<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12pt">Hi everyone,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Helvetica">Our lab has two openings for PhD students working at the intersection of
developmental visual neuroscience and deep neural network modelling at Free
University Berlin, Germany.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Helvetica">The position is supported by a BMBF (Federal Ministry for Education and
Science) research grant (“GROWUPAI - </span><span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:black">AI that grows up like the human brain
for improved efficiency and robustness”) and is funded for 3 years, starting in
December 2025 (75% TVöD pay scale).</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Helvetica"> This is a team effort with the
Computational Vision / Artificial Intelligence Lab led by Gemma Roig
(Frankfurt, </span><a href="https://www.cvai.cs.uni-frankfurt.de/" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Helvetica">https://www.cvai.cs.uni-frankfurt.de/</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Helvetica">). </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Helvetica">The goals of the project are 1) to improve vision AI models in
computational efficiency and adversarial robustness by using developmental
neuroscientific data, and 2) to in turn use those improved models to better
predict and explain human brain activity. The team with Gemma Roig will focus
on the modelling aspect, whereas we will focus on the methodological and
theoretical aspects of human developmental neuroscience. Constant and deep
interactions between the teams in Frankfurt and Berlin are integral to the
project and are strongly supported by the PIs.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Helvetica">This is a great opportunity for candidates that are interested in
developmental visual neuroscience, advanced neuroimaging data analysis and deep
neural network modelling. Candidates should ideally have prior experience with
EEG and/or fMRI in persons before adulthood for addressing questions in visual or
developmental neuroscience, good programming skills (matlab or python), and
prior experience or a strong interest in deep neural network modelling. The
working language in the lab is English, but German skills for dealing with
participants are a plus.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Helvetica">The lab features scientists from diverse backgrounds, using a multitude
of methods, with the common goal of determining the mechanisms of the visual
brain. You can find more information about us here: </span><a href="https://www.ewi-psy.fu-berlin.de/en/psychologie/arbeitsbereiche/neural_dyn_of_vis_cog/index.html" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Helvetica">https://www.ewi-psy.fu-berlin.de/en/psychologie/arbeitsbereiche/neural_dyn_of_vis_cog/index.html</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Helvetica">. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Helvetica">The lab is part of the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience Berlin
(<a href="https://www.ewi-psy.fu">https://www.ewi-psy.fu</a>
<a href="http://berlin.de/en/psychologie/einrichtungen/ccnb/index.html">berlin.de/en/psychologie/einrichtungen/ccnb/index.html</a>), with excellent
scanning facilities and a collegial atmosphere.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Helvetica">For an informal application, please send a short cover letter, your CV,
and a statement of research interests. I am very happy to also answer any </span><span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:black">questions on the position, the
project, or our lab - just get in touch over email: rmcichy at <a href="http://gmail.com">gmail.com</a>.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Helvetica"></span></p>
<pre style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black"> </span></pre><pre style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">Best,
Radek</span></pre><pre style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black"> </span></pre><pre style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black"> </span></pre><pre style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">Prof. Dr. Radoslaw Martin Cichy</span></pre><pre style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">Neural Dynamics of Visual Cognition Lab</span></pre><pre style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">Department of Education and Psychology</span></pre><pre style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">Freie Universtität Berlin</span></pre><pre style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">Germany</span></pre></div>