[vslist] Postdoc job at Bristol University

Tue Oct 14 12:16:01 2003

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Postdoc job at Bristol UniversityApplications are invited for a 36-month
project funded by the prestigious EPSRC Adventure Fund. The aim of the
project is to attempt to build a conscious robot, which will be able to
inspect scenes with a visual system made similar to that of humans (e.g.
with fovea and saccadic eye movements), and act on the visual information -
by moving itself to within grasping range of objects, and grasping these
using an arm with fingers.

The project is a collaboration between the University of Bristol (Professor
Tom Troscianko and Dr Iain Gilchrist) and the University of Essex (Owen
Holland). This is an advertisement for the University of Bristol post, which
is for a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Experimental
Psychology including its wider links to the Cognition and Information
Technology Research Centre, COGNIT - see http://cognit.psy.bris.ac.uk/.

The aim of this post is to write computer software (on a Linux or UNIX
platform) to analyse the visual input to the robot, and use this to
formulate control outputs to the motoric systems of the eye, body, arm, and
fingers. Job requirements for this post include a PhD in Computer Science,
Electrical Engineering or allied disciplines, and an ability to understand
the neuroscience of vision, attention, and action.

Grade : Grade 1A

Salary : ?24,121- ?25,451

Contact: ( Department of Experimental Psychology )

Professor T Troscianko

E-mail: tom.troscianko@bristol.ac.uk Tel: 0117 928 8565

Alternative Contact: ( Department of Experimental Psychology )

Dr I Gilchrist

E-mail: I.D.Gilchrist@bristol.ac.uk Tel: 0117 928 9004

Closing Date : 17 November 2003

Interview Date : 16 December 2003

Anticipated Start Date : 1 February 2004

Contract : Fixed term contract until 31 January 2007

Further details and an application form can be found at
https://www.bris.ac.uk/boris/jobs/ads?ID=16033

Alternatively you can telephone (0117) 954 6947, minicom (0117) 928 8894 or

E-Mail Recruitment@bris.ac.uk (stating postal address ONLY), quoting
reference number 9763.

The closing date for applications is 9.00am, 17 November 2003

An Equal Opportunities Employer.

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