SCOTLAND; Postdoctoral position in Visual Perception
Written by LOWONGAN KERJA TERBARU on 07:41The Department of Psychology is seeking to appoint a Research Fellow,
who will be required to work on a BBSRC funded project investigating
the functional role of second-order processing in binocular vision,
under the direction of Dr. Ross Goutcher (principal investigator).
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Understanding how the human visual system encodes binocular disparity
information is a central problem for vision research. Currently,
many computational models use binocular energy units as a first stage
to the encoding of disparity information. However, whilst the
standard binocular energy unit is sensitive only to disparities
defined by changes in luminance, human observers are known to also be
sensitive to disparities defined by second-order image content, such
as contrast modulations (e.g. Wilcox Hess, 1996; 1997). The role
that such second-order sensitivity may play in the encoding of
binocular disparity, and the benefits such sensitivity may bring to
human stereovision, are currently unclear. The goals of the project
are to establish the ways in which second-order image content may aid
the encoding of binocular disparity, and to establish whether any
such potential benefits are exploited by the human visual system.
This will involve a combination of psychophysi!
cal experimentation, computational modelling and the analysis of
binocular natural image data.
You will be responsible for carrying out a series of psychophysical
experiments, and will be required to assist in the development and
testing of computational models of second-order binocular disparity
detection. You must therefore have experience in the design and
conduct of psychophysical experiments, and should hold, or expect to
hold, a PhD, or equivalent, in Psychology, or another related
subject. You should also be conversant in the use of Matlab for data
analysis and experimental design purposes. An understanding of
computational models of biological vision and a good knowledge of the
literature on binocular vision and/or second-order vision are also
highly desirable.
The post is full-time, fixed-term for three years, proposed start
date 1st February 2009. The salary will be £28,290 p.a. (Grade 7,
Spine Point 30).
Informal enquiries can be made to Ross Goutcher, email rg12 [ à ] stir.ac.uk.
Further particulars are available from the HR Office, University of
Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA, telephone 01786 467028, fax 01786 466155
or email hr-services [ à ] stir.ac.uk
The closing date for applications is Friday 7 November 2008 at 12 noon.
Please quote reference number: 12581/6292
www.hr-services.stir.ac.uk
AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYER
--
Academic Excellence at the Heart of Scotland.
The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland,
number SC 011159.
<a href="http://scholarship.bursa-lowongan.com/uk-phd-studentship-in-management-cranfield-university/">PHD studentship in USA</a>
who will be required to work on a BBSRC funded project investigating
the functional role of second-order processing in binocular vision,
under the direction of Dr. Ross Goutcher (principal investigator).
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Understanding how the human visual system encodes binocular disparity
information is a central problem for vision research. Currently,
many computational models use binocular energy units as a first stage
to the encoding of disparity information. However, whilst the
standard binocular energy unit is sensitive only to disparities
defined by changes in luminance, human observers are known to also be
sensitive to disparities defined by second-order image content, such
as contrast modulations (e.g. Wilcox Hess, 1996; 1997). The role
that such second-order sensitivity may play in the encoding of
binocular disparity, and the benefits such sensitivity may bring to
human stereovision, are currently unclear. The goals of the project
are to establish the ways in which second-order image content may aid
the encoding of binocular disparity, and to establish whether any
such potential benefits are exploited by the human visual system.
This will involve a combination of psychophysi!
cal experimentation, computational modelling and the analysis of
binocular natural image data.
You will be responsible for carrying out a series of psychophysical
experiments, and will be required to assist in the development and
testing of computational models of second-order binocular disparity
detection. You must therefore have experience in the design and
conduct of psychophysical experiments, and should hold, or expect to
hold, a PhD, or equivalent, in Psychology, or another related
subject. You should also be conversant in the use of Matlab for data
analysis and experimental design purposes. An understanding of
computational models of biological vision and a good knowledge of the
literature on binocular vision and/or second-order vision are also
highly desirable.
The post is full-time, fixed-term for three years, proposed start
date 1st February 2009. The salary will be £28,290 p.a. (Grade 7,
Spine Point 30).
Informal enquiries can be made to Ross Goutcher, email rg12 [ à ] stir.ac.uk.
Further particulars are available from the HR Office, University of
Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA, telephone 01786 467028, fax 01786 466155
or email hr-services [ à ] stir.ac.uk
The closing date for applications is Friday 7 November 2008 at 12 noon.
Please quote reference number: 12581/6292
www.hr-services.stir.ac.uk
AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYER
--
Academic Excellence at the Heart of Scotland.
The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland,
number SC 011159.
<a href="http://scholarship.bursa-lowongan.com/uk-phd-studentship-in-management-cranfield-university/">PHD studentship in USA</a>
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