Connectionists: 2 PhD positions in Neurophysics at the University of Marburg (Germany)

[Wolfgang Einhaeuser Treyer]

Philipps-Universität Marburg

The Department of Physics, Neurophysics, Group W. Einhäuser is hiring  
two PhD students, starting on March 1, 2008, for a period of 2 years  
(with option for a 3rd year).

Research focuses on the principles underlying the processing of  
natural stimuli in the human visual system. Methods include  
psychophysical investigation of human attention (e.g., by eye- 
tracking), the analysis of spatio-temporal statistics of natural  
scenes, theoretical models of mammalian vision and their application  
to machine vision.

Besides a general interest in visual neuroscience and  
interdisciplinary work, the applicant is required to have a strong  
background in physics or a related quantitative discipline (CS, EE,  
etc.). Fundamental programming skills (e.g., Matlab, C++, or Java)  
are inevitable. The ideal candidate has experience in one or more of  
the following fields: cognitive science, visual psychophysics,  
computational or biological vision, and theoretical neuroscience.

Formal prerequisites for admission as PhD candidate at the University  
of Marburg include a M.Sc. degree, Diplom or equivalent. Applicants  
with a B.Sc. degree can be admitted in exceptional cases, subject to  
additional requirements.

The University of Marburg strives for an increase in the number of  
women in academic employment. Women are therefore especially  
encouraged to apply and will be preferentially considered under the  
condition of equal qualification. Disabled candidates are given a  
preference under the condition of equal qualification.

Send your application documents, preferably as single pdf-file, by  
email to Wolfgang Einhäuser (mailto: thomas at staff.uni-marburg.de) by  
January 15, 2008, ref.-no. fb13-0021-wmz-2007 (later applications may  
be considered until all positions are filled). Please include the  
names of up to 2 possible references.

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The official version of this job offer can be found here:

German version: http://www.uni-marburg.de/personal/stellen/ 
oeffentlich/oeffwisstellen/fb13-0021-wmz-150108

English version: http://www.uni-marburg.de/personal/stellen/ 
oeffentlich/oeffwisstellen/fb13-0021-wmz-150108-englisch

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Wolfgang Einhäuser Treyer
Institute of Computational Science    	Phone: 	+41-44-63 27460
ETH Zentrum, CAB G 81           	  		Fax: 	+41-44-63 21562
Universitätstrasse 6                               	email:  
wolfgang.einhaeuser at inf.ethz.ch
CH-8092 Zurich, Switzerland                   url: http:// 
www.einhaeuser.com
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