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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. -- EYE-MOVEMENT mailing list ([log in to unmask]) N.B. Replies are sent to the list, not the sender To unsubscribe, etc. see http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/files/eye-movement/introduction.html Other queries to list owner at [log in to unmask]