Connectionists: Two Postdoc (or PhD) Fellow Positions in Multi-Sensory Perception and Perception in Virtual Reality

[Shu-Chen Li]

The Chair of Lifespan Developmental Neuroscience at TU Dresden, Germany (https://tu-dresden.de/mn/psychologie/ipep/epsy?set_language=en) is searching for two new researchers (Postdoc and/or PhD fellows) through the newly funded Excellence Cluster “Tactile Internet with Human-in-the-Loop” (https://www.ceti.one/). subject to personal qualification employees are remunerated according to salary group E13 TV-L. The positions are for a fixed term for 3 years and can start as soon as possible in 2019.
CeTI-position_Li_1 – Research associate / Postdoc for human multisensory perception
Topic: Psychophysical and neural mechanisms of goal-directed multisensory perception (Research room TP1)
Tasks: One of CeTI’s research aims is to understand key psychophysical parameters and neural mechanisms of human multisensory perception and decision making that are sensitive to brain development, brain aging or individual differences in expertise. These parameters are crucial for designing sensors/actuators and closed-loop human-machine interactive models that are sensitive to the user’s age and other user characteristics. This position will be located in TP1, where we will conduct multisensory perception (e.g., audio-tactile, visual-tactile, audio-visual-tactile) and decision making experiments with human participants of different ages, covering early childhood to old age, while assessing functional brain correlates of multisensory perception using electroencephalography (EEG) or near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS).
Requirements: We are looking for a candidate with a PhD degree in cognitive neuroscience, psychology or related fields who has expertise in psychophysical research of sensory and perceptual processes and cognitive neuroscience methods. Interests and prior experiences in computational modelling or human-technology interactions would be a plus.
CeTI-position_Li_2 – Research associate / PhD / Postdoc for augmented perception and action
Topic: Age & individual differences in perception and action in augmented and virtual reality (Research rooms TP1 and K3)
Tasks: One of CeTI’s research aims is to augment human perception and action with new real-time sensor/actuator technologies. As the new technologies are targeted at a wide population, we need to investigate age and other user characteristics that may influence perception and action in augmented and virtual reality. This position is located in TP1 and K3, where we will contact multisensory behavioural and neurocognitive experiments with human participants in augmented/virtual reality and in situations involving tele-operation.
Requirements: We are looking for a candidate with a master’s or PhD degree in human factor engineering, psychology or related fields who has expertise in human-machine systems, augmented /virtual reality and tele-operation. Interests and prior experiences in eye tracking and motion capture technologies as well as EEG analysis would be a plus.


How To Apply: [http://www.dresden-concept.de/fileadmin/user_upload/seitenbilder/download/DDC-Logos/DDC-09.png] Please submit your comprehensive application including the usual documentation by January 4th, 2019 (stamped arrival date of the university central mail service applies) with the reference „CeTI-position_Li_1 or CeTI-position_Li_2“ (as given above) in the subject header preferably via the TU Dresden SecureMail Portal https://securemail.tu-dresden.de or S/MIME encrypted by sending it as a pdf document to positions at ceti.tu-dresden.de<mailto:positions at ceti.tu-dresden.de> and shu-chen.li at tu-dresden.de<mailto:shu-chen.li at tu-dresden.de> or by mail to:  TU Dresden, Sprecher des Exzellenzclusters CeTI, Herrn Prof. Frank H. P. Fitzek, Helmholtzstr. 10, 01069 Dresden, Germany. Please submit copies only as your application documents will not be returned. Expenses incurred in attending interviews cannot be reimbursed. We look forward to your applications!

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