NSF-IGERT graduate training in Visual Cognition
Michigan State University
The Cognitive Science Program at Michigan State University is seeking
graduate student applicants for an NSF-funded Integrated Graduate Education
and Research Traineeship (IGERT) program. The focus of the MSU IGERT
program is the integrated, interdisciplinary study of cognition in humans,
animals, and intelligent machines. We offer trainees opportunities to
pursue a range of research topics including visual cognition, language,
spatial navigation, memory, attention, and executive control. The program
stresses the integration of computational modeling with the empirical study
of human and animal systems. The IGERT program complements and extends the
degree programs provided within students' home disciplines in Psychology,
Computer Science, Zoology, and Linguistics.
Students interested in pursuing a Ph.D. with a concentration in Visual
Cognition are strongly encouraged to apply. Current research in visual
cognition focuses on face, object, and scene recognition, visual memory,
and spatial navigation, and combines behavioral and psychophysical methods,
eyetracking, functional neuroimaging, computational modeling, and hardware
implementation. Participating laboratories include the Visual Cognition Lab
(http://eyelab.msu.edu/), the Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Lab, the
Computational Cognitive Vision Lab (http://www.msu.edu/~aoliva/), the Face
and Scene Processing Lab (http://www.cogsci.msu.edu/fasp/), and the
Sequential Information Gathering in Machines and Animals (SIGMA) Lab
(http://www.cogsci.msu.edu/sigma/). Facilities include two table-mounted
eyetrackers and two portable free-movement eyetrackers; 1.5 and 3.0 Tesla
magnets for fMRI; PC, Mac, and Sun workstations for image processing,
stimulus construction, data collection and analysis, and computational
modeling; two software-controlled pan-tilt cameras for artificial gaze
control studies; stereo glasses for 3D scene perception; and image capture
hardware and software. Additional facilities on campus include the Pattern
Recognition and Image Processing Lab in the Department of Computer Science
(http://www.cse.msu.edu/rgroups/prip/) and the VR Lab
(http://www.mindlab.org/).
NSF-IGERT Trainees are awarded a generous support package consisting of a
yearly stipend for 5 years, tuition waiver, and health benefits. Trainees
are also eligible for research and travel funds to supplement resources
available through their home departments and their advisors' labs. Michigan
State University has recently made a major commitment to cognitive science,
including additional faculty lines, graduate student stipends and research
funds, and dedicated office and lab space for the IGERT program.
Opportunities are also available for post-docs. Further information about
the NSF-IGERT program can be found at: http://www.cogsci.msu.edu/IGERT/.
Students interested in studying visual cognition as an NSF-IGERT Trainee
should contact John Henderson ([log in to unmask]), Aude Oliva
([log in to unmask]), or Fred Dyer ([log in to unmask]) for additional information.
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