[vslist] Post doc positions Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands

[Ruud Meulenbroek]

6 Post-Docs and 3 Technical Assistant Positions

Radboud University Nijmegen – The Netherlands

Vacancy number: 24.07.04
Closing date: 15-09-2004

Project and organization

The main goal of EU Integrated Project Joint-Action Science and Technology
(JAST) is to build jointly-acting autonomous systems that communicate and
work intelligently on mutual tasks. To realise this objective, JAST will
investigate human behaviour, brain function and dialogue during joint action
in a common construction scenario, and build collaborating robots. As of
October 1st, 2004, the JAST Consortium, consisting of nine research
departments stationed in five European countries, has about 15 available
positions (1.0 position eq. to 48 person-months) for cognitive
neuroscientists, psycholinguists, engineers, roboticists and technical
assistants. For an overview of the vacant positions, see
http://www.nici.kun.nl/. The Nijmegen Institute for Cognition and
Information (NICI) of the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of
Nijmegen, The FC Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging, University of
Nymegen (FCDC), and the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen
(MPIN), all participate in JAST. For individual job descriptions of the
vacant positions at NICI, FCDC and MPIN, see http://www.nici.kun.nl/.

Job Description

Within the context of JAST  four post docs (1,0 fte each) and one technical
assistant (0.75 fte) will conduct behavioural research at the NICI to
identify the functional architecture of human perceptual, reasoning, and
action systems that support the establishment, maintenance, and improvement
of coordinated performance during joint action. One post doc (1,0 fte) and
one technical assistant (0.6 fte) will conduct brain-imaging research in
joint action at FCDC, and one post doc (1,0 fte) and one technical assistant
(1,0 fte) will study the role of dialogue in joint action at MPIN. In
addition to publications on joint action in international journals, the
research should yield behavioural tasks that will help to pinpoint the
neural basis of joint action in the human brain with fMRI and EEG. The
research should also provide guidelines and constraints for the modelling
and construction of autonomous agents capable of communicating and
collaborating intelligently on mutual construction tasks. The project will
imply intensive international co-operation. A considerable portion of the
tasks of the post doc positions at NICI will concern assisting the JAST
co-ordination and management team.

Requirements

Post docs: PhD in experimental/cognitive psychology, cognitive neuroscience
or psycholinguistics by the date of appointment. Technical Assistants: MA or
MSc student (or recently obtained MA or MSc) in cognitive neuroscience,
experimental psychology, biophysics, psycholinguistics, social psychology or
linguistics.

Conditions of Employment

This depends on the various vacant positions see http://www.nici.kun.nl.
Project duration: 1 year with a possible extension of 3 years.

University of Nijmegen intends to employ a proportionate number of women and
men in all positions in the faculty. Women are therefore urgently invited to
apply.

Additional information about the vacancies can be obtained from:

Prof. Dr. H. Bekkering
Phone: +31.24.3612632 / Fax: +31.24.3616066
E-mail: h.bekkering@nici.kun.nl
or
Dr. R.G.J. Meulenbroek
Phone: +31.24.3616031 / Fax: +31.24.3616066
E-mail: r.meulenbroek@nici.kun.nl

Application letters

Send a letter, indicating in which position(s) you are interested, attached
by CV, publication list,  description of research interests and the names of
two referees who may be contacted in confidence, before 15-09-2004 to:
University of Nijmegen, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Personnel
& Organization of the Faculty Office, PO Box 9104, 6500 HE Nijmegen, The
Netherlands. Applications can also be sent by mail to:
solliciteren@socsci.kun.nl.