Connectionists: PhD Position in Vision Science

[Stefan Harmeling]

In a collaboration with the recently established Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Tübingen (http://www.bccn-tuebingen.de) we have an opening for a

PhD-Student

in the field of biological vision at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Empirical Inference Department (http://is.mpg.de/13163/de).

The PhD project is concerned with the size and shape of pupils in the animal kingdom and how they influence perceptual abilities, image quality as well as image statistics in relation to biologically relevant behaviour. The PhD project will include human psychophysics.

We are looking for someone with either a background in vision science --- preferably with knowledge about the optics of human or animal eyes --- or someone who is mathematically strong --- preferably with prior exposure to either machine learning, image processing, or computational photography --- but with a strong interest in biological optics and vision.

The position is for 3 years and pay is in accordance with TV-L E13 50%, approx. EUR 1350 per month after tax.

The Bernstein Center Tübingen and the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems entertain close links to the Werner Reichardt Centre for Integrative Neuroscience (CIN) in Tübingen (http://www.cin.uni-tuebingen.de), the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, and the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen (in mid June the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen was placed among Germany’s elite universities in the highly competitive "Excellence Initiative" of the German government and the German Research Foundation). The thriving local research community in vision science and the neurosciences is composed of around sixty labs with more than 150 postdocs and 300 PhD students. Possibilities exist for multiple interactions between neurobiological, psychophysical, and theoretical researchers.

Tübingen itself is a beautiful medieval town and home to one of the oldest European universities. It boasts a rich cultural community and is situated close to the Black Forest within 2h train or driving distance to France, Switzerland and Austria.

The deadline for applications is August, 30th, 2012. Please send your application as a PDF to Sabrina Rehbaum (sabrina.rehbaum at tuebingen.mpg.de).

Informal enquiries can be addressed to:

Stefan Harmeling --- image processing, computational photography
stefan.harmeling at tuebingen.mpg.de or http://www.kyb.mpg.de/nc/employee/details/harmeling.html

Frank Schaeffel --- optics of the eye, pupil shapes
frank.schaeffel at uni-tuebingen.de or http://uak.medizin.uni-tuebingen.de/frank/

Bernhard Schölkopf --- machine learning, overview over the project
bs at tuebingen.mpg.de or http://www.kyb.tuebingen.mpg.de/nc/employee/details/bs.html

Felix Wichmann --- human psychophysics
felix.wichmann at uni-tuebingen.de or http://www.nip.uni-tuebingen.de


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