[vslist] 2 PhD Studentships in Applied Eye Movements

[James Hatton]

Apologies for cross posting.

 

2 PhD Studentships in Applied Eye Movements

 

Applied Vision Research Unit, University of Derby, UK
 

Two studentships are available in "Applied Eye Movements". The award covers fees and standard EPSRC levels of funding for three years of full-time research at the Applied Vision Research Unit (AVRU), University of Derby, UK. AVRU has a long track record in eye-movement research, and research areas include eye movements in the interpretation of medical images, art, driving, and natural scenes.

 

The studentships cover fees and provide a stipend of £7500 per annum for 3 years. The first studentship is open to all applicants, while the second is funded by the EPSRC under the requirement that applicants must be UK or EU citizens in order to qualify.

 

The first studentship is concerned with eye movements made by individuals when viewing art. The successful candidate will develop his/her own experimental studies, but will also be involved in the analysis of data from the world's largest eye-movement experiment, conducted by AVRU at the National Gallery in 2001. 

 

The second studentship will involve study of eye movements within one or more of the current research themes of the Unit, e.g. the interpretation of medical images, or vision in driving. In both cases, the successful candidate will design experiments and develop methods of data analysis and visualisation. He/she will be based at the new dedicated IBS laboratories on the University's Kingsway site.

 

Candidates should hold or expect to obtain a good honours degree and/or masters degree in a relevant discipline. The successful candidate will be a highly motivated individual with a keen interest in addressing applied research issues. While knowledge of Visual Science and/or a cognate discipline will be of benefit, candidates from other disciplines with interests in this field should certainly consider applying. The successful candidate will inevitably have to undertake some computer programming in the course of their research and be adept at manipulating large amounts of data, and so should possess strong computer skills and the desire and ability to learn.

 

Informal enquiries are welcomed and should be directed to:

 

Prof. Alastair Gale, Applied Vision Research Unit, Institute of Behavioural Sciences, University of Derby, Kingsway House, Kingsway, Derby DE22 3HL.  Tel: 01332 593131; email: ibs at derby.ac.uk 



For further information visit:  http://ibs.derby.ac.uk/avru

 

For an application form and  information pack please contact Susan Henson, Research Office, University of Derby, Kedleston Road, Derby  DE22 1GB.  Tel:  (0)1332-591060; fax: (0)1332-622761; email: s.a.henson at derby.ac.uk

 

The closing date for applications is 16th September 2002. 

 

The University of Derby is an equal opportunities employer.


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