THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER
Computational Neuroscience Research Group
EPSRC PHD RESEARCH STUDENTSHIP
Coding of surface colour in natural scenes
Applications are invited for a three-year PhD studentship, funded by the
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, to work on a project
to investigate visual coding of surface colour in natural scenes.
The project will concentrate on computer-based modelling of how the eye
and brain neurally code the light reflected from scenes into a form that
does not depend on the colour of the illumination and other accidental
conditions of viewing. The work will take place in well-equipped
laboratories, with a range of computing facilities. The studentship is
part of a larger EPSRC-funded experimental project on the perception of
surface-colour in natural scenes, and involves collaboration with
colleagues in the Department of Physics, Minho University, Portugal.
The studentship is open to those with or about to receive the equivalent
of a good U.K. Bachelor's degree (first or upper-second class honours)
in statistics, mathematics, physics, engineering, computing science,
systems neuroscience, or other relevant discipline.
The studentship, tenable from 1 January 2005, covers the cost of
maintenance at the standard UK level (approx. £10,500 p.a. rising to
£12,600 p.a.) and University tuition fees for an EU student (approx.
£8,610 over three years). Although there is no restriction on
nationality, the studentship does not cover the additional cost of fees
for non-EU students.
For further details, contact Professor David H. Foster, Computational
Neuroscience Group, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester
M60 1QD; tel: +44 (0)161 306 3888/3889; fax: +44 (0)161 306 3887; email:
[log in to unmask]; web: http://www.op.umist.ac.uk/dhf.html).
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David H. Foster, DSc FInstP
Professor of Computational Neuroscience
Faculty of Life Sciences
Moffat Building
The University of Manchester
Sackville St
Manchester
M60 1QD
email: [log in to unmask]
tel: +44 (0)161 306 3888 or 3889 (secretary)
fax: +44 (0)161 306 3887
web: http://www.op.umist.ac.uk/dhf.html
or http://personalpages.umist.ac.uk/staff/david.foster
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