Connectionists: PhD / Postdoc Positions in Tuebingen (GER)

[Martin Giese]

POSTDOC / PHD POSITION: LEARNING OF FLEXIBLE 
REPRESENTATIONS  FOR THE ONLINE GENERATION OF 
BODY MOVEMENT (University of Tuebingen, Germany)
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The Institute for Computational Sensomotorics at 
the Center for Integrative Neurosciences and the 
Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research at 
the University of Tuebingen invites applications 
for a Postdoc or a PhD student available immediately, 
with a maximum duration of 3 years.

The position is funded within the EC research 
project AMARSI with many other European partners. 
This highly interdisciplinary project aims at the 
development of flexible biologically inspired 
learning-based architectures for the representation 
of complex motor behavior. Models for the synthesis 
of body movements will be learned from motion 
capture data applying biologically-inspired 
techniques from machine learning. The developed 
models will be validated by comparison to human 
data, application in computer graphics, and by 
integrating them into humanoid robot platforms 
available at other partners of the European project.  

Our group has long expertise with the modeling and 
perception of human body motion. We are part of the 
Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Science ), one 
of the leading European institutions in Clinical 
Neuroscience and of the Excellence Center for 
Integrative Neuroscience (CIN), that hosts a 
variety of experimental and theoretical groups 
at the University and the Max Planck Institute for 
Biological Cybernetics.

Ideal candidates should have the following 
qualifications:
* Masters (PhD) degree in Computer Science, 
  Electrical Engineering, Physics, or 
  related fields
* programming experience (Matlab, C/C++, ...)
* Knowledge about motor control or machine 
  learning 
* English speaking and writing skills.

Committed to Equal Opportunities.

Please send applications preferentially 
electronically (including CV, marks and 2 
letters of reference) as soon as possible to 
Prof. Dr. Martin Giese, Hertie Institute 
for Clinical Brain Research  & Center for 
Integrative Neuroscience,  Frondsbergstr. 23, 
72070 Tuebingen, Germany; 
email: martin.giese at uni-tuebingen.de

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 Section for Theoretical Sensomotorics
 Dept. for Cognitive Neurology
 Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research &
 Center for Integrative Neuroscience
 University of Tuebingen
 Frondsbergstr. 23
 D-72070 Tuebingen
 GERMANY
 Tel.: +49 7071 2989124
 Fax:  +49 7071 294790
 Email: martin.giese at uni-tuebingen.de
 Web: http://www.compsens.uni-tuebingen.de/
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   Prof. Dr. Martin Giese
   
   Section for Computational Sensomotorics
   Dept. for Cognitive Neurology
   Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research &
   Center for Integrative Neurocience
   University Clinic Tuebingen
   Frondsbergstr. 23
   D-72076 Tuebingen
   GERMANY

   Tel.: +49 7071 29 89124
   Fax: +49 7071 360 021
   Email: martin.giese at uni-tuebingen.de
   Web: http://www.uni-tuebingen.de/uni/knv/arl/

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