[vslist] Univ Manchester PhD Studentship in Surface-Color Perception

[David H. Foster]

THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER

Visual & Computational Neuroscience Research Group

EPSRC PHD RESEARCH STUDENTSHIP 2004-2007

Coding of surface colour in natural scenes

Applications are invited for a three-year PhD studentship, funded by the =

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, to work on a project =

to investigate visual perception of surface colour in natural scenes.

The project will concentrate on computer-based modelling of how the eye=20
and brain neurally code the light reflected from scenes into a form that =

does not depend on the colour of the illumination and other accidental=20
conditions of viewing. The work will take place in well-equipped=20
laboratories, with a range of computing facilities. The studentship is=20
part of a larger EPSRC-funded experimental project on perception and=20
memory for surface-colour in natural scenes, and involves collaboration=20
with colleagues in the Department of Physics, Minho University, Portugal.=


The studentship is open to those with or about to receive the equivalent =

of a good U.K. Bachelor's degree (first or upper-second class honours)=20
in physics, statistics, mathematics, engineering, computing science,=20
systems neuroscience, or other relevant discipline.

The studentship, tenable from 1 October 2004, will include maintenance=20
at the standard level (=A310,500 p.a. rising to =A312,600 p.a.) and=20
University tuition fees for an EU student (=A38,610 over three years).

For further details, contact Professor David H. Foster, Visual &=20
Computational Neuroscience Group, Faculty of Life Sciences, University=20
of Manchester M60 1QD; tel: +44 (0)161 306 3888/3889; fax: +44 (0)161=20
306 3887; email: d.h.foster@umist.ac.uk; web:=20
http://www.op.umist.ac.uk/dhf.html).

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D. H. Foster, DSc FInstP
Professor of Computational Neuroscience
Department of Optometry & Neuroscience
UMIST
Manchester M60 1QD, UK.

email: d.h.foster@umist.ac.uk
tel: +44 (0)161 306 3888 or 3889 (secretary)
fax: +44 (0)161 306 3887
web: http://www.op.umist.ac.uk/dhf.html
  or  http://personalpages.umist.ac.uk/staff/david.foster