Connectionists: PhD position in Tuebingen (DE)

[Martin Giese]

PHD POSITION: PREDICTIVE REPRESENTATIONS IN ACTION PERCEPTION
(University of Tuebingen, Germany)

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For the newly founded Bernstein Center for 'Neural Mechanisms 
of Perceptual Inference' at the University of Tuebingen
(Germany) we announce a PhD position at the Section for 
Computational Sensomotorics at  the Center for Integrative 
Neurosciences and the Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain 
Research at the University of Tuebingen. The position is 
available immediately, with a maximum duration of 3 years.

The project aims at the development and testing
of neural and statistical predictive models for the 
processing of visual action stimuli in comparison
with physiological, behavioral and imaging data, and 
data from neurological patients.

Our group has worked extensively on neural
mechanisms of body motion perception, combining
modeling and different experimental techniques. 
A novel focus it the application of Bayesian statistical
methods in the context of the representation and
recognition of body motion and actions. 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 more than  
40 experimental and theoretical groups at the 
University and the Max Planck Institute for 
Biological Cybernetics. The Bernstein Center hosts 
in total 15 collaborative projects, realized in close
collaboration between theoretical neuroscientists and 
experimenters representing different theoretuical and 
experimental approaches.


Ideal candidates should have the following 
qualifications:
* Masters degree in Computer Science, 
  Electrical Engineering, Physics, or 
  related fields
* programming experience (Matlab, C/C++, ...)
* Knowledge about visual perception, motor control, 
  neural modeling, and 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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