[vslist] Postdoc at SUNY Stony Brook

[Greg Zelinsky]

POSTDOCTORAL POSITION AVAILABLE TO STUDY EYE MOVEMENTS IN VISUAL SEARCH

A postdoctoral position is available in Gregory Zelinsky's laboratory to
study the computational underpinnings of eye movements during visual
search.  Work in this lab uses oculomotor measures to quantify the
fixation-by-fixation behavior accompanying visual search and working memory
tasks, then compares this behavior to the simulated eye movements from a
computational model that gets to see the same stimuli and perform the same
tasks.  The funded project will extend this effort by further specifying
(1) how eye movement targets can be represented in terms of linear filter
responses, (2) the processes used to compare these target representations
to complex color scenes, and (3) how the results of these comparisons can
be used to drive the spatio-temporal dynamics of oculomotor target
acquisition.  

Applicants should have superior quantitative skills and fluency in C/C++ on
Unix or Linux platforms.  Experience in either computer vision, image
processing, neural networks, or low-level vision would be a plus.  Persons
who have pursued doctoral training in Computer Science, Applied Math, or
Electrical and Computer Engineering and who now wish to gain experience
measuring and modeling human behavior are particularly encouraged to apply.
 The successful applicant can start as early as May 1, and funding would be
available for up to three years with a salary comparable to NIH
post-doctoral training levels.  The position would be located in the
Psychology Department at SUNY Stony Brook and opportunities would exist to
interact with an energetic group of researchers broadly interested in the
relationships between eye movements and vision, language, and memory.
Stony Brook itself is a picturesque seaside village nestled just 50 miles
from Manhattan and 30 minutes from sandy ocean beaches.  

Email gzelinsky@notes.cc.sunysb.edu for additional information, or apply by
sending a vita, letter of interest, and the names of three references to:
Gregory Zelinsky, Dept of Psychology, Psych B Bldg., Room 240, State
University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY  11794-2500.