Dear Dr. Chan,
Could you please post the following announcement of
postdoctoral positions to CVNet?
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Jack Beusmans
Cambridge Basic Research
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Cambridge Basic Research (CBR) has postdoctoral positions available in
several projects on perceptual and cognitive aspects of human driving
behavior. Positions are available immediately, and are anticipated to be
for two year periods, with competitive salaries. Please send applications
directly to the individual scientist listed for each project, either by
email or by surface mail (Cambridge Basic Research; 4 Cambridge Center;
Cambridge, MA 02142).
Modeling human driving behavior (Dr. E. Boer; erwin@pathfinder.cbr.com):
study the relationships between sensory stimuli and applied control. A
background in optimal control, fuzzy logic and neural networks as well as
hands-on experience in conducting manual control experiments is desired.
Mental models in driving (Dr. J. Beusmans; beusmans@pathfinder.cb.com):
understand interactions between goal-directed behavior, such as driving,
and the mental models orchestrating these behaviors. Special focus is on
representations of space. A strong background in (visual) psychophysics,
and familiarity with C and graphics programming are desirable.
Scene perception and attention (Dr. R.Rensink; rensink@pathfinder.cbr.com):
study the control of attention by high-level "interest," and the role of
attention in perception and visuomotor control. Candidate should have a
background in computational vision and visual psychophysics. Programming
experience would be useful, but is not required.
Modeling driver eye movements (Dr. A. Liu; andy@pathfinder.cbr.com): study
the relationship between eye movements and information processing for
control and cognitive tasks during driving. Candidates with first-hand
experience measuring eye movements (pupil-CR systems) are preferred.
Familiarity with 3-D computer graphics and C and UNIX programming would be
very helpful.
Established in 1993 by Nissan R&D, Inc., Cambridge Basic Research is
devoted to understanding the 'driving experience' through basic exploration
in cognition, vision, and motor control. CBR is a unique experiment in
collaboration between industry and academia. Located in Cambridge, Mass.,
CBR maintains close ties with MIT and Harvard University. CBR has a
fixed-based driving simulator, a head-mounted eye-tracker, and graphics
workstations. For further information, see http://pathfinder.cbr.com/.