Several researcher positions (Postdocs and PhD students) are available at the Human Communication Research Group, led by Katharina von Kriegstein. The group is currently based at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig (MPI CBS; http://www.cbs.mpg.de/independent-research-groups/human-communication ) and will transfer to the Psychology Faculty of the TU Dresden in 2018.
The positions are funded by the ERC consolidator grant SENSOCOM. The aim of the SENSOCOM project is to investigate the role of auditory and visual subcortical sensory structures in analysing human communication signals and to specify how their dysfunction contributes to human communication disorders such as developmental dyslexia and autism spectrum disorders. For examples of our work on these topics see von Kriegstein et al., 2008 Current Biology, Diaz et al., 2012 PNAS; Müller-Axt et al., 2017 Current Biology. The projects include experiments using cognitive neuroscience methods to understand the basic mechanisms of cortico-subcortical interactions as well as development of training programmes that are aimed at creating behavioural intervention programmes for communication deficits (for a brief description see http://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/199655_en.html ).
The positions will be based at the TU Dresden. Research will be performed at the Neuroimaging Centre at the TU Dresden ( http://www.nic-tud.de ) and MPI CBS in Leipzig. The centres offer cutting-edge infrastructure with 3-Tesla MRI, 7-Tesla MRI, a Connectom scanner, MRI compatible eye-tracking, several EEG systems, 306-channel MEG, neurostimulation units including neuronavigaton, TMS and tDCS devices. Besides an excellent infrastructure, the centres offer an international and friendly environment with researchers from diverse backgrounds. All experimental facilities are supported by experienced physics and IT staff. For analyses with high computational demands, there is access to high-performance computing clusters.
Candidates should have a strong interest in perceptual aspects of human communication and experience with experimental methods of cognitive neuroscience, such as psychophysics, functional or structural MRI, TMS, diffusion-weighted imaging, brainstem recordings or EEG/MEG. Experience with clinical populations (e.g. developmental dyslexia) would be an asset but is not essential. PhD student candidates must have a Master’s degree (or equivalent) in neuroscience, clinical linguistics, psychology, cognitive science, biology, or a related field. Postdoc candidates must have a PhD in similar fields and should be able to demonstrate a consistently outstanding academic record, including publications.
The position starting date is flexible. Initially for two (postdocs) or three (PhD) years, the positions offer the possibility of an extension. Remuneration depends on experience and is based on regulations of the Max Planck Society payscale. MPI CBS is an equal opportunities employer, committed to the advancement of individuals without regard to ethnicity, religion, gender, or disability. PhD students will have the opportunity to participate in the TU Dresden graduate academy (https://tu-dresden.de/ga?set_language=en). TU Dresden is one of eleven German Universities of Excellence and offers an interdisciplinary scientific environment.
To apply, please submit a CV, contact information of two references, a brief personal statement describing your qualifications and future research interests, copies of up to two of your publications. Please submit your application via our online system at http://www.cbs.mpg.de/vacancies (using subject heading “ERC 01/18”). The deadline for application submission is 15st February 2018. Contact for informal enquiries regarding the post: Prof. Dr. Katharina von Kriegstein (katharina.von_kriegstein(a)tu-dresden.de).
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Prof. Dr. Katharina von Kriegstein
Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences
Stephanstr. 1A, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
Technische Universität Dresden
Bamberger Str. 7, 01187 Dresden, Germany
Phone +49 (0) 341-9940-2476
http://www.cbs.mpg.de/independent-research-groups/human-communicationhttps://twitter.com/kvonkriegstein
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FGAHI 2017: CALL FOR PAPERS
1st International Workshop on Face and Gesture Analysis for Health Informatics
http://fgahi.isir.upmc.fr
Submission Deadline: January 28th, 2018
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The 1st International Workshop on Face and Gesture Analysis for Health Informatics (FGAHI
2018) will be held in conjunction with IEEE FG 2018 on May 15-19, 2018, Xi’an, China – https://fg2018.cse.sc.edu/
For details concerning the workshop program, paper submission, and
guidelines please visit our workshop website at:
http://fgahi.isir.upmc.fr
Best regards,
Zakia Hammal
Organising committee
Kevin Bailly, Liming Chen, Mohamed Daoudi, Arnaud Dapogny, Zakia Hammal, and Di Huang
Zakia Hammal, PhD
The Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University
http://www.ri.cmu.edu/http://ri.cmu.edu/personal-pages/ZakiaHammal/
Hi, all
I have a funded PhD studentship on the influence of social contexts and social motivation on face memory, face recognition and first impression formation. The closing date is 26th February. I would be very grateful if you would circulate this advert around your contacts, and send it to any students who you think might be interested.
The School of Psychology at the University of Lincoln has recently moved into a purpose-built building, and is expanding its research expertise in the area of person perception.
https://www.findaphd.com/search/ProjectDetails.aspx?PJID=94153
Thanks a lot
Kay
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Postdoctoral Fellowships in Model-based Cognitive Neuroscience at Vanderbilt
Department of Psychology
Vanderbilt Vision Research Center
We eagerly seek postdoctoral fellows to join research projects in model-based cognitive neuroscience, developing and testing computational models of visual cognition that connect behavior and brain data.
Fellows will join an ongoing collaboration of Thomas Palmeri, Jeffrey Schall, and Gordon Logan at Vanderbilt using cognitive and neural models to understand perceptual decision making, cognitive control, and visual attention. Successful models predict details of observed behavior and are constrained by or predict neurophysiological, electrophysiological, and brain imaging data in human and non-human primates. Fellows also have opportunities to join a collaboration of Thomas Palmeri, Isabel Gauthier, and their colleagues using combinations of cognitive, psychometric, and deep learning models to understand object recognition, categorization, visual learning, and perceptual expertise and to explain individual differences in behavior and brain data.
Research facilities include high-end laboratory workstations, behavioral testing stations, a web-based server infrastructure for online experiments, eye trackers, a shared 7000+ core CPU cluster and large-scale GPU cluster at Vanderbilt’s ACCRE, and state-of-the art facilities for neurophysiology, electrophysiology, and brain imaging. Postdoctoral fellows will also take advantage of the facilities and support provided by the Department of Psychology (www.vanderbilt.edu/psychological_sciences/<http://www.vanderbilt.edu/psychological_sciences/>) and the Vanderbilt Vision Research Center (vvrc.vanderbilt.edu<http://vvrc.vanderbilt.edu>). And as Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters said, “Everybody now thinks that Nashville is ... the coolest city in America”.
Candidates can hold a Ph.D. in psychology, neuroscience, computer science, mathematics, engineering, or related disciplines. Candidates should have demonstrated skills in computer programming and statistical analyses. Some background and/or strong interest in computational modeling is desired. For those with significant modeling expertise, a knowledge of basic neuroscience is desired but not required. Start date is negotiable, but preference will be given to candidates who can begin soon. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis as they arrive. Salary will be based on the NIH postdoctoral scale.
Please forward to potential applicants.
Applicants should send a cover letter with a brief research statement, a CV, and names and email addresses of three references to:
Thomas Palmeri
Department of Psychology
Vanderbilt Vision Research Center
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN 37240
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Department of Psychology
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Vanderbilt University
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Dear colleagues,
We would be grateful if you could share this job advert within your institutions.
University of Glasgow has THREE posts available for Knowledge Exchange Associates. Link to advert is below
https://www22.i-grasp.com/fe/tpl_glasgow01.asp?s=4A515F4E5A565B1A&jobid=939…
Closing date is 4th Feb.
Best,
Dr. Rachael E. Jack, Ph.D.
Lecturer
Chair of Athena Swan SAT
Institute of Neuroscience & Psychology
School of Psychology
+44 (0) 141 330 5087
[University of Glasgow: The Times Scottish University of the Year 2018]
Dear All,
There is still time to send abstracts to the annual conference of the
European Human Behaviour and Evolution Association.
For more information, follow our Twitter account, like our Facebook page
and check our website!
https://twitter.com/ehbea2018https://www.facebook.com/EHBEA2018/http://psychology.pte.hu/ehbea2018
All the best
The EHBEA 2018 Organizing Committe
Institute of Psychology, University of Pécs, Hungary
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Postdoctoral fellowship openings are available in the lab of Dr. Charles Or (http://research.ntu.edu.sg/expertise/academicprofile/Pages/StaffProfile.asp…) at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore to perform original research in the areas of face perception, visual motion perception, and form perception. Our work focuses on understanding (1) the human brain’s rapid and holistic nature of face detection, categorization, and recognition, and (2) the neural interaction of visual motion and form information in pattern and object recognition. We use a combination of approaches including psychophysics, eye tracking, EEG, and computational modelling.
The lab is housed in the Psychology Division of the School of Social Sciences, with a rapidly expanding group of researchers interested in experimental psychology and cognitive neuroscience. We are also part of the multidisciplinary Cognition and Neuroscience research cluster and Neuroscience, society, and governance research cluster. We have access to state-of-the-art facilities for psychophysics, eye tracking, EEG, MEG, fMRI, fNIRS, TMS, and tDCS.
Applicants should have a doctoral degree in cognitive science, experimental psychology, cognitive neuroscience, computer science, or related fields. The degree must be obtained after 1st January, 2015 and conferred latest by July 2018. The ideal candidate should be driven by scientific curiosity and self-motivated, with awareness of relevant literature, an excellent command in written and spoken English, and a strong background in statistical data analysis (e.g., SPSS, R). Aptitudes and interests in mathematics and computer programming (e.g. MATLAB, Python) are preferred.
NTU is a young and research-intensive university ranking consistently amongst the top 10 in Asia and the 1st amongst young universities under 50. It has been ranked consistently and progressively under the top 100 universities in the world by the Times Higher Education since 2013, leaping its ranking into 52nd in 2017/2018. Singapore is a fascinating, dynamic multi-cultural city in Southeast Asia with a large expat community, and a great hub for exploring neighbouring travel destinations.
Funding is available through application to NTU’s Centre for Liberal Arts and Social Sciences (CLASS), College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences. Salary is competitive and includes extra benefits such as conference travel grants and relocation allowance. The postdoctoral fellowships are for one year, renewable for a second year, subject to satisfactory performance.
Applicants must state the research theme for which they are applying on the application form and demonstrate in their research plan how their expertise crosses different disciplines and relates to the theme they are applying for. Successful candidates are expected to be co-supervised by a second professor to keep within the aim of the interdisciplinary nature. Completed application forms and TWO reference letters should reach the College by December 31, 2017.
Details are available at:
http://class.cohass.ntu.edu.sg/Research/Pages/Postdoctoral-Fellowship-Schem…
Owing to the tight deadline, interested candidates are invited to contact Charles Or (charlesor(a)ntu.edu.sg) as soon as possible, with curriculum vitae and a brief research statement provided.
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Charles C.-F. Or, PhD
Assistant Professor
Division of Psychology
School of Social Sciences
Nanyang Technological University
14 Nanyang Drive, Singapore 637332
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CALL FOR TUTORIAL PROPOSALS - FG 2018
IEEE Conference on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition
Xi’an China, May 15-19, 2018
http://www.fg2018.org/
Tutorial proposals due: December 22, 2017
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** ABOUT **
We invite tutorial proposals for the 2018 IEEE Conference on
Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition (FG 2018: http://www.fg2018.org/) in
Xi’an China. Accepted tutorials will be held on either May 15
or May 19, 2018, in the same venue as the FG 2018 main conference. We
solicit tutorial proposals on any topic of interests to the
FG community. Interdisciplinary topics that could attract a significant
cross-section of the community are highly encouraged. We particularly
welcome tutorials which address advances in emerging areas not previously
covered in an FG tutorial.
For your reference, here is a list of tutorials from FG 2017:
- Multi-view Face Representation
- Remote Physiological Measurement from Images and Videos
- From Deep Unsupervised to Supervised Models for Face Analysis
- Statistical Methods for Affective Computing
** SUBMISSION **
Tutorial proposals should be send to FG 2018 Workshop and Tutorial
Co-chairs, Vitomir Struc (vitomir.struc(a)fe.uni-lj.si) and Yingli Tian
(ytian(a)ccny.cuny.edu).
For details on the submission procedure, please visit:
http://www.fg2018.org/
** IMPORTANT DATES **
Tutorial proposals due: December 22, 2017
Workshops and tutorials: May 15 and May 19, 2018
Vitomir Struc and Yingli Tian
FG 2018 Workshop and Tutorial Co-chairs
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assoc.prof. Vitomir Štruc, PhD
Laboratory for Machine Intelligence
Faculty of Electrical Engineering
University of Ljubljana
Slovenia
Tel: +386 1 4768 839
Fax: +386 1 4768 316
URL: luks.fe.uni-lj.si/nluks/people/vitomir-struc/
Workshop and Tutorial Co-Chair: Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition 2018
http://www.fg2018.org/
Finance Chair: Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition 2019
Guest editor:
Image and Vision Computing SI: Biometrics in the Wild
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FGAHI 2017: CALL FOR PAPERS
1st International Workshop on Face and Gesture Analysis for Health Informatics
http://fgahi.isir.upmc.fr
Submission Deadline: January 28th, 2018
***********************************************************************************
The 1st International Workshop on Face and Gesture Analysis for Health Informatics (FGAHI
2018) will be held in conjunction with IEEE FG 2018 on May 15-19, 2018, Xi’an, China – https://fg2018.cse.sc.edu/
For details concerning the workshop program, paper submission, and
guidelines please visit our workshop website at:
http://fgahi.isir.upmc.fr
Best regards,
Zakia Hammal
Organising committee
Kevin Bailly, Liming Chen, Mohamed Daoudi, Arnaud Dapogny, Zakia Hammal, and Di Huang
Zakia Hammal, PhD
The Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University
http://www.ri.cmu.edu/http://ri.cmu.edu/personal-pages/ZakiaHammal/