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face="times new roman, serif"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)">"The
Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences at the
University of California, Santa Barbara invites applications
for the <b>Mellichamp Endowed Chair in Mind and Machine
Intelligence.</b> This is a tenured faculty position at the
level of Associate or Full Professor, with an anticipated
start date of July 1, 2021. The Mind and Machine Intelligence
Initiative at UCSB is a joint cross-disciplinary effort by UC
Santa Barbara academics to understand the capabilities of the
human mind and artificial intelligence (AI), and to design AI
that is centered around fruitful interactions with humans. It
aims to bring together computational cognitive scientists
studying the human mind, with computer scientists and
engineers to work on innovative ways to advance the fields of
cognitive science and artificial intelligence. </span><a
href="https://mind-machine.ucsb.edu/" rel="nofollow"
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target="_blank">https://mind-machine.ucsb.edu/</a><span
style="color:rgb(51,51,51)">. The Mellichamp Faculty Cluster
in Mind and Machine Intelligence is endowed by Duncan and
Suzanne Mellichamp who have generously supported several
timely initiatives that have helped drive the impressive
growth of UC Santa Barbara over the past 50+ years. The
candidate will work with the cluster of Mellichamp Endowed
Chairs across Psychological and Brain Sciences, Computer
Science, and Engineering, Economics and contribute to the
campus-wide initiative.<b> Successful candidates will have an
active program of research in computational approaches to
high-level cognition, and bridge psychological/cognitive
science models and contemporary approaches to artificial
intelligence. Desired topics include learning, cognitive
development, language, decision making and reasoning.</b>"</span><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal"><font
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received by June 7, 2021 will be given priority consideration,
but the position
will remain open until filled. To apply please visit: <a
href="https://recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF01966"
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see <a href="https://mind-machine.ucsb.edu/"
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for further info
about The Mellichamp Initiative in Mind and Machine
Intelligence.</font></p>
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California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer
and all
qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment
without regard
to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender
identity, national
origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any
other
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me with any questions about the position or the department. </font></p>
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Miguel Eckstein<br>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Miguel P. Eckstein, Ph.D.
Chair, Interdepartmental Graduate Program in Dynamical Neuroscience
Duncan and Suzanne Mellichamp Professor in Mind and Machine Intelligence, Dept. of Psychological & Brain Sciences
Affiliated Professor, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Institute for Collaborative Biotechnologies
University of California, Santa Barbara
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.psych.ucsb.edu/people/faculty/miguel-eckstein">https://www.psych.ucsb.edu/people/faculty/miguel-eckstein</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://viu.psych.ucsb.edu/">https://viu.psych.ucsb.edu/</a></pre>
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