[visionlist] Research position, University of Ulm (Germany)

[Heiko Neumann]

RESEARCH POSITION IN NEURAL COMPUTATIONAL MODELS OF VISION


The research group in Neural Information Processing (Neuroinformatik) 
at the Universität Ulm (Germany) invites applications for a position 
of a Research Scientist (Wissenschaftliche/r Mitarbeiter/in) that is 
available by March 1, 2008. Salary is according to German scale for 
research staff personnel (TVL-13). The position is initially for 
12 months, starting in March 2008 (or soon after), but a full duration 
of 3 years funding is expected.

The position is funded within the EU research project SEARISE. The 
overall project pursues a highly interdisciplinary approach to develop 
neural architecture and mechanisms of visual information processing in 
an observer to analyse motion and form in scenes, group scenic features 
and deploy attention to salient locations in surveillance scenarios. 
The announced position here particularly focuses on the development of 
neural mechanisms of motion integration, how they enter to build 
attention maps and the development of fast algorithms to demonstrate 
their real-time performance.

An ideal candidate brings in
* a Diploma or Master degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, 
  Physics, or related fields,
* extensive programming experience (Matlab, C/C++),
* sound knowledge in neural models of vision, image processing and/or 
  computer vision, applied mathematics, knowledge about structure and 
  function of the visual cortical architecture,
* basic knowledge in pursuing scientific project work,
* English speaking and writing skills.

The research within the project is expected to be in collaboration with 
project partners from several European countries and includes on-site 
visits in different laboratories. It is expected that the candidate 
pursues a PhD project related to the research topics of the research 
project.

The University of Ulm is an equal opportunity employer. Women are 
encouraged to apply. Disabled applicants will receive priority in case 
they have equal qualifications.

Please send applications as soon as possible, preferentially via email 
(PDF document with all the usual data, such as application letter, CV, 
transcript of records, letters of reference if available) to
     heiko.neumann at uni-ulm.de.
Alternatively, applications can be sent via regular mail to
     Prof. Heiko Neumann
     Institut für Neuroinformatik
     Fakultät für Ingenieurwissenschaften und Informatik
     Universität Ulm
     D-89069 Ulm
     Germany