[vslist] graduate student in 3D vision Utrecht University

[Raymond van Ee]

We invite applicants for the position of graduate student in a 4-year 
Stereoscopic Vision research program starting Spring 2002.

Research Topic:
An important source of information for the recovery of the 3D lay-out of
our environment is the spatial difference (disparity) between the retinal
images of our two eyes. In our lab we examine how we use disparity
1. to consciously perceive the 3D aspects of our environment;
2. to select 3D percepts from the bombardment of sensory info;
3. to render depth perception stable.
This work should give us a better understanding of how the brain 
works and may also be helpful in the field of mobile navigating 
robots and medical diagnostics. Research will mainly involve 
experiments in visual psychophysics. However, developing theoretical 
models to understand the data will also be a substantial part of the 
work.

We offer:
Our laboratory is equipped with a large field projection system, 
eye-tracking devices and state-of-the-art computers. On a daily basis 
you will be working in a group consisting of two full Profs (Erkelens 
& Koenderink); 3 tenure track Profs; 2 post-docs and 10 graduate 
students. There are several international collaborations going on. 
Our group is part of the Helmholtz Institute which combines 
internationally acknowledged research groups, concepts and methods in 
neurophysiology, biophysics, psychophysics and psychology. We offer 
an excellent training in all areas of vision science, including 
perception and action, material perception, stereo-motion 
interaction, and conscious vision. Gross salary is competitive and 
starts at EURO 1.445 per month in the first year and increases to 
EURO 2.063 in the fourth year. The yearly salary is supplemented by 
an annual holiday bonus of 8% and allowance to compensate costs of 
private health-insurance. In addition you may trade salary for 
vacation days or vice versa. Utrecht is a beautiful and historic 
city. It is very close to Amsterdam and relatively close to London, 
Paris and the Swiss Alps.

We ask:
Applicants should have a MS-degree in the field of Vision Science 
(including Psychology), Physics, Biology or Neuroscience . 
Programming the visual stimuli is a major part of the work so it is 
important that the applicant has experience in (and finds pleasure 
in) programming  computer code (we use OpenGl, Matlab, Mathematica, 
C). And it is important that the applicant understands that real 
insight in how the brain works is not possible without a model of 
underlying mechanisms. In addition, creativity and playing with 
visual stimuli is important. Although we have an inspiring team and 
although we share and discuss our findings, the applicant should be 
able to work independently in programming, creating ideas, in running 
subjects, and in modeling the data.

Applicants can send their CV, publication list and names of 2 
references preferably within 3 weeks to:
Dr. Raymond van Ee
Helmholtz Institute
Utrecht University
PrincetonPlein 5
3584 CC Utrecht
The Netherlands

More info:
r.vanee@phys.uu.nl
http://www.phys.uu.nl/~vanee
http://www.phys.uu.nl/~wwwfm
http://www.phys.uu.nl/~wwwpm