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<p style="background:white"><span style="color:#212121">Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#212121">The Cognitive & Neural Comput</span><span class="outlook-search-highlight"><span style="color:#212121">at</span></span><span style="color:#212121">ion Lab in the Department of Psychology<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="outlook-search-highlight"><span style="color:#212121">at</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:#212121"> </span></span><span class="outlook-search-highlight"><span style="color:#212121">Yale</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:#212121"> </span></span><span style="color:#212121">University
is hiring a<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="outlook-search-highlight"><span style="color:#212121">Postdoc</span></span><span style="color:#212121">toral Fellow to start in Fall 2026 or soon after. We are seeking a candid</span><span class="outlook-search-highlight"><span style="color:#212121">at</span></span><span style="color:#212121">e
to lead an exciting research program in reverse-engineering visual cognition, combining comput</span><span class="outlook-search-highlight"><span style="color:#212121">at</span></span><span style="color:#212121">ional modeling, psychophysics, and neuroimaging.
This is a 2-year appointment, renewable for an additional year based on mutual agreement.<br>
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Research in the lab aims to elucid</span><span class="outlook-search-highlight"><span style="color:#212121">at</span></span><span style="color:#212121">e the neural and cognitive comput</span><span class="outlook-search-highlight"><span style="color:#212121">at</span></span><span style="color:#212121">ions
th</span><span class="outlook-search-highlight"><span style="color:#212121">at</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:#212121"> </span></span><span style="color:#212121">underlie how we see, predict, and plan with objects and scenes
in our environments. We approach this goal by building comput</span><span class="outlook-search-highlight"><span style="color:#212121">at</span></span><span style="color:#212121">ional models th</span><span class="outlook-search-highlight"><span style="color:#212121">at</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:#212121"> </span></span><span style="color:#212121">make
contact with psychophysical and neural d</span><span class="outlook-search-highlight"><span style="color:#212121">at</span></span><span style="color:#212121">a to yield integr</span><span class="outlook-search-highlight"><span style="color:#212121">at</span></span><span style="color:#212121">ive
accounts of behavior, cognitive processes, and neural function, in concrete engineering terms. Work in the lab utilizes a diverse technical toolkit spanning probabilistic modeling, causal gener</span><span class="outlook-search-highlight"><span style="color:#212121">at</span></span><span style="color:#212121">ive
models, dynamical systems, and deep neural networks. You can find further inform</span><span class="outlook-search-highlight"><span style="color:#212121">at</span></span><span style="color:#212121">ion about our work<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://cncl.yale.edu/" title="https://cncl.yale.edu/"><span style="color:#0078D7">here</span></a>.<br>
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The successful candid</span><span class="outlook-search-highlight"><span style="color:#212121">at</span></span><span style="color:#212121">e is expected to work independently, interface with and contribute to this technical toolkit in their comput</span><span class="outlook-search-highlight"><span style="color:#212121">at</span></span><span style="color:#212121">ional
work, and engage in empirical studies involving psychophysics and/or neuroimaging.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br>
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Relevant background for this position includes (1) a PhD in cognitive science, cognitive neuroscience, artificial intelligence, or a rel</span><span class="outlook-search-highlight"><span style="color:#212121">at</span></span><span style="color:#212121">ed
field, and (2) prior experience in probabilistic machine learning, psychophysics, and/or neuroimaging.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br>
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Applicants should send an email to Ilker Yildirim<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="outlook-search-highlight"><span style="color:#212121">at</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:#212121"> </span></span><span style="color:#212121"><a href="mailto:ilker.yildirim@yale.edu" title="mailto:ilker.yildirim@yale.edu"><span style="color:#0078D7">ilker.yildirim@</span><span class="outlook-search-highlight"><span style="color:#0078D7">yale</span></span><span style="color:#0078D7">.edu</span></a>with
the subject line “</span><span class="outlook-search-highlight"><span style="color:#212121">Postdoc
</span></span><span style="color:#212121">applic</span><span class="outlook-search-highlight"><span style="color:#212121">at</span></span><span style="color:#212121">ion” and include the following items.<br>
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-- Summary description of your research program so far<br>
-- Up-to-date CV<br>
-- Contact inform</span><span class="outlook-search-highlight"><span style="color:#212121">at</span></span><span style="color:#212121">ion for 2-3 references<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#212121">Please feel free to forward this email to students and colleagues who might be interested.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#212121;background:white">Ilker Yildirim</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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