[vslist] postdoctoral position offered

[Jochen Braun]

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could I ask you to please add this job advertisement to your list of             
post-doctoral positions?                                                            
                                                                                 
Thank you very much!                                                             
                                                                                 
Jochen                                                                           
                                                                                 
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Jochen Braun PhD                                                                 
Professor of Cognitive and Theoretical Neurobiology                              
                                                                                 
Institute of Neuroscience &             Tel:     ++44 1752 23 2711               
School of Computing                                           2541               
University of Plymouth                  Fax:                  2540               
Plymouth, Devon PL4 8AA                                                          
Great Britain                                                                    
                                        Email:    achim@pion.ac.uk               
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Postdoctoral position in attention & natural images

Institute of Neuroscience, Plymouth, UK

A post-doctoral position in natural image psychophysics and modelling is
available in Jochen Braun's lab as part of a European project
"Attend-to-learn and learn-to-attend with neuromorphic VLSI", which
combines perceptual, computational, and hardware research.  An auditory
post-doctoral position is available in Sue Denham's lab (sue@pion.ac.uk).

The aim of the project is to develop a general architecture for
memory-guided attention using both software modelling and neuromorphic
VLSI technology. The architecture will be tested on natural visual and
auditory stimuli and its performance compared to human
observers/listeners.  In Plymouth, a group of two post-docs and two
students will develop visual and auditory stimuli that are restricted
enough to be tractable by an artificial system, yet rich enough for
psychophysical tests of attention and learning in human
observers/listeners.  This will require a novel psychophysics of object
attention with natural and quasi-natural stimuli.

The project also requires regular exchange with the other project
collaborators, which include ETH Zurich and University of Bern,
Switzerland, the National Institute of Health, Rome, Italy, Siemens AG,
Germany, and UC Davis, USA.

Applications should include a CV, names of three referees, and a brief
statement about research interests and should be sent to Prof. Jochen
Braun by email (achim@pion.ac.uk) or by mail (Institute of Neuroscience,
12 Kirkby Place, Plymouth, Devon PL4 8AA, UK).