------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- From: INFO-PSYLING moderator Kerry Kilborn &lt;psyling(a)psy.gla.ac.uk&gt; Date sent: Thu, 29 Oct 98 15:38:32 GMT To: distribute-psyling(a)psy.gla.ac.uk Subject: InfoPsyling (2) 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 ************************************************** 1. Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowships at Johns Hopkins University From: Karen McCumber &lt;kmccumb(a)mri.jhu.edu&gt; 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. **************************************************** 2. Two positions at Florida State University, Department of Psychology From: "Rolf A. Zwaan" &lt;zwaan(a)darwin.psy.fsu.edu&gt; 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) ****************************************************** 3. Faculty Opening CNS-BU From: Boston University - Cognitive and Neural Systems &lt;cns-cas(a)cns.bu.edu&gt; 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. ************************************************* 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. -----> Note that I have moved...new address... <------ 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