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*Chair/Reader/Senior Lecturer or Lecturer in Cognitive Science/Computational Modelling * Department of Psychology, University of Sheffield, UK Closing Date *24^th November 2015* The Department of Psychology is looking for an outstanding scholar (at any level of seniority) in the area of Cognitive Science and Computational Modelling, to enhance its world-leading research portfolio in cognitive, computational and systems neuroscience and in brain-based robotics and its emerging activities in high volume data processing, online behavioural measurement, and virtual and mixed-reality systems.  You should have a PhD (or equivalent qualification) in a relevant discipline, have an excellent publication record for your career stage/level and be able to evidence of the ability or potential to attract independent research funding. The ability to organize and carry out teaching, supervision and research training to a high standard is also essential. You will join a vibrant department, which is amongst the largest in the UK, which importantly has been consistently ranked as one of the outstanding research departments in all seven UK Research Assessment Exercises to date. We have one of the largest centres of postgraduate psychology research in the country and were ranked 7th in the UK for research income in the ESRCâs 2011 Psychology International Benchmarking exercise. The post is available from 1 April 2016. /For/further details visit: http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/jobs Job reference: UOS011888 For informal enquiries please contact Tony Prescott <https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/psychology/staff/academic/tony-prescott> ([log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>) or Paul Overton <https://www.shef.ac.uk/psychology/staff/academic/paul-overton1> ([log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>).  *About the University* Sheffield University <http://www.shef.ac.uk> is a World Top 100 University and home to 25,000 of the brightest students in the world. Twenty-four per cent of our students come from outside the UK. Our graduates and former staff include five Nobel Prize winners, an Olympic gold medallist and Britainâs first female astronaut.  The Department of Psychology <http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/psychology/> at Sheffield is among the largest in the UK and has been consistently ranked as one of the outstanding research departments in all seven UK Research Assessment Exercises to date. For example, over 80% of our departmentâs research was classed as internationally excellent or world leading in the 2014 Research Excellent Framework (REF).  The Department occupies a purpose-built 5-floor building (with annexes), which is being fully refurbished next year following considerable capital investment (~£10M) by the University. Facilities include a child development laboratory, high-density ERP and EEG (128 electrode) systems, and a virtual reality suite.  The Department also occupies modern office and laboratory facilities at (i) the University's central neuroscience facility, which is fully equipped for state-of-the-art in vivo and in vitro neuroscience and behavioural testing, and includes a small-bore 7T fMRI facility; and (ii) Sheffield Robotics <http://www.sheffieldrobotics.ac.uk>, an interdisciplinary research institute equipped with an engineering workshop, robot platforms including the iCub humanoid, a human-robot interaction laboratory,  and a motion capture suite. Across the University the department also actively participates in Insigneo <http://insigneo.org>, the Institute for in Silico Medicine, through its activities in digital  organism models; and in the Centre for Assistive Technology and Connected Healthcare <http://www.catch.org.uk> (CATCH) through collaborative research on assistive technologies including companion robots. -- Dr JV Stone Psychology Department, Sheffield University. NEW BOOK: Information Theory: A Tutorial Introduction http://jim-stone.staff.shef.ac.uk/BookInfoTheory/InfoTheoryBookMain.html You may leave the list at any time by sending the command SIGNOFF allstat to [log in to unmask], leaving the subject line blank.