[visionlist] salaried PhD positions on visual attention in Amsterdam

Job title: Two PhD positions (promovendus) on visual attention
Date of publication: October 5, 2017
Closing date: November 9, 2017

Full advert on: http://ift.tt/2x5mKTL

VU Amsterdam is one of the leading institutions for higher education in Europe and aims to be inspiring, innovative, and committed to societal welfare. It comprises ten faculties and has teaching facilities for 25,000 students.  

Job description
The Department of Experimental and Applied Psychology is offering two 4-year PhD projects on visual attention (subject to one year probationary period). You will be working in the team led by Professor Chris Olivers. One project focuses on fMRI techniques to determine the relationship between population receptive field size and visual search behaviour, in collaboration with the SPINOZA imaging centre directed by Professor Serge Dumoulin. The other project focuses on EEG techniques to uncover the bottom-up and top-down signals for peripheral vision. You will be part of a diverse, supportive, and internationally renowned group of researchers investigating multiple aspects of visual attention and memory, using a range of advanced techniques. Project descriptions are available on request from c.n.l.olivers@vu.nl.

Tasks
– The PhD student will conduct, under supervision, research into the relationship between, and the mechanisms behind, peripheral vision and attention in visual search.
– The PhD student will learn state of the art techniques, and follow necessary courses within local and national graduate schools.
– Promote team work with researchers working on similar projects.
– Present at national and international conferences
– Write high standard international peer-reviewed publications, as well as a PhD thesis complying with university standards.

Requirements
– An MSc degree in cognitive psychology, artificial intelligence, neuroscience, biomedical sciences or related field, with a *demonstrable* interest in psychophysics and/or the (electro)physiology of the visual system.
– Demonstrable technical skills, including proficient programming. Experience with packages like Matlab/R/Python is an advantage. For the EEG project, EEG or MEG experience is an advantage (but not required).
– Proficient English writing and presentation skills.
– Ability to work in a multidisciplinary research team.

Employment conditions
In the Netherlands, PhD positions are fully salaried jobs. You pay no tuition fee. You can find information about our employment conditions at http://www.workingatvu.nl. This includes:
– 4-year 1.0 fte research period, subject to one year probationary period (this means that a 1-year contract is followed by a 3-year contract after satisfactory assessment)
– Additional remuneration of 8.3% end-of-year bonus and 8% holiday allowance;
– solid pension scheme (ABP);

Salary
The salary will be in accordance with university regulations for academic personnel, and amounts € 2.222 ,- gross per month in the first year up to € 2.840,- in the fourth year (salary scale 85, PhD) based on a full-time employment.

Information
General information about the VU and the Department of Experimental and Applied Psychology and the Section Cognitive Psychology can be found on the websites: http://www.vu.nl or http://ift.tt/2yzZbDI; For specific information about the project, contact Prof. Chris Olivers, c.n.l.olivers@vu.nl. For specific information about the procedure, contact Ms Barbara Goudriaan, barbara.goudriaan@vu.nl.

Application
To apply for this position, please send your letter of application, curriculum vitae, BA and MSc grade list, the name and contact details of two references, and if finished, your MSc thesis electronically, before the 9th of November 2017 to: Barbara Goudriaan, barbara.goudriaan@vu.nl . Late applications may be still accepted.

[visionlist] Job posting – Magic Leap is looking for a Software Programmer (Contractor)

Dear Vision Science community, 

Magic Leap is looking for a contractor software programmer to join our team of vision scientists. 
Job Description:The Quantified Experience (QX) team is seeking a software programmer with a background in computer graphics. The position involves responsibility for implementing software to be used in experiments on visual experiences of users.  We inform leadership and other teams on perceptual best practices and work closely with other departments such as Systems, Optical Engineering, Healthcare, Human Factors and UX/UI teams. We are looking for candidates who are creative, energetic team players who excel in a fast-paced, hands-on environment.Responsibilities:Implement various software tools and programs that will be used in (psychophysical) studies to investigate visual experiences.
Qualifications:Proficient writing software for Windows & LinuxProficient in bash programmingProficient in C++ and OpenGLExperience with Matlab and Psychtoolbox is preferredExperience with Unity and C# is a plusEducation:BS, Computer Science preferred or related If you are interested in this position please reach out to our team or apply online via this link. 

Gizem Rufo (Kucukoglu), Ph.D. – Research Scientist

(grufo[at]magicleap.com)

[visionlist] Two PhD positions in cooperative multi-camera computer vision

If you know somebody who could be a good match for these
positions, please contact them. Thank you! Best regards, Ljiljana

[visionlist] Vote for the Best Illusion of the Year! The 13th Best Illusion of the Year Contest

[visionlist] PhD openings in virtual and augmented reality and drone-enabled IoT sensing for virtual human teleportation

[visionlist] TRIESTE SYMPOSIUM ON PERCEPTION AND COGNITION AND THE 25th KANIZSA LECTURE (first announcement)

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             TRIESTE SYMPOSIUM ON PERCEPTION AND COGNITION

                                  AND

                      THE 25th KANIZSA LECTURE

                        (first announcement)

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Dear colleagues,

the Trieste Symposium on Perception and Cognition and the 25th Kanizsa Lecture will take place at the University of Trieste, November 17, 2017, starting at 9.00 am.

Traditionally, the Symposium is open to all perspectives and approaches, has no registration fee, and runs on an informal, relaxed pace.

This year the Kanizsa Lecture will be delivered by prof. Tim Shallice (University College London) on Friday 17 November, starting at 4.30 pm.

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The 25th Kanizsa Lecture

How disorders of supervisory processing relate to the overall organisation of mind

Tim Shallice

Emeritus Professor

University College London

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Besides the KL the Symposium will include workshops and talks on Friday, as well as a poster session during/after lunch.

If you wish to contribute a presentation, please submit your proposal by electronic mail to trieste.symposium@gmail.com (specifying whether you prefer a talk or poster). Each proposal should be submitted as an abstract (250-400 words). Proposal will be evaluated by a scientific committee.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: TUESDAY 31 OCTOBER, 2017.

More information about the program will follow.

GUIDELINES FOR THE AUTHORS:

Talk (in English):

15-20 minutes for each presentation (details will be communicated in the final program).

Posters (in English):

Posters will be grouped thematically and displayed for two hours. A surface extending 100 cm horizontally and 140 cm vertically will be available for each poster. Posters should be readable from a distance of two meters.

Paolo Bernardis

Carlo Fantoni

organizers

[visionlist] TeaP, 11.-14.03.2018 in Marburg

Dear colleagues,

we are pleased to announce that the 60th TeaP (Tagung experimentell
arbeitender Psychologen; Conference of experimental psychologists) will
be held at the University of Marburg, Germany, from March 11 to 14,
2018. Keynote lectures will be given by Mary Hayhoe (Austin, USA), Jan
Theeuwes (Amsterdam, Netherlands) and Daniel Wolpert (Cambridge, UK).

Online submission via the conference web page (www.teap.de) is now
open. The submission deadline for symposia will be October 31, 2017, and
individual papers can be submitted until November 30, 2017. We reserve
the right to decline abstracts if the number of submissions exceeds our
capacity.

The official language of the TeaP will be English (but
presentations/abstracts can be either in English or German).
Contributions from all fields of experimental psychology are invited.

Further information is available at http://www.teap.de.

We are looking forward to welcoming you in Marburg.

The TeaP 2018 organizing committee
Alexander Schütz, Anna Schubö, Dominik Endres, Harald Lachnit

[visionlist] Deadline Extension: IEEE Journal of Biomedical Health Informatics Special Issue on Skin Lesion Image Analysis for Melanoma Detection

The goals of this special issue are to summarize the state-of-the-art in
both the computerized analysis of skin lesion images, as well as image
acquisition technologies, providing
future directions for this exciting subfield of medical image analysis.
The intended audience includes researchers and practicing clinicians,
who are increasingly using digital analytic tools.

Invasive and in-situ malignant melanoma together comprise one of the
most rapidly increasing cancers in the world. Invasive melanoma alone
has an estimated incidence of 87,110 and of 9,730 deaths in the United
States in 2017. Early diagnosis is critical, as
melanoma can be effectively treated with simple excision if detected
early.
In the past, the primary form of diagnosis for melanoma has been unaided
clinical examination, which has limited and variable accuracy, leading
to significant challenges both in the early detection of disease and the
minimization of unnecessary biospies. In
recent years, dermoscopy has improved the diagnostic capability of
trained specialists. However, dermoscopy remains difficult to learn, and
several studies have demonstrated limits of dermoscopy when proper
training is not administered. In addition, even with
sufficient training, analyses remain highly subjective.
Newer imaging technologies such as infrared imaging, multispectral
imaging, and confocal microscopy, have recently come to the forefront in
providing the potential for greater diagnostic accuracy. In addition,
various research studies have been focused on developing
algorithms for the automated analysis of skin lesion images.
Combinations of such technologies have the potential to serve as
adjuncts to physicians, improving clinical management, especially for
patients with a high degree of lesion burden.

This special issue aims to cover all aspects of skin lesion image analysis. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

– Novel and emerging imaging technologies
– Image enhancement
– Image registration
– Image segmentation
– Feature extraction
– Image classification
– Hardware systems
We are particularly interested in studies that make their data sets and software publicly available.

Please note that new submissions are required to be at least 70%
different from any other publications. For detailed manuscript
preparation/submission instructions, please visit

http://ift.tt/2xxXIAT
Guest Editors
M. Emre Celebi
University of Central Arkansas
ecelebi AT uca DOT edu
Noel Codella
IBM T. J. Watson Research Center
nccodell AT us DOT ibm DOT com
Allan Halpern
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
halperna AT mskcc DOT org
Dinggang Shen
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
dinggang_shen AT med DOT unc DOT edu
Important Dates
Submission of initial manuscripts: October 31, 2017
Initial notifications: January 1, 2018
Submission of revised manuscripts: March 1, 2018
Final notifications: April 1, 2018

[visionlist] Abnormal skin reflectance?

Hello all,

Does anyone know of a database containing spectral reflectance of abnormal skin? I am conducting a study that involves color changes in human skin like in cases of pallor, inflammation/erythema, vitiligo, cyanosis, etc. It does not necessarily need to be related to skin diseases.

Thank you for your time.

Ruben Pastilha

(University of Minho, Portugal)

[visionlist] COSYNE 2018: Meeting announcement and Call for workshop proposals

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Computational and Systems Neuroscience 2018 (Cosyne)

MAIN MEETING
01 – 04 March 2018
Denver, Colorado

WORKSHOPS
05 – 06 March 2018
Breckenridge, Colorado

http://www.cosyne.org

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