Connectionists: advertising academic Fellowship

[H. Bowman]

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Academic Fellowship in Cognitive Science and Robotics
in the Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience and Cognitive Systems at Kent
and the Computing Laboratory at Kent
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The Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience and Cognitive Systems (CCNCS) at 
Kent is seeking to appoint an Academic Fellow in Cognitive Science and 
Robotics, which is funded by Research Councils UK.  The CCNCS is a 
cross-disciplinary research initiative at the junction of Cognitive 
Psychology and the Computational Sciences, which brings together a broad 
spectrum of techniques spanning a number of disciplines, including 
behavioural and electrophysiological experimentation, the construction 
of computational models and development of cognitive systems.  The 
successful candidate will join the Computing Laboratory arm of the CCNCS.

The CCNCS contains a number of ongoing research programmes including, an 
exploration of salience sensitive control in humans and artificial 
systems; development activities focused on human computer interaction 
and affective computing; empirical and computational studies of 
emotions, attention and addictive behaviour; investigations of face 
recognition and forensic imaging; methods for analysing EEG data (such 
as ICA); language research focused on cross-linguistic and morphological 
influences; and theoretical and applied memory research.

The Centre also offers a broad spectrum of supporting infrastructure 
including, electrophysiological and physiological recording equipment, a 
robotics laboratory, and state of the art human computer interaction 
technology.  The following are relevant websites,

+ The CCNCS: http://www.cs.kent.ac.uk/projects/cncs.
+ Howard Bowman (Director of the CCNCS): 
http://www.cs.kent.ac.uk/people/staff/hb5.

The appointment is at the postdoctoral level.  Due to the 
cross-disciplinary nature of the research, a suitable candidate could 
have studied in any of the following areas: Cognitive Psychology, 
Cognitive Neuroscience, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, 
Electronics or Physics.  Most importantly, though, we seek an applicant 
who is open to cross-disciplinary influences.

The following skills are all relevant to the position; please note: due 
to the diverse nature of this skill set, candidates should by no means 
expect to possess all these capabilities.

+ Experience of electrophysiological recording techniques: EEG and ERP.
+ Knowledge of robotics.
+ Research expertise in human computer interaction.
+ A background in experimental research.
+ Experience of computational modelling of cognition using neural 
networks, connectionism or symbolic approaches.

The Centre is particularly keen to progress its research programme in 
electrophysiological recording.

We would welcome applications from candidates who are able to bring 
existing research funding, although candidates with relevant 
qualifications and experience will also be considered.  Candidates who 
already have, or have been promised, a permanent position are considered 
to have achieved the aims of the Academic Fellowship Scheme and are not 
able to apply.  Further details of the scheme are available at 
http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/acfellow/.

The Academic Fellowship appointment is for three years and will lead to 
a permanent academic position in the Computing Laboratory at the end of 
the three-year period, subject to satisfactory completion of probation.

Potential applicants are encouraged to contact Professor Howard Bowman, 
H.Bowman at kent.ac.uk, for an informal discussion.  General information 
about the Computing Laboratory is available at http://www.cs.kent.ac.uk/.

Further particulars for the position are available at the following 
web-site, http://www.kent.ac.uk/jobs/academic/304.html.

Closing date for the receipt of applications: 12 noon, Friday 6 July 2007.

Interviews are likely to be held during the week beginning 30 July 2007.