-supervisor:<b>
          Sara
          Ershadmanesh</b></span></p>
    <p align="center" style="margin:0cm;text-align:center"><span
        lang="EN-US"
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Formal supervisor:<b> Peter Dayan</b></span></p>
    <p align="center" style="margin:0cm;text-align:center"><span
        lang="EN-US"
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Supervising Collaborator:<b>
          Dominik Bach
          (Bonn)</b></span></p>
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          lang="EN-US"
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"> </span></b></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span lang="EN-US"
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US">The Department of Computational Neuroscience at
        the
        Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics focuses on
        building and testing
        theories and computational models of neural processing, with a
        particular
        emphasis on decision-making, learning, and representation.</span></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal"><span lang="EN-US"
style="font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:
EN-GB">In dangerous or unpredictable environments, humans must decide
        whether
        to keep collecting rewards (e.g., food) or to seek information
        that helps them
        stay safe. In this project, you will analyse how people plan
        under threat and
        how they trade off explicit reward against information-seeking
        for safety. We
        have build a scenario in which biological agents forage for food
        and must stay
        clear of threats. We have also collected data from humans
        performing this task
        in virtual reality. </span><span lang="EN-US"
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">The
        goal of the project is to develop computational models based on
        Partially
        Observable Markov Decision Processes (POMDPs). These models
        characterize belief
        formation about a threat‘s distance and speed, and how these
        beliefs guide
        planning in this situation. We will study both optimal behavior
        and heuristics
        computational strategies that may explain individual differences
        in this
        experiment.</span><span lang="EN-US"
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Arial;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">What is available:</span></b></p>
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     mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Behavioral dataset from a VR experiment</span></li>
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     mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Collaboration with researchers at the
          University of Bonn (VR expertise and behavioral analyses)</span></li>
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     mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">The active and rich environment at the
          Computational Neuroscience lab (supervised by Peter Dayan)</span><span
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:
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          participate in group activities as well as pursue your
          Master’s project.</span><span lang="EN-US"
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font-family:Helvetica;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:
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EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">/Experience:</span></b></p>
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          programming skills are essential (Python or R)</span></li>
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     mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
     mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Knowledge of
          POMDPs and experience implementing related models (more
          experience is a plus)</span></li>
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    <p>
    </p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Student
          tasks:</span></b></p>
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          and clean existing code</span></li>
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     mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Extend POMDP
          model to generate optimal behavior</span></li>
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          predictions to human behavior</span></li>
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     mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
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          lang="DE"
style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-fareast-font-family:
     "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">
          the Master thesis</span></li>
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    <p>
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mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Remuneration
        is
        based on qualifications and professional experience. The Max
        Planck Society is
        an equal opportunity employer: Handicapped individuals are
        strongly encouraged
        to apply, and so are women in areas in which they are
        underrepresented. The Max
        Planck Society strives for gender and diversity equality. We
        welcome applications
        from all backgrounds</span><span lang="EN-US"
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Helvetica;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"> and aim for a fair
        hiring
        process—so applicants should not include a photo in their
        application
        documents.</span><span lang="EN-US"
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        style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica">Max-Planck-Institut
        für
        biologische Kybernetik<br>
        Max-Planck-Ring 8<br>
        72076 Tübingen<br>
      </span><span lang="DE"><a href="http://www.kyb.mpg.de/"><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:
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