<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:0cm;line-height:11.2pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The <b>Icelandic Vision Lab</b> (</span><span style="color:black"><a href="http://www.visionlab.is/" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">www.visionlab.is</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">) is opening a two-year post-doctoral position, potentially extendable
for one year, funded by a grant from the <i>Icelandic Research Fund</i> (<b>IRF</b>).
The successful candidates will work in the context of a collaborative project
between Professor <b>Árni Kristjánsson</b> (<i>University of Iceland</i>)
and Dr. <b>David Pascucci</b> (<i>EPFL Lausanne</i>). </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:0cm;line-height:11.2pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">People with a Ph.D. in various disciplines will be
considered, including <b>Neuroscience, Biology, Psychology, Mathematics,
Engineering.</b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:0cm;line-height:11.2pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The position involves research into the role of
statistical variations and temporal context in human perception and attention.
Recent evidence suggests that humans can rapidly learn and retain rich and
detailed representations of the distributional properties of features in a
visual scene. The work will focus on how <b>feature distribution learning</b>
is shaped by the temporal context of visual events.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:0cm;line-height:11.2pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Research findings relevant to the project have been
published in various prominent academic journals (see for example </span><span style="color:black"><a href="http://www.visionlab.is/publications" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">www.visionlab.is/publications</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">).</span></p>
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The project includes <b>behavioral studies</b>, <b>computational
modeling</b>, and <b>EEG</b>. The primary place of work will be the
Icelandic Vision Lab in Reykjavik, but the work will include extensive collaboration
with the laboratory of Psychophysics at EPFL in Lausanne.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:0cm;line-height:11.2pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:0cm;line-height:11.2pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Experience with experimental psychology software
(PsychoPy/Psychtoolbox), programming (Python/MATLAB/C/C++), statistical
software such as R, computational modeling in vision, are all definite benefits
but promising candidates showing enthusiasm and willingness to learn these
methods will also be considered. </span></p>
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The Icelandic Vision Lab offers a stimulating academic environment and is
headed by professors Árni Kristjánsson, Heiða María Sigurðardóttir, and Árni
Gunnar Ásgeirsson. The laboratory has an extended network of collaborations,
from all over the world and is in many ways unique in this international
aspect. The planned collaboration will involve potential periods abroad at
EPFL, one of the leading universities in Europe.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:0cm;line-height:11.2pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The successful candidates will join this vibrant
community of graduate students, post-docs, and faculty who all work on varied
aspects of visual perception. The lab is well funded with grants from the
Icelandic Research Fund, The European Research Council, and the Research Fund
of the University of Iceland. There is good access to the necessary equipment
for the studies. The lab has high-end equipment for EEG, eye movement
studies as well as extensive experience with high-quality psychophysical
studies.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>
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Iceland consistently ranks as one of the best places in the world to live: (</span><span style="color:black"><a href="http://worldhappiness.report/ed/2019/" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">http://worldhappiness.report/ed/2019/</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">), life satisfaction is among the highest in the world (</span><span style="color:black"><a href="http://www.oecdbetterlifeindex.org/topics/life-satisfaction" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:blue">http://www.oecdbetterlifeindex.org/topics/life-satisfaction</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">), and the country is consistently rated the most peaceful in the world
(</span><span style="color:black"><a href="http://worldpopulationreview.com/countries/most-peaceful-countries/" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">http://worldpopulationreview.com/countries/most-peaceful-countries/</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">). Iceland also ranks at the top of the world in terms of gender
equality (</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/12/gender-gap-equality-women-parity-countries/" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/12/gender-gap-equality-women-parity-countries/</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">). Applicants of any gender are strongly encouraged to apply.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:0cm;line-height:11.2pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The position will start in 2021, as early as
possible.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:0cm;line-height:11.2pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Please send applications or inquiries to </span><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:IVLapplications2020@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">IVLapplications2020@gmail.com</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p></div>