From: Julie Harris Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 13:40:20 +0000 Dear all, Would you mind posting this ad to email lists where final year undergrads (or Master students) will see it? I'm keen to encourage applicants from a wide range of backgrounds for this project. best wishes Julie EPSRC Funded PhD Studentship in Binocular Vision 2006 Applications are invited for a 3-year research studentship to study human binocular vision, leading to the degree of PhD. Because we have forward facing eyes separated by just a few centimetres, each eye delivers slightly different information to the brain about the location of objects. The tiny differences between right and left eye views provide the brain with information about three dimensional (3-D) structure and depth. This studentship forms part of an EPSRC funded research project, held by Prof. Julie Harris, to study how the binocular visual information from the two eyes is used to perceive three dimensional motion. The studentship will be based at the University of St. Andrews, in a lively and vibrant research environment. We have a small but active Vision Lab comprising postgraduate students, postdoctoral researchers and permanent academic staff. We work within the wider context of the Perception and Performance Group in one of the top School's of Psychology in the UK. Start date is the end of September 2006. Candidates should hold (or expect to hold) a good Honours degree (at least 2.1) in a relevant discipline (including Bioengineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, Optometry, Physics, Physiology, Psychology). They should have an interest in learning visual psychophysical and modelling techniques. Mathematical skills, including computer programming experience, are desirable. The student will be expected to learn programming and update their mathematical skills if necessary. Informal enquires to Dr. Julie Harris by email: Julie.Harris@st-andrews.ac.uk Applications are encouraged as soon as possible, but by 10th February 2006 at the latest. Further details available at: http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/%7Ejh81/phdad06.html -- ========================================================= Julie M. Harris Prof. of Psychology and EPSRC Advanced Fellow St. Andrews Vision Lab School of Psychology University of St. Andrews St. Mary's College South St. St. Andrews KY16 9JP tel: 44-1334-462-061 fax: 44-1334-463-042 email: Julie.Harris@st-andrews.ac.uk http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/%7Ejh81/vislab.html =========================================================