Postdoc fellowship

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Dear Colleagues,

"Postdoctoral Position in Neural Network Models of Language"

Qualified individuals are invited to apply for a postdoctoral fellowship in 
connectionist modeling of language processing. The fellowship is 
supported by the National Science Foundation (USA), and provides an 
annual stipend of around $38,000-$41,000 for a maximum of 3 years. A 
qualified candidate should hold a Ph.D. degree in an area of cognitive 
sciences (computer science, psychology, or linguistics) and have 
experience in neural networks and natural language processing. 
Technical experiences with C/C++ and the Unix/Linux operating systems 
are necessary. Familiarity with MatLab is desirable.

The successful candidate will join the PI's research team to work on self-
organizing models of language, with particular reference to the 
acquisition, processing, and disorders of the mental lexicon (see the NSF 
homepage for a summary of the project: https://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/
servlet/showaward?award=0131829. The project will be carried out at the 
Cognitive Science Laboratory (http://cogsci.richmond.edu/lab.html) in the 
Department of Psychology at the University of Richmond, where the 
cognitive area includes faculty in neuroscience, memory and aging, 
spatial cognition, and psycholinguistics. UR is a highly selective, private 
university located six miles west of Richmond on a beautiful 350-acre 
campus (1 hour west of Williamsburg and east of Shanondoah National 
Park, and 2 hours south of Washington DC). It has been consistently 
rated as one of America's best universities by US News and World 
Report. With its over $1-billion endowment and progressive program 
enhancements, UR provides a congenial research environment.

The target date for the start of the position is May 1, 2003. Consideration 
of applications will begin as soon as possible. Applicants should send a 
curriculum vitae, a cover letter, and two letters of recommendation via 
email to pli at richmond.edu. The University of Richmond is an Equal 
Opportunity Employer. Women and minority candidates are especially 
encouraged to apply.

For ICONIP ’02 Participants:  Please see me at session ThuPmRM158 
(“Self-organizing feature maps and vector quantization III”) or send me an 
email note.

Ping Li, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
University of Richmond, Virginia 23173, USA. 
Email: pli at richmond.edu
Phone: (804) 289-8125 (O), 287-1236 (lab)
http://cogsci.richmond.edu/ or http://www.richmond.edu/~pli/

Currently on sabbatical leave at: 
Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences
Faculty of Education, University of Hong Kong, SAR, PRC. 
Email: liping at hku.hk