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<div class="">A fully funded PhD opening in the field of computational vision, including deep neural network modeling and machine learning, is available at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. </div>
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<div class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class="">The candidate will be supervised by Dr. Groen (assistant professor at the Informatics Institute, </span><span lang="EN-GB" class=""><a href="http://www.irisgroen.com/" class="">www.irisgroen.com</a></span><span lang="EN-GB" class="">),
and Dr. Scholte (associate professor at the Psychology Research Institute, </span><span lang="EN-GB" class=""><a href="https://scholtelab.io/" class="">https://scholtelab.io</a></span><span lang="EN-GB" class="">). </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(31, 29, 33); color: rgb(31, 29, 33); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">We
are seeking a PhD candidate who is interested in the computations underlying real-world visual perception in the human brain and who likes to bridge research insights developed in neuroscience, artificial intelligence and psychology. </span></div>
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<div class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class="">The PhD project will involve working with and developing computational models of vision, including deep neural networks, as well as collection and analysis of human neuroimaging data. The following a</span><span lang="EN-GB" class="">re
examples of </span><span lang="EN-GB" class="">research questions to be addressed in</span><span lang="EN-GB" class=""> </span><span lang="EN-GB" class="">the PhD project:</span></div>
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<li class=""><span style="text-indent: -18pt;" class="">How does the human visual system efficiently compress the incoming retinal input from visually presented images into a useful representation for real-world tasks?</span></li><li class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="text-indent: -18pt;" class="">Does implementing well-understood properties of the human nervous system into deep learning models of vision improve model performance</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="text-indent: -18pt;" class="">?</span></li><li class=""><span style="text-indent: -18pt;" class="">How can we use deep networks and/or other computational models of vision to better understand the neural activation patterns that we measure in the human brain during perception?</span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">The ideal candidate will have experience with computer vision and/or image processing, as well as familiarity with collection and analysis of
human neuroimaging (fMRI, EEG, or MEG). </span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">The candidate will be appointed at the Psychology Faculty but will be affiliated with both the Institute for Informatics and the Data Science
Center (DSC) at the Faculty of Science through the </span><a href="https://dsc.uva.nl/programmes/interdisciplinary-phd-programme/interdisciplinary-phd-programme.html" class="">Interdisciplinary PhD programme at the DSC</a><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">. The
offer will consist of a</span><span class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(31, 29, 33); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> temporary contract for 38 hours per week, for the duration of 4 years, including full benefits, and should lead to
a dissertation (PhD thesis). Note that a Master’s degree is required to qualify for a PhD position in The Netherlands.</span></p>
<div class="">More information about the position and the application procedure can be found here: <a href="https://vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/PhD-Position-on-Building-Human-Vision-Using-AI/740925402/" style="caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">https://vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/PhD-Position-on-Building-Human-Vision-Using-AI/740925402/</a></div>
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<div class="">The application deadline is March 16, 2022. Informal inquiries are also welcome.</div>
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