post doctoral position

[Tony Prescott]

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Adaptive Behaviour Research Group
Department of Psychology
The University of Sheffield

RESEARCH ASSOCIATE

Applications are invited for a research associate post, tenable for 
three years from 1st July 2003. This is a joint project between the 
Adaptive Behaviour Research Group at the University of Sheffield 
(www.shef.ac.uk/~abrg) and the Intelligent Autonomous Systems 
Laboratory at the University of the West of England in Bristol 
(www.ias.uwe.ac.uk). The aim of this interdisciplinary project is to 
develop a tactile 'whisker' sensor array for an autonomous robot with 
response characteristics similar to those of the rat facial 
vibrissae. The work at Sheffield will focus on the development of 
computational models of the whisker-processing pathways in the rat 
brain (although no work on animals is involved). Applicants should 
have a good honours degree in Neuroscience, Mathematics, Physics, 
Engineering or related field, and should hold or expect to hold a 
PhD, preferably in computational neuroscience or a related field of 
mathematical modelling.

Salary on the IA/IB scale for Research Staff in the range of 
18,265-23,296 UKP per annum, according to experience.

Informal enquiries to: Dr. Tony Prescott (Tel: +44 (0)114 222 6547; 
e-mail: t.j.prescott at shef.ac.uk).

Further particulars are obtainable from: The Recruitment Service, 
Personnel Department, Firth Court, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2UH 
(Tel: +44 (0)114 279 9800;  e-mail: jobs @sheffield.ac.uk), where 
applications (including a curriculum vitae and the names and 
addresses of three referees) should be sent.

Closing date for applications: 16th May 2003.