Connectionists: 3 Postdoc positions on human vision @ FU Berlin using 7T layer-fMRI/ deep learning, with MIT, CBS.MPG, LIN and GU

[radoslaw martin cichy]

The ERC project “CRACK- Cracking the Neural Code of Human Object Vision”
addresses open questions of where, when and how human neural activity
enables visual cognition.

We are offering three PostDoc positions in Radek Cichy’s Neural Dynamics of
Visual Cognition Group at the Department of Education and Psychology and
Education. Link:
https://www.ewi-psy.fu-berlin.de/en/einrichtungen/arbeitsbereiche/neural_dyn_of_vis_cog/index.html
.

The positions are in two different directions of research:

1) 7T Layer-fMRI for resolving information flow (Reference code:
CICHY-ERC-7T)

We will distinguish, map and understand the role of feed-forward and
feed-back information flow in human cortex for visual cognition. This will
be done by resolving neural activity in space at the level of cortical
layers using 7T-MRI, and in time through time-frequency decomposition of
M/EEG data (e.g. Xie et al. 2020, Curr Biol), and their integration (Cichy
et al., 2014 Nat Neuro; summarized in Cichy & Oliva, 2020 Neuron). This
work is in (already established) collaboration with Nik Weiskopf (MPI for
Cognitive and Brain Sciences) and Oliver Speck (LIN/OVGU).


2) Deep learning models of visual cortex (Reference code:
CICHY-ERC-deep-learn)

We will develop, compare and use artificial neural networks as models to
better understand the neural code for visual contents. An example of
primary work is Cichy at al., 2016 Sci Rep, a high-level perspective on our
approach is summarized in Cichy & Kaiser 2020, Trends Cogn Sci. This work
is in (also already established) collaboration with Aude Oliva (CSAIL/MIT)
and Gemma Roig (Goethe University Frankfurt). An example of collaborative
work in this spirit is the Algonauts Project, which will be further
conducted as part of CCN in 2021.


Funding is available immediately but maximally until 30.04.2024 (end of the
funding period).

Please find further details about the positions, the lab in general, and
how to apply here:

https://www.ewi-psy.fu-berlin.de/en/einrichtungen/arbeitsbereiche/neural_dyn_of_vis_cog/ERC-postdoc-call/index.html
.

The application deadline is September 27th. For informal inquiries please
contact me (rmcichy at zedat.fu-berlin.de) directly.

Best,

Radek
ERC StG / Emmy Noether Group Leader
Department of Education and Psychology
Freie Universität Berlin
Germany
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