Connectionists: Six assistant professor positions at cluster of excellence "Hearing4all", Oldenburg, Germany

[Jutta Kretzberg]

The Faculties of Mathematics and Sciences and of Medicine and Health 
Sciences of the University of Oldenburg are seeking to fill as soon as 
possible the following positions within the cluster of excellence 
"Hearing4all" (_www.hearing4all.de_)


  A)Assistant professorship (W1) "Neurobiology of Hearing" (TG 1)


  with the research areas auditory neurophysiology and animal
  psychoacoustics


  B) Assistant professorship (W1)"Analysis and Modelling of the Auditory
  System" (TG 1&3)


  with the research areas psychoacoustics, functional imaging of the
  auditory system and auditory modeling


  C)Assistant professorship (W1)"Psychophysiology of Hearing" (TG 2&7)


  with the research areas objective auditory diagnostics and auditory
  signal processing


  D)Assistant professorship (W1) "Rehabilitative Audio Signal
  Processing" (TG 4)


  with the research areas audio signal processing, acoustics, audiology,
  psychoacoustics, hearing aid technology


  E) Assistant professorship (W1)"Assistive Audio Technology" (TG 6)


  with the research areas machine listening, audio & speech signal
  processing, man-machine interaction, evaluation of audio technology


  F)Assistant professorship (W1)"Methods in Neurocognitive Psychology"
  (TG 7)


  with the research areas brain-computer interfaces, neurocognition,
  cognitive psychophysiology,

The successful candidates are expected to actively contribute to the 
cluster of excellence "Hearing4all" and to the further structured 
research programmes within the Centre of Excellence for Hearing 
Research, i.e., the collaborative research centre "The Active Auditory 
System" (SFB/TRR31), the Research Unit "Individualized Hearing 
Acoustics", the national centre of competence for hearing technology 
(HörTech) and the PhD Program "Function and Pathophysiology of the 
Auditory System". They are also expected to contribute to the core 
teaching program of the respective contributing disciplines (Medical 
Physics and Acoustics, Psychology, Neuroscience).

A successful candidate is expected to have an academic university 
degree, possess pedagogic skills, be able to independently perform 
excellent scientific work usually demonstrated by international 
publications, and should be experienced in at least one of the 
respective research areas listed above. She/he should be qualified for 
heading a junior research group and assuming an important research 
function within the task groups (TG) of the cluster of excellence (c.f., 
www.hearing4all.de). Please indicate in your application for which 
position(s) you apply. Additional conditions for employment according to 
law (NHG §30) apply.

The position is available from 1 November 2012, for initially 3 years, 
with prospect for continuation for 3 more years after successful 
evaluation. At the end of the total 6-year period a competitive 
tenure-track option for a W2 Professorship within the framework of the 
German regulations is provided. The tenure decision is based on an 
external evaluation and tenure can be given to 50% of the junior 
research group leaders.

The University of Oldenburg strives to increase the proportion of women 
in science, so we especially encourage female candidates to apply. 
Handicapped applicants will be given preference if equally qualified.

Please send your application at the latest by August 31st, 2012 to Prof. 
Dr. Dr. Birger Kollmeier, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, 
Fakultät V, Exzellenzcluster "Hearing4all", 26111 Oldenburg (e-mail: 
Karin.Klink at uni-oldenburg.de). The application should include a CV, a 
list of publications, and copies of certificates for academic grades. It 
is planned to interview candidates in the beginning of October.


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