Cochlear implant research in Cambridge

Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit – Cambridge
Research Assistant

The MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit (CBSU) is an internationally renowned research institute. Applications are invited for a Research Assistant to work on a grant from MRC Technology to Dr R.P. Carlyon and Dr. Olivier Macherey. The post-holder will test some new cochlear-implant speech-processing strategies, to see whether they improve speech and/or music perception by cochlear implant listeners. This will be a full time position for a minimum of 7 months initially, although a slightly longer appointment may be made if funding is available . Part-time for a longer period may also be considered.

You will have a degree in psychology, audiology or a related discipline. Good communication skills and the ability to work well with hearing-impaired people are especially important. Experience with auditory equipment and/or cochlear implants would also be an advantage.

The starting salary will be in the range of £20,074 - £27,271 per annum, depending upon qualifications and experience. We offer a flexible pay and reward policy, 30 days annual leave entitlement, and an optional MRC final salary Pension Scheme. On site car and bicycle parking is available.

For informal discussion please contact Dr Carlyon bob.carlyon@mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk

If you would like to receive this advert in large print, Braille, audio, or electronic format/ hard copy, please contact the Recruitment team at the MRC Shared Service Centre on the telephone number below or SSCMRCRecruitment@ssc.rcuk.ac.uk.

Applications for these posts must now be made online at http://jobs.mrc.ac.uk. Please ensure that you upload a current CV and covering letter with your application. If you do not have internet access or experience technical difficulties, please call 01793 867959.

Dr Bob Carlyon,
Programme Leader,
MRC Cognition & Brain Sciences Unit,
15 Chaucer Rd.,
Cambridge,
CB2 7EF,
England.
tel: +44 1223 355294

Marie Curie Post-doc position

Dear readers of this list,

Are you a PhD holder, national from Europe, and residing since 3 years
or more *outside* Europe (i.e. outside the European Union or FP7
Associated Countries)?

Then you might be interested in applying with our research group to a
3 years post-doc position in Porto, Portugal, in:
* Music Information Retrieval
* Human-Computer Musical Interaction
* Automatic Music Generation
* Music applications of Pattern Recognition
* Music Robotics
* Audio Processing
... or a related field.

The Programme is called "WELCOME II ­ Promoting the return of
researchers to the European Research Area".
The salary is between €61k - €68k per year (depending on early
post-doc, or experienced post-doc)
+ mobility and travel allowance (1.600€)
+ research costs (5.000€/year)

Deadline: December 12th 2010
Expected start of contract: May 2011

For further information on that Programme, please have a look at:
http://omega.fct.mctes.pt/contratacaodoutorados/welcomeII.pdf
and http://alfa.fct.mctes.pt/welcome2

For further information on our research group, please have a look at
our website (http://smc.inescporto.pt/).
Our research team is part of the INESC Porto (Institute for Systems
and Computer Engineering of Porto), a private non-profit association,
recognized as Public Interest Institution, that has been recently
appointed as Associated Laboratory by the Portuguese State
(http://www2.inescporto.pt/ip-en).

If you are interested, or for any information regarding our research,
please contact me directly: fgouyon@inescporto.pt
Best regards,
--
Fabien Gouyon, PhD
Senior Research Scientist, INESC Porto
Invited Assistant Professor, Engineering Faculty, University of Porto
http://www.inescporto.pt/~fgouyon

Open positions at UCL Cognitive, Perceptual and Brain Sciences

The UCL Cognitive, Perceptual and Brain Sciences (CPB) Research Department, within the Division of Psychology and Language Sciences, is planning the future appointment of at least two and likely more academic posts (at Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Reader or Professor level) to complement existing strengths. For one post the emphasis is on multimodal communication, with ideal candidates having research interests that include sign language/deafness research. For a second post, the emphasis is on Decision and Cognitive Sciences. However, we would also encourage other candidates with an excellent record of internationally renowned research in other areas represented within the department (including computational and animal neuroscience) to express their interest in the posts.

UCL CPB offers a top research and teaching environment with research covering behavioural neuroscience, perceptual and cognitive sciences and cognitive neuroscience. Members of the department are directly involved in the activities of a number of research centres, including the Deafness, Cognition and Language (DCAL) centre, the Institute of Behavioural Neuroscience (IBN), the Birkbeck/UCL Centre for Neuroimaging
(BUCNI) and the Centre for Mathematics and Physics in the Life Sciences and Experimental Biology (CoMPLEX). They further contribute to the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience (ICN) and the Wellcome Department of Imaging Neuroscience. Research facilities available to members of staff comprise state-of-the-art equipment for most types of behavioural research including a multimodal communication laboratory, animal housing facility, MRI scanner and TMS facilities. At this stage, we invite informal expression of interest (including a CV and statement of research interests) which should be directed to Kate Jeffery by email at k.jeffery@ucl.ac.uk before October 20 2010.