Connectionists: Research Position in Blind Source Separation at Imperial College London

[Danilo P. Mandic]

 Dear All,

may I draw your attention to the following opening:-
Research Assistant/Associate in Signal Processing
 
Area: Blind Source Extraction

Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College London.



Salary in the range £22,116 - £25,259 inclusive per annum, dependent on experience

Fixed-Term appointment September 2005 - April 2007

A research position is available for a Research Assistant or Associate to work on blind source extraction for brain signals. The candidate will be working with Dr Danilo Mandic, based in the Communications and Signal Processing Research Group of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, South Kensington Campus. This research will be conducted in collaboration with the Brain Science Institute, RIKEN, Japan.

The purpose of this project is to develop a theoretical, computational, and experimental framework for online blind extraction of only one or a few sources from large and complex mixtures. The position involves work on the development, mathematical characterisation and simulations on EEG and MEG measurements. The project will show whether applying some fundamental properties of signals, such as their predictability, smoothness and sparseness, in BSE has advantages over existing methods, for complex temporally and spatially correlated sources.

The successful candidate will have a strong mathematical background especially in information theory, statistical estimation and optimisation theory. Applicants should normally hold a PhD (or equivalent) or be near to completion of a PhD in engineering, mathematics, physics or relevant disciplines. Previous experience in blind source separation, blind source extraction or adaptive filtering is desirable. Experience in using MATLAB is essential.

For further details see http://www.commsp.ee.ic.ac.uk/~mandic/.

To apply, please send your completed application form (downloadable from http://www.imperial.ac.uk/employment/academicform.htm), CV, names of two referees, and covering letter explaining your current interests and relevant background for this project to Mrs Mazie Paul (m.paul at imperial.ac.uk), Communications and Signal Processing Group, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London, SW7 2AZ. 

Closing date: 17 July 2005

More details can be found at

http://www.jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/LM805.html

Best wishes

Danilo

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Dr Danilo Mandic

Reader in Signal Processing

Imperial College London