UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER
Faculty of Life Sciences, Neuroscience Division
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP: STATISICAL MODELLING
(Ref LS/061/05)
Salary circa £21,000- £27,000 per annum.
Applications are invited for a three-year appointment as a post-doctoral
research fellow to work on an EPSRC project on analysis and modelling of
stimulus-response functions for psychological, psychophysical, and
biological applications. The project will entail analysing a large
database of binary stimulus-response data, constructing statistical
models using modern statistical methods, and delivering user-friendly
code. The project will involve collaboration with Professor Adrian
Bowman, Department of Statistics, University of Glasgow.
Candidates should have a PhD or equivalent and have experience of
research in statistical or computational modelling of biological
phenomena. Those with initial training in statistics, mathematics,
computer science, physics, or allied disciplines are particularly
encouraged to apply. Familiarity with C, Matlab, S-plus or R would be an
advantage.
The appointment is available from 1 June 2005 or as soon as possible
thereafter.
Informal enquiries may be made to Professor David Foster, Tel: +44 161
306 3888, E-mail: [log in to unmask] Information about the
Faculty is available at http://www.ls.manchester.ac.uk and about the
group’s research at
http://www.ls.manchester.ac.uk/people/profile/index.asp?id=2708.
Application forms and further particulars are also available from The
Directorate of Human Resources, Faculty of Life Sciences, G.100 Stopford
Building, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT,
UK; tel: ++44 (0) 161 275 8836, email: [log in to unmask],
http://www.manchester.ac.uk/vacancies.
Please quote ref LS/061/05. Closing date for applications is 15 May 2005.
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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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