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Organization: Radboud University Nijmegen

Location: Nijmegen, Netherlands

Field: Cultural studies

Requirements:

You are highly motivated and have a Master’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Cognitive Neuroscience, or a related field of study. Experience with Matlab programming and data analysis is a must. Experience with functional magnetic resonance imaging and/or machine learning is desirable. You should have a demonstrated interest in and qualification for scientific research, be able to work in an interdisciplinary team in an international context, and have excellent writing skills in English.

Abstract:

We invite applications for a PhD position at the Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour. You will be working on the NWO project Sparse Learning of Deep Models which aims to improve the decoding of what someone perceives or imagines from brain activity alone. In this project, you will develop probabilistic machine learning methods and collect fMRI data at the institute's 3 Tesla MRI facility. The project will be headed by Dr van Gerven in collaboration with Prof. Heskes (Computer Science) and Dr Thirion (Neuroimaging).

Description:

You will be appointed as a PhD student for a period of four years. Your performance will be evaluated after 18 months. If the evaluation is positive, the contract will be extended by 2.5 years. As part of the contract, you will participate in educational activities (i.e. teaching students). Formal application deadline is May 31st, but applications will be considered until the position is filled. Starting salary is € 2,042 per month; the salary will increase to € 2,612 per month in the fourth year.

Deadline: 31-05-2011

Contacts:

Link: http://www.ru.nl

Email: vacancies@socsci.ru.nl

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