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Postdoctoral research assistantship on the Connectionist reading model, Aachen (Germany)

Post-doctoral Research Assistant
Connectionist reading model

Institute for Language and Communication Studies
Our Profile:

??Anthropological universals ?? cultural differences?? is an interdisciplinary 
project funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research. Principal 
investigators are Prof. Dr. Christian Stetter (Institute for Language and 
Communication Studies, project leader), Prof. Dr. Walter Huber (Section 
Neurolinguistics at the Department of Neurology) and Prof. Dr. Martina Ziefle 
(Human Technology Centre, eHealth). We closely cooperate with Prof. Gert 
Westermann (Department of Psychology, Oxford Brookes University). The project 
compares the German writing system with Japanese Kanji as well as their 
cognitive processing. The aim of the project is to create an empirically 
appropriate connectionist cognitive model for single word recognition.
Your Profile:

Applicants must hold a doctoral degree. You should hold a PhD in the field of 
computer science, cognitive sciences or a closely related field and have 
experience in programming (C/C++/Matlab), preferably with connectionist 
networks. You should be highly motivated and eager to explore psycho-linguistic 
questions with computational modelling.
Your duties and responsibilities:

You will be responsible for programming and analysing an artificial neural 
network of single word recognition and lexical decision in Japanese (Kanji). 
You will cooperate closely with the researchers of the other sub-projects. Half 
of the time you will stay in Oxford (UK) at the lab of Gert Westermann.
Our offer:

The candidate will be employed as a regular employee. The position is to be 
filled as soon as possible and is for a fixed term 15.09.2011. This is a 
full-time vacancy. If desired, part-time employment may be arranged. The pay 
scale classification complies with the labour agreement TV-L. RWTH Aachen 
University has been certified as a "Family Friendly University??. RWTH is 
committed to promoting the careers of women and therefore looks forward to 
receiving applications by female candidates. For positions in organisational 
units where women are underrepresented, in cases of equal qualification, 
ability and professional achievement, preference will be given to female 
applicants unless reasons specific to an individual candidate tilt the balance 
in his favour.

The University positively welcomes applications from suitably qualified 
disabled people.
Your contact person:

For further information, please contact Christoph Wenzel, M.A.
Tel.: +49 (0) 96441, Fax: +49 (0) 92269, Email: c.wenzel@isk.rwth-aachen.de
You can also obtain further information from our websites: 
kanji.isk.rwth-aachen.de/
Please send your application by 30 October 2010 to Institute for Language and 
Communication Studies, Christoph Wenzel, M.A., Eilfschornsteinstr. 15, 52062 
Aachen or submitted via mail to Christoph Wenzel, M.A., 
c.wenzel@isk.rwth-aachen.de

Applications by e-mail are questionable from a data protection point of view. 
The applicant is fully responsible for submitting an application by e-mail. It 
is recommended that applicants submit written applications by post.