Postdoctoral Research Fellowships

[Marwan Jabri]

		Postdoctoral Research Fellowships 
		(closing date Dec 13, 1996)

		Neuromorphic Systems Research
		SEDAL, Department of Electrical Engineering
                University of Sydney 

The University of Sydney through its U2000 program has 15
postdoctoral fellowships available for open competition. These fellowships 
are for recent PhD graduates (PhD awarded within the last five years or 
about to be awarded) who wish to carry out full-time research at the
University of Sydney. The fellowships can be taken at the University's 
Neuromorphic Systems Research Group, within the Systems Engineering & 
Design Automation Laboratory (SEDAL) at the Department of Electrical 
Engineering.

The range of current research activities/projects include:

o	Modelling of visual, auditory, olfactory and somatosensory
	pathways,
o	Modelling of the superior colliculus
o	Optical character recognition
o	Machine learning
o	Auditory localization
o	VLSI implementations of neural systems
o	Learning on silicon
o	Biologically inspired signal processing

The fellowships are available for a minimum of three years, with a 
possible further one year extension. They are available from February 1997 
and must be taken up by June 1997. Fellowships carry a salary of $A38,092 
to $A40,889 and include the cost of return airfare to Sydney (fares for
dependants, and removal expenses, will not be provided) and an initial 
setting-up grant for the research project of $A25,000. 

Applications close in Sydney on 13 December 1996 and decisions about 
awards will be made in January 1997. If you are interested, please 
contact first: 

       Professor Marwan Jabri
       Phone: +61-2-9351 2240
       Fax :  +61-2-9351 7209
       marwan at sedal.usyd.edu.au
       http://www.sedal.usyd.edu.au/~marwan

and from whom an application form can be obtained (postscript or html).
Applicats should complete the application form and provide, in addition, 
the following information:

    1.an up-to-date curriculum vitae 
    2.a list of publications (distinguishing clearly between full 
      publications and abstracts of papers presented to learned societies) 
    3.an outline of the proposed research project in no more than two pages 
    4.the names and addresses of two referees who will be forwarding 
      testimonials 
    5.overseas applicants must also provide details (names, ages of 
      children) of any family members who will accompany the applicant 
      to Australia, if successful (this information is necessary for the 
      University to assist with visa arrangements) 

then post the completed application form and additional 
information/documents to:

       The Director
       Research and Scholarships Office 
       The University of Sydney 2006 
       Australia