Subject: High-level (Auditory) Perception Post-Doctoral Training Opportunities From: Lori Holt <lholt@xxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2011 14:05:11 -0500 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>High-Level Perception Post-Doctoral Training Opportunities Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA (with particular emphasis on auditory/speech processing under the mentorship of Professor Lori Holt, Department of Psychology, www.psy.cmu.edu/~lholt/) Carnegie Mellon has a particularly rich faculty focusing on perception, including high-level vision, audition, and perceptually-guided action. We have interests in object and event recognition and the role of experience in shaping our perceptual systems, particularly in the visual and auditory domains. Our core faculty span the departments of Psychology, Machine Learning, and Robotics (machine vision and audition), as well as the Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition. Opportunities for collaboration span these units as well as Biological Sciences, Statistics, Social and Decision Sciences, Computer Science, and Human-Computer Interaction. Our facilities include a new campus-based 3T Siemens Verio MRI scanner, a MEG facility, and a new parallel computing cluster for modeling, simulation, and data analysis. Relevant faculty include: Marlene Behrmann, Alyosha Efros, Laurie Heller, Lori Holt, Marcel Just, Roberta Klatzky, Tai Sing Lee, Tom Mitchell, Carl Olson, David Plaut, Suzy Scherf, and Michael Tarr. Methodologies available in our research community include neuroimaging (ERPs, MEG, fMRI, and DTI), the study of atypical populations (neuropsychological case studies, autism, and dyslexia), neurophysiology, eyetracking, behavioral psychophysics combined with advanced stimulus generation and manipulation, computational modeling, and machine learning for data understanding, all applied across the lifespan (infancy through older adulthood). Presently, we are especially interested in candidates interested in training with Dr. Lori Holt in the following areas: Auditory perception, cognition, learning Speech perception, cognition, learning Perceptual learning and the effect of expertise Plasticity and sensitivity to regularity in perceptual input Word recognition Effects of context on auditory processing Statistical learning Multimodal processing for object recognition and language Related areas Candidates must have a strong background in research and a completed Ph.D. Basic programming skills (e.g. Matlab) are very desirable as is previous training in psychological mechanism and theory. Applicants for post-doctoral training will be considered on a rolling basis. Members of underrepresented groups are especially encouraged to apply. Carnegie Mellon is located in Pittsburgh, PA. If you have never been to Pittsburgh, you will be very pleasantly surprised! The academic community in Pittsburgh is uniquely interdisciplinary and collaborative. Through the Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition and our physical proximity to University of Pittsburgh, we have strong ties to the University of Pittsburgh Center for Neuroscience, Psychology, and medical school. Within CMU trainees often work across units, pursuing multidisciplinary research. The living environment in Pittsburgh is outstanding. Residents can take advantage of urban amenities and the surrounding countryside. Nestled in hills and rivers, Pittsburgh is a geographically attractive city with a low population density. As a result, the cost of living in Pittsburgh is low and the standard of living is high. Most university students and staff live close enough to campus to walk or bike to work and the housing options reflect the history of Pittsburgh - just around the corner from campus are many lovely old Victorian mansions that now provide apartment living with historic charm. Pittsburgh has its own ballet, opera, symphony, performing artists and lecture series, theater companies, public television station, art museum, music and arts festivals, etc. For sports fans there are the Pirates, the Steelers, and the Penguins. Runners can jog on forest trails in nearby parks (one just outside your Psychology-department office); bicycle fans have a nearby web of trails that run along old rail beds from downtown to Washington, D.C. Reflecting the excellent quality of life, Pittsburgh was ranked as the most livable city in America by Forbes magazine in 2010 and 2011. Please send a statement describing your research interests, vita with research experience, and names of three references to Professor Lori Holt, loriholt@xxxxxxxx