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POST-DOC/RESEARCHER POSITION IN COMPUTATIONAL MODELLING



The Department of Experimental Psychology, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences is seeking a POST-DOC/RESEARCHER in COMPUTATIONAL MODELLING

Topic:
- Separating the voice of concurrent speakers
- Supported by the Hungarian Academy of Sciencesâ âLendÃletâ (âMomentumâ) project for a period of 4 years, the group led by prof. IstvÃn Winkler searches for a neuroscientifically plausible and computationally tractable solution for the well-known cocktail party situation. That is, we are studying, how the human auditory system can select one speakerâs voice out of two or more concurrent speech streams and implement the solution in a computational model. Our previous research funded by an EU Framework 7 project in collaboration with the Plymouth University (prof. Susan L. Denham) and the University of Leipzig (Alexandra Bendixen) resulted in a cognitive level computational model of simple auditory scenes (Mill et al 2013. Modelling the Emergence and Dynamics of Perceptual Organisation in Auditory Streaming PloS Comp. Biol.). In the current project, together with our collaborators, we aim at extending this model to speech streams. - The task to be undertaken by the successful applicant is to continue the development of our computational model by extending existing and finding new algorithms and implementing them within the current Matlab-based software. The successful applicant will lead a research subgroup of PhD students and engineers and closely collaborate with the experimental psychologists in the group. The latter provide empirical data and theoretical models for underpinning and testing the computational model. Although pre-existing knowledge about auditory scene analysis and speech processing is an advantage, if necessary, these can be acquired on the job. Good communication and scientific writing skills (in English) are also important.

Prerequisites:
- PhD in informatics, electrical engineering, mathematics, or physics. If your training has been on some other field of science, skills in designing algorithms and informatics should be detailed in the motivational letter;
- High-level skills in computer programming;
- If not a native speaker of English, documented ability to speak and write English. Note that knowledge of Hungarian is not necessary, although it is an advantage.

Experience taken into consideration:
- experience in nonlinear dynamic systems and/or computational neuroscience;
- experience in acoustics, hearing, or speech research;
- Matlab programming skills.

Location: Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences; 1068 Budapest, Szondi u. 83-85, Hungary.
Applications must be submitted before: April 21, 2013.
Applications will be evaluated by: April 25, 2013.
The position can be filled at the earliest from: May 1, 2013.

Applications must be submitted by regular mail to the Department of Experimental Psychology, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (1132 Budapest, Victor Hugo u. 18-22.) as well as to the following three e-mail addresses: ttk-titkarsag@xxxxxxxxxx, bohm.tamas@xxxxxxxxxx and winkler.istvan@xxxxxxxxxxx On the envelope and in the subject line of the e-mails, please write: âPÃlyÃzat tudomÃnyos munkatÃrs pozÃciÃraâ (âApplication for researcher positionâ).

The application must include:
- CV;
- copies of the documents for the graduate and PhD degrees;
- documents attesting English language skills (if not native speaker);
- motivational letter.

Evaluating the applications:

Only those who are invited to a job interview (phone or skype, if not in Hungary) will receive feedback. Interviews will be conducted between April 22 and 24, 2013.

For further information, please contact Dr. TamÃs BÅhm; phone: +36 1 254-2399, e-mail: bohm.tamas@xxxxxxxxxx

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IstvÃn Winkler
Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology
Centre for Natural Sciences, MTA
H-1394 Budapest, P.O.Box 398

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