positions available

[Klaus Obermayer]

Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Positions Available

Neural Information Processing Group, Department of Computer Science
Technical University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany



The Neural Information Processing Group anticipates several openings starting
this fall:


1 postdoctoral position, salary level BAT IIa
1 graduate student position, salary level, 2/3 BAT IIa

Both positions are available for candidates, who are interested in developing
algorithms and tools for:

- 3D image processing of confocal microscope data
- processing of functional imaging data (Ca-imaging, optical recording, fMRI)

The candidates are expected to join a BMBF-sponsored collaboration with two
computer science and four experimental neurobiology groups.

We expect the postdoctoral position to be available as early as Sept. 1st
2000. The position will be initially for one year, but an extension up to
three years is possible.

The graduate student position is available immediately for a duration of
initially two years.



2 graduate student positions, salary level BAT IIa:

The positions are for candidates, who are interested in the following research 
areas:

- computational models of visual cortex 
- theory of unsupervised learning algorithms

Teaching duties include 4 hours tutoring per week (in German) during the winter
and summer terms, i.e.\ the successful candidate must be fluent in the
German language.

Both positions are available Oct. 1st 2000 for a duration of five years
maximum.



The CS department of the Technical University of Berlin approves students
with foreign Masters or Diplom degrees for graduate study when certain
standards w.r.t. the subject, grades, and the awarding institution are met.
The university also allows for a thesis defense in the English language.

Interested candidates please send their CV, transcripts of their
certificates, a short statement of their research interest, and a list of
publications to:

Prof. Klaus Obermayer
FR2-1, NI, Informatik, Technische Universitaet Berlin
Franklinstrasse 28/29, 10587 Berlin, Germany
phone: ++49-30-314-73120, fax: -73121, email: oby at cs.tu-berlin.de

prefereably by email.

For a list of relevant publications and an overview of current research
projects please refer to our web-page at:

http://ni.cs.tu-berlin.de/


Cheers

Klaus

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Prof. Dr. Klaus Obermayer         phone:  49-30-314-73442
FR2-1, NI, Informatik                     49-30-314-73120
Technische Universitaet Berlin    fax:    49-30-314-73121
Franklinstrasse 28/29             e-mail: oby at cs.tu-berlin.de
10587 Berlin, Germany             http://ni.cs.tu-berlin.de/