Job announcements (PhD position in Tuebingen)

[Martin Giese]

PHD POSITION AT THE LABORATORY FOR ACTION REPRESENTATION AND LEARNING,
HERTIE INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL BRAIN RESEARCH, TUEBINGEN, GERMANY


We offer a PhD Position in the context of a project on the expression
of emotions by body movements. The project is funded by the Human
Frontier Science Program (HFSP) and realized in collaboration with
the College de France, the Weizman Institute, and the University of
Tilburg. Start date is as soon as possible.

We seek for an individual with a background in computer science,
engineering, physics, or mathematics with interest in motion capture,
computer graphics, machine learning, motor control, or
bioinformatics. The project will include developing new algorithms for
modeling trajectories, and working with modern systems for motion
capture and computer animation.

The Laboratory for Action Representation and Learning (ARL) provides
a highly interdisciplinary research environment combining methods from
theoretical and experimental neuroscience, computer graphics,
computer vision, and machine learning. ARL studies the neural mechanisms
of the perception of complex movements, and algorithms for the modeling  
of complex movements in normals and patients. The Hertie Institute for
Clinical Brain Research is one of the largest centers for neurological
research in Germany. Its four departments host more than 150
researchers focusing on many different aspects of modern neurology.
ARL is closely affiliated with the Max Planck Institute for
Biological Cybernetics in Tbingen. Tbingen offers an international
PhD program in the Graduate School for Neural and Behavioral Sciences
that realized in collaboration between the University and the
Max Planck Institutes.   

Interested candidates should send or email CVs and the names of 2 references
to Martin Giese, ARL, Dept. of Cognitive Neurology, University Clinic
Tuebingen, Schaffhausenstr. 113, D-72076 Tuebingen, Germany.
Tel.: (+49) 7071 601 724
Email: martin.giese at uni-tuebingen.de

Further information:
http://www.uni-tuebingen.de/uni/knv/arl/
http://www.hih-tuebingen.de/
http://www.uni-tuebingen.de/neuroschool