Connectionists: Research Assistant (PhD position) Computational models of task dependent object-based visual attention

[Youssef Kashef]

Research Assistant (PhD position)



Neural Information Processing Group

Technische Universität Berlin

Berlin, Germany



Computational models of task dependent object-based visual attention



Salary level: TV-L 13 (100%)

Duration: 3 years

Starting date: October 1st, 2019



Application deadline: February 15th, 2019



Working field



The successful candidate will explore the hypothesis that object-level
attentional units are essential mid-level factors which guide human
eye-movements in visual scene analysis. Based on eye-fixation data from
visual search tasks she/he will first build computational models to emulate
the measured fixation sequences, to quantify the influence of different
low- and high-level visual features, and to characterize the influence of
task-driven changes in object-based attention processes. In a second step,
plausible models will be integrated as “attentional modules” into a
computer vision system for visual scene analysis and will be evaluated in
terms of task success and the number of computations involved. Potential
achievement of the project is an efficient real-time analysis of dynamic
visual scenes.



The position is part of the new DFG-funded cross-disciplinary research
Cluster “Science of Intelligence” (http://www.scienceofintelligence.de/).
The successful candidate will be enrolled in the Cluster's doctoral program
and is expected to actively engage in the Cluster's educational and
research activities.



Qualifications



Applicants must hold a Master degree in Computational Neuroscience,
Computer Science, Physics, Mathematics, or related fields. Applicants
should have very good programming skills, a very good command of the
English language, a solid mathematical background, competence in machine
learning, and a strong interest in visual perception.



How to apply:



Please upload your application via the link
www.scienceofintelligence.de/call-for-applications/open-positions/doctoral-project-computational-models-of-task-dependent-object-based-visual-attention/)
and follow instructions.



Applications should include: motivation letter, curriculum vitae,
transcripts of records (for both BSc and MSc), copies of degree
certificates (BSc, MSc), abstracts of Bachelor-, Master-thesis, list of
publications and one selected manuscript (if applicable), two names of
qualified persons who are willing to provide references, and any documents
you feel may help us assess your competence.






-- 
Youssef Kashef, Doctoral Candidate
Neural Information Processing Group
Fakultaet IV, Technische Universitaet Berlin
MAR 5-6, Marchstr. 23, 10587 Berlin
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