ASTON UNIVERSITY
Visual Psychophysics and Computational Vision Research Group
POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP AND PHD STUDENTSHIP
"Cues for 2-dimensional visual shape recognition"
Applications are invited for (1) a three-year post-doctoral research
fellowship and (2) a three-year PhD studentship for work on an EPSRC-
funded project supervised by Professor D. H. Foster. The project is
to investigate visual perception of 2-D shape under changes in
observer viewpoint, and will entail psychophysical measurements of
visual shape discrimination and computational modelling of visual
performance. Available for the project are a Silicon Graphics
Reality Station, Sun workstations, and a custom-built, very-high-
resolution vector-graphics display system. The project is part of an
established research programme in visual psychophysics, involving a
team of about seven members working in several excellently equipped
laboratories with a range of computational and optical display-system
techniques. Candidates with training in physics, computing science,
engineering, experimental psychology or allied disciplines are
encouraged to apply. For the postdoctoral appointment, relevant
experience of research in visual psychophysics or machine vision will
be an advantage, as will familiarity with unix and C.
The postdoctoral fellowship will be on the University Research 1A
Scale starting at up to point 6 (16,927 pounds p.a.). The PhD
studentship will include maintenance at the standard level (5,455
pounds p.a.) and university fees. Both appointments will be from 5
October 1998.
Application forms and further particulars from the Personnel Office,
Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham B4 7ET, England (tel +44
(0)121 359 0870). Please quote reference 9819. For informal
enquiries, contact David Foster (tel +44 (0)121 359 3611, ext 5178;
e-mail d.h.foster@aston.ac.uk).
-- David H. Foster email: D.H.Foster@aston.ac.uk Vision Sciences Aston University web: http://www.vs.aston.ac.uk/ Birmingham B4 7ET tel: +44 (0)121 359 3611, ext 5178 England fax: +44 (0)121 333 4220