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Postdoc: Affect and Facial Processing in Infants at High Risk for Autism
Organization: The University of Manchester
Location: Manchester (UK) and Cambridge (USA)
Field: experimental psychology
Requirements:
The applicant needs a relevant connection to the European Economic Area and to be in the final stages of their doctoral programme or have no more than 3 yrs postdoctoral experience by July 2011 (full details of eligibility at: http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/Funding/Biomedical-science/Funding-schemes/Fel...).
Abstract:
The Wellcome Trust and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) international Postdoctoral Fellowship supports scientists to train in a new research area that is complementary to, but distinct from, their current field of expertise, and enable an interdisciplinary approach to important biomedical research questions. The fellowship is for four years full-time, with the fellow based at MIT for two to three years (Phase 1) before returning to a host institution in the UK for the remainder of the award (Phase 2).
Description:
The Wellcome Trust and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) international Postdoctoral Fellowship supports scientists to train in a new research area that is complementary to, but distinct from, their current field of expertise, and enable an interdisciplinary approach to important biomedical research questions. The fellowship is for four years full-time, with the fellow based at MIT for two to three years (Phase 1) before returning to a host institution in the UK for the remainder of the award (Phase 2). Full details are on: http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/Funding/Biomedical-science/Funding-schemes/Fellowships/International-fellowships/WTX054661.htm
The Affective Computing Group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Laboratory and Autism Research Group at the University of Manchester, UK are seeking a strong candidate to apply for this fellowship in July 2011. The project will build on existing work in the MIT Affective Computing Group into face and affect recognition in children and adults with autism, and in the Manchester group into parent-infant social interaction and early intervention in infants at high risk of developing autism (siblings of children already diagnosed with the condition). The aim of phase one at MIT will be to develop adaptations into infancy of the existing MIT innovations in affective computing in autism and then in the UK phase two to apply these adaptations to the empirical study of high-risk infants within the context of ongoing developmental and intervention studies at the University of Manchester and the British Autism Study of Infant Siblings. The planned output of the Fellowship will be a set of internationally innovative research techniques and initial results from their application to ongoing autism research.
Our ideal candidate will have a track record or interest in building computer vision and machine learning systems, as well as a strong interest in experimental psychology and child developmental disorders. Experience in affective computing, facial analysis and recognition, and hands-on experience with programming languages will be desirable; it will be essential to have a strong motivation and commitment to learn these techniques where necessary.
Deadline for the Fellowship proposal is July 1st 2011. The candidate will need to be able to commit significant time before then to prepare the application. Our team in Manchester and MIT will support and mentor the application process and, if shortlisted, help prepare for the candidate interview in Dec 2011.
For further details of both phases of the programme and area of work, contact:
Dr Rana el Kaliouby, Research Scientist, MIT Media Lab kaliouby@media.mit.edu
Professor Jonathan Green, Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Manchester jonathan.green@manchester.ac.uk
Deadline: 01-07-2011
Contacts:
Link: http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/Funding/Biomedical-science/Funding-schemes/Fellowships...
Email: kaliouby@media.mit.edu
Email: jonathan.green@manchester.ac.uk
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