29 Oct
1998
29 Oct
'98
10:35 p.m.
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1. Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowships at Johns Hopkins University
2. Two positions at Florida State University, Department of Psychology
3. Faculty Opening CNS-BU
4. Positions in Computer Science & Cognitive Science, University College Dublin
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1. Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowships at Johns Hopkins University
From: Karen McCumber <kmccumb(a)mri.jhu.edu>
Johns Hopkins University Biomedical Engineering Department invites
applications for the Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowship Program.
This program is funded by the Whitaker Foundation. It aims to promote
an inter-disciplinary approach to the study of complex biomedical systems
and provide the very best of the recently graduated PhDs an opportunity
to perform independent research in a supportive environment. Each recipient
will be sponsored by two faculty, at least one of which must have a
primary appointment in BME.
Of particular interest are candidates with a background in computational
neuroscience who wish to pursue projects in laboratories of the Systems
Neuroscience or Theoretical and Computational Biology groups of faculty.
Salary of the fellows will start at $30,000 per year, with additional funds
to cover health insurance. The duration of the fellowship is two years.
Interested applicants should submit the following documents:
* CV
* Two letters of reference
* Two page summary of research interests
Send your application materials to:
Dr. Murray Sachs
Dept. of Biomedical Engineering,
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
720 Rutland Ave
Baltimore, MD 21205
Deadline for receipt of applications is Dec. 15, 1998.
For further information: http://www.bme.jhu.edu/postdoc/
The Johns Hopkins University is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action
Institution.
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2. Two positions at Florida State University, Department of Psychology
From: "Rolf A. Zwaan" <zwaan(a)darwin.psy.fsu.edu>
The Department of Psychology at the Florida State University seeks to
make two tenure-track appointments all at the assistant professor level
in the following areas:
1) COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY: Preference will be given to applicants with
expertise in either: (a)
acquisition of skills and expert performance, (b) attention and
performance, or (c) computational models of cognition and performance.
Apply to Cognitive and Behavioral Science Search Committee
3) COMPUTATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY: Any area, but preference will be given to
candidates whose research interests complement those of our faculty in
either cognitive psychology or neuroscience. This position is part of a
College initiative to develop a program in computational science. The
successful candidate will have responsibilities to an interdisciplinary
program in Computational Science and Engineering as well as to the
Psychology Department. Apply to Computational Psychology Search
Committee.
Recruits will join a diverse research faculty with training programs in
Clinical, Cognitive and Behavioral Science, and
Psychobiology/Neuroscience. We seek candidates with strong evidence of
research potential and teaching ability. Applicants who can contribute
to more than one of the department's areas of strength will receive
special consideration. A curriculum vitae, a cover letter describing
research and teaching interests, and three letters of reference should
be sent by Dec. 1 to: (specify search committee), Department of
Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-1270.
Florida State University is an Equal opportunity/Affirmative Action
Employer.</smaller>
Rolf A. Zwaan | Internet: zwaan(a)psy.fsu.edu
Psychology Dept. | Phone (office): 850-644-2768
Florida State University | Phone (lab):
850-644-1425/9868
Tallahassee, FL. 32306-1270 | Fax: 850-644-7739
http://freud.psy.fsu.edu:80/~zwaan/ (Homepage)
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3. Faculty Opening CNS-BU
From: Boston University - Cognitive and Neural Systems <cns-cas(a)cns.bu.edu>
NEW FACULTY IN COGNITIVE AND NEURAL SYSTEMS
AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY
Boston University seeks an assistant or associate professor
for its graduate Department of Cognitive and Neural
Systems. The department offers an integrated curriculum of
psychological, neurobiological, and computational concepts,
models, and methods in the fields of computational
neuroscience, connectionist cognitive science, and neural
network technology in which Boston University is a leader.
Candidates should have an outstanding research profile,
preferably including extensive analytic or computational
research experience in modeling a broad range of nonlinear
neural networks, especially in one or more of the areas:
vision and image processing, adaptive pattern recognition,
cognitive information processing, speech and language,
adaptive-sensory motor control, and neural network
technology. Send a complete curriculum vitae and three
letters of recommendation to Search Committee, Department
of Cognitive and Neural Systems, 677 Beacon Street, Boston
University, Boston, MA 02215. Boston University is an Equal
Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.
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4. Positions in Computer Science & Cognitive Science, University College Dublin
From: mark.keane(a)ucd.ie
Post-Graduate & Post-Doctoral
Positions in Computer Science & Cognitive Science
University College Dublin,
Dublin, Ireland
The Department of Computer Science at UCD has energetic research groups
working in the areas of Intelligent Computing, Software Engineering,
Multi-Media Systems, and Hardware & Communications. The department has
been successful in winning many research projects at national and
international levels, has a strong publication record in the field and
won several international awards for its research. Several research
studentships are currently available to students with a first degree in
Computer Science or a cognate discipline (for application forms see
www.cs.ucd.ie/course/html/mscphd.htm). Candidates should contact the
person in their area of interest. The positions are available in the
following areas:
Learning Computational Grammars (Post-Doctoral) An EU-funded project on
the application of machine learning techniques to extending a variety of
computational grammars. The ideal candidate should have completed a PhD,
be a non-Irish EU national under 35 years with research experience in
neural networks and/or natural language processing. (contact: Dr. Ronan
Reilly, www.cs.ucd.ie/staff/rreilly/, ronan.reilly(a)ucd.ie,
+353-1-7062475).
The Roots of Plausibility (Post-Doctoral) A Cognitive Science project
designed to investigate the psychological and computational basis of
plausibility judgements. Candidates should have completed a PhD in
Psychology/ Cognitive Science/ Computer Science. (contact: Prof.=A0Mark
Keane, www.cs.ucd.ie/staff/mkeane/, mark.keane(a)ucd.ie, +353-1-7062470).
AI and the Internet: (Studentship) The use of Artificial Intelligence
techniques in integrating and gathering information on the internet.
(contact: Dr. Nick Kushmerick, www.cs.ucd.ie/staff/nick/research,
nick(a)ucd.ie, + 353 1 7062479).
Modelling Human Creativity (Studentship) The development and testingof
cognitive models of analogy; suitable for students with a degree in
Psychology or Cognitive Science (contact: Prof.=A0Mark Keane,
www.cs.ucd.ie/staff/mkeane/, mark.keane(a)ucd.ie, + 353 1 7062470).
Plotting the Web (Studentship) To develop automated methods for
analysing the structure of the WWW, to support intelligent search
methods (contact: Dr.=A0Barry Smyth, www.cs.ucd.ie/staff/barry,
barry.smyth(a)ucd.ie, + 353 1 7062473).
Speech Technology/Computational Linguistics. (Studentship) To develop
declarative models for speech recognition and speech synthesis
applications with an emphasis on architectures for spoken language
systems. (contact: Dr.=A0Julie Berndsen, www.cs.ucd.ie/staff/berndsen,
julie.berndsen(a)ucd.ie, + 353 1 7062493).
Hyper-Interaction in Physical Spaces. (Studentships) An ESPRIT-funded
project (HIPS) in the PRISM laboratory concerned with mobile computing
and the application of Multi-Agent Systems (MAS) to the delivery of
personal digital assistants hosted on palmtop devices (contact: Gregory
O'Hare www.cs.ucd.ie/staff/gohare, Gregory.OHare(a)ucd.ie, + 353 1
7062472).
Educational Hypermedia Online Systems. (Studentships) An ESPRIT-funded
project (ECHOES) in the PRISM laboratory, concerned with mobile
computing and the application of Multi-Agent Systems (MAS) to the
provision of a training support environment for engineers in the field.
(contact: Gregory O'Hare, www.cs.ucd.ie/staff/gohare,
Gregory.OHare(a)ucd.ie, + 353 1 7062472).
Educational Hypermedia Online Systems. (Studentship) An ESPRIT-funded
project (ECHOES) in the PRISM laboratory on the use hypermedia in online
educational systems. (contact: Greg O'Hare, www.cs.ucd.ie/staff/gohare,
gregory.ohare(a)ucd.ie, + 353 1 7062472).
The studentships attract a tax-free stipend and payment of fees. The
exact conditions of the post-doctoral positions are available on
application.
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Mark Keane, Department of Computer Science,
University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, IRELAND
E-mail: Mark.Keane(a)ucd.ie Phone: +353-1-7062470
WWW: www.cs.ucd.ie/staff/mkeane/
Csaba Pleh
associate professor
Dept General Psychology Eotvos Lorand U
Budapest 64 P.O. Box 4 Hungary 1378
T.: 36 13423130 Fax: 36 13423109 Home: 36 23 453932 or 453 933