Connectionists: Job posting Open Position

[Friedhelm Schwenker]

Job posting  Open position
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The research group in Neural Information Processing (Neuroinformatik) at 
the
Universität Ulm invites applications for a position of a
         Research Scientist (Wissenschaftliche/r Mitarbeiter/in)
that is open by March 1, 2008. Salary is according to German scale for 
research
staff personnel (TVL-13). The position is initially for 12 months, 
starting in
March 2008 (or soon after), but a full duration of 3 years funding is 
expected.

The position is funded within the EU research project SEARISE. The 
overall project
pursues a highly interdisciplinary approach to develop neural 
architecture and
mechanisms of visual information processing in an observer to analyse 
motion and
form in scenes, group scenic features and deploy attention to salient 
locations in
surveillance scenarios. The announced position here particularly focuses 
on the
development of neural mechanisms of motion integration, how they enter 
to build
attention maps and the development of fast algorithms to demonstrate their
real-time performance.

An ideal candidate brings in
* a Diploma or Master degree in Computer Science, Electrical 
Engineering, Physics,
 or related fields,
* extensive programming experience (Matlab, C/C++),
* sound knowledge in neural models of vision, image processing and/or 
computer
 vision, applied mathematics, knowledge about structure and function of 
the visual
 cortical architecture,
* basic knowledge in pursuing scientific project work,
* English speaking and writing skills.

The research within the project is expected to be in collaboration with 
project
partners from several European countries and includes on-site visits in 
different
laboratories. It is expected that the candidate pursues a PhD project 
related to
the research topics of the research project.

The University of Ulm is an equal opportunity employer. Women are 
encouraged to
apply. Disabled applicants will receive priority in case they have equal
qualifications.

Please send applications as soon as possible, preferentially via email (PDF
document with all the usual data, such as application letter, CV, 
transcript of
records, letters of reference if available) to heiko.neumann at uni-ulm.de.
Alternatively, applications can be sent via regular mail to

Prof. Heiko Neumann
Institut für Neuroinformatik
Fakultät für Ingenieurwissenschaften und Informatik
Universität Ulm
D-89069 Ulm
Germany