[visionlist] Postdoc Position, UC Santa Barbara (Eckstein Lab)

[Miguel Eckstein]

The Vision and Image Understanding Laboratory (Eckstein Lab) 
https://viu.psych.ucsb.edu <https://viu.psych.ucsb.edu/>, within the 
Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences at the University of 
California, Santa Barbara <https://www.ucsb.edu/>invites applications 
for an open, full-time Postdoctoral Scholar position with an anticipated 
start date of November 15, 2020. The laboratory is looking for 
individuals with particular emphasis in the area of computational human 
vision, computer vision, visual search, eye movements applied to 
problems in spatial reasoning, navigation and medical imaging. The 
research seeks to answer fundamental questions about vision in humans 
and machines. The position will be for 1 year, with the possibility of 
renewal depending upon job performance and availability of funds. The 
Postdoctoral Scholar will have the opportunity to participate in 
activities by the Sage Center for the Study of the Mind 
https://www.sagecenter.ucsb.edu <https://www.sagecenter.ucsb.edu/> and 
the Mind and Machine Intelligence Initiative 
https://mind-machine.ucsb.edu <https://mind-machine.ucsb.edu/>

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
Applicants must have completed all requirements for a PhD (or 
equivalent) except the dissertation at the time of application in 
Psychological and Brain Sciences, Vision Science, Electrical 
Engineering, Computer Science, Medical Physics/Imaging, Mathematics, or 
related a field.

ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
Five years minimum research experience (including the years towards 
doctoral degree) in Vision Science, Computer Vision, Computer 
Engineering, Computational Neuroscience or Applied Mathematics, 
supported by a strong publication record, is required. In addition, the 
successful candidate should have training in computational vision and/or 
computer vision.

PhD must be conferred by start of appointment.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Applicants with training and experience in a subset of these areas will 
be given priority: visual search modeling. Bayesian ideal observers, 
computer vision, pattern recognition, machine learning and deep neural 
networks, computational modeling, medical imaging.

APPLICATION AND REVIEW PROCESS
Applications should be submitted electronically, and must include:

 1. Cover letter
 2. CV
 3. 2 Publications
 4. Names and Contact Information of two references

Applications received by September 25th will be given priority 
consideration, but the position will remain open until filled. To apply 
please visit:https://recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF01816

The Psychological & Brain Sciences Department is especially interested 
in candidates who can contribute to the diversity and excellence of the 
academic community through research, teaching, and service as 
appropriate to the
position.

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action 
Employer. 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 characteristic protected by law.


      Requirements

*Document requirements*

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    Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.

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    Cover Letter

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    Publication #1

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    Publication #2

*Reference requirements*

  * 2 required (contact information only)

  The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative 
Action Employer. 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 characteristic protected by law.

-- 
Miguel P. Eckstein, Ph.D.
Professor, Psychological & Brain Sciences
Affiliated Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Interdepartmental Graduate Program in Dynamical Neuroscience
Institute for Collaborative Biotechnologies
Mellichamp Academic Initiative in Mind & Machine Intelligence
University of California, Santa Barbara
https://www.psych.ucsb.edu/people/faculty/miguel-eckstein
https://viu.psych.ucsb.edu/

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