Aalto University is a new university with over a century of experience. Created from a high-profile merger between three leading universities in Finland – the Helsinki University of Technology, the Helsinki School of Economics, and the University of Art and Design Helsinki – Aalto University opens up new possibilities for strong multi-disciplinary education and research. The university's ambitious goal is to rank among the top universities in the world in its areas of specialization. At Aalto there are 20,000 students with around 75,000 alumni. We have a staff of 4,500 including 300 professors.
The Aalto University School of Art and Design has been a leader in art and design education for 140 years. It is an international postgraduate university institution with students from over 50 countries. It offers doctorate, master and bachelor degrees in a wide range of disciplines ‐ fine art, design, new media, art education, visual culture, motion picture and production design. School of Art and Design is a pioneer in research and in developing interdisciplinary study programmes.
NeuroCine is a research team directed by Doctor of Arts, filmmaker Pia Tikka. It combines the latest findings of social and cognitive neuroscience with the practical expertise in filmmaking and cognitive film studies. The aim is to study intersubjectively shared aspects of cinema, creativity, and related neural dynamics. NeuroCine team is associated with the multidisciplinary neuroimaging project aivoAALTO [http://neuro.hut.fi/aivoaalto] of Aalto University. Employed by Aalto University School of Art and Design, Department of Motion Picture, Television and Production Design, the daily work of the team is conducted at the Aalto University School of Science, AMI Center [http://ami.tkk.fi/en/]. Closest collaborative institutes are Low Temperature Lab Brain Research Unit (BRU) [http://ltl.tkk.fi/wiki/BRU] and Department of Biomedical Engineering and Computational Science (BECS) [http://www.becs.tkk.fi/en/] at the Aalto University School of Science.
Aalto University School of Art and Design, Department of Motion Picture, Television and Production Design is looking for two team members to conduct research in neurocinematics:
A post-doctoral researcher (Cognitive neuroscience) AND a doctoral student (Cinema studies)
1) POST DOC EXPERIENCED IN COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE AND fMRI. The applicant will work together with PI, doctoral student, and associated neuroscientists at the aivoAALTO. She or he is expected to independently collect and analyze functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data. Experience in fMRI is required, and experience in magnetoencephalography (MEG), electroencephalography (EEG) and physiological measures (e.g. eye tracking) are appreciated. A degree in neuroscience, medical sciences, engineering, mathematics, physics, or equivalent is requested. An emphasis is on the scientific writing skills, and applicants are expected to present a selection of first author publications.
2) DOCTORAL STUDENT IN FILM STUDIES: The doctoral student must have a Master’s degree in film or media studies, or equivalent, with explicit interest in psychology and cognitive neuroscience, and possess a post-graduate study place in a University. PI, Doctor of Arts Pia Tikka will supervise the thesis work in neurocinematics in collaboration with neuroscientists at the aivoAALTO.
For both positions, applicants' research potential and co-operation skills will be given particular emphasis during the selection process. Application materials should include a cover letter, a curriculum vitae, a complete list of publications, and 1 page description of future research interests related to neurocinematics. In addition, reprints of publications (max 2) and reference letters (max 2) are appreciated.
Both the positions are available for two years starting on 1st September, 2011. The salary is determined by the salary system of Aalto University.
The applications are to be submitted to the Registry of Aalto University, preferably on a single pdf-file by email no later than on August 16, 2011 (EXTENDED till September 1st). The right to extend the search or not to fill a position is reserved.
Note, all single pdf-files should contain applicants last name: “NeuroCine_LASTNAME_otherinfo”. In addition, the email should be named “Application: NeuroCine”.
The email address of the registry is [log in to unmask] Applications can also be sent via mail to: Aalto University School of Art and Design, Registry, P.O. Box 31000, FI‐00076 Aalto, Finland (visiting address Hämeentie 135 C, 00560 Helsinki). The registry closes at 3.00 p.m. The application documents will not be returned.
Please feel free to direct further questions to:
Pia Tikka, Ph.D.
aivoAALTO research project
Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland
- Dept. of Motion Picture, Television and Production Design
Finland mobile phone +358 50 347 7432
Skype: piatikka
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
Due to the summer holidays in July and August phone or skype inquiries are only taken on Friday’s between 12-4 pm Finnish time (GTM +2).
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