predoc/postdoc positions in Munich: modeling cognitive algorithms

[ptodd@mpipf-muenchen.mpg.de]

(The following ad will appear in the APS Observer, and connectionists with
interests in domain-specific forms of cognition are encouraged to apply.
Feel free to write to me with questions about the group or how you or a
continuing/graduating student might fit in. --Peter Todd)

The Center for Adaptive Behavior and Cognition at the Max Planck Institute
for Psychological Research in Munich, Germany is seeking applicants for 1
Predoctoral Fellowship (tax-free stipend DM 21,600) and 1 Postdoctoral
Fellowship (tax-free stipend range DM 36,000-40,000) for one-year positions
beginning in September 1996.  Candidates should be interested in modeling
satisficing decision-making algorithms in real-world environmental domains,
and should have expertise in one of the following areas: computer
simulation, biological categorization, evolutionary biology or psychology,
experimental economics, judgment and decision making, risk perception.  For
a list of current researchers and interests, please send email to Dr. Peter
Todd at ptodd at mpipf-muenchen.mpg.de .  The working language of the center is
English.  Send applications (curriculum vitae, letters of recommendation,
and reprints) by March 15, 1996 to Professor Gerd Gigerenzer, Center for
Adaptive Behavior and Cognition, Max Planck Institute for Psychological
Research, Leopoldstrasse 24, 80802 Munich, Germany.