[FieldTrip] Post-doctoral Position at the Icelandic Vision Lab

[David Pascucci]

The *Icelandic Vision Lab* (www.visionlab.is) is opening a two-year
post-doctoral position, potentially extendable for one year, funded by a
grant from the *Icelandic Research Fund* (*IRF*). The successful candidates
will work in the context of a collaborative project between Professor *Árni
Kristjánsson* (*University of Iceland*) and Dr. *David Pascucci* (*EPFL
Lausanne*).



People with a Ph.D. in various disciplines will be considered,
including *Neuroscience,
Biology, Psychology, Mathematics, Engineering.*



The position involves research into the role of statistical variations and
temporal context in human perception and attention. Recent evidence
suggests that humans can rapidly learn and retain rich and detailed
representations of the distributional properties of features in a visual
scene. The work will focus on how *feature distribution learning* is shaped
by the temporal context of visual events.

Research findings relevant to the project have been published in various
prominent academic journals (see for example www.visionlab.is/publications).


The project includes *behavioral studies*, *computational modeling*, and
*EEG*. The primary place of work will be the Icelandic Vision Lab in
Reykjavik, but the work will include extensive collaboration with the
laboratory of Psychophysics at EPFL in Lausanne.



Experience with experimental psychology software (PsychoPy/Psychtoolbox),
programming (Python/MATLAB/C/C++), statistical software such as R,
computational modeling in vision, are all definite benefits but promising
candidates showing enthusiasm and willingness to learn these methods will
also be considered.


The Icelandic Vision Lab offers a stimulating academic environment and is
headed by professors Árni Kristjánsson, Heiða María Sigurðardóttir, and
Árni Gunnar Ásgeirsson. The laboratory has an extended network of
collaborations, from all over the world and is in many ways unique in this
international aspect. The planned collaboration will involve potential
periods abroad at EPFL, one of the leading universities in Europe.

The successful candidates will join this vibrant community of graduate
students, post-docs, and faculty who all work on varied aspects of visual
perception. The lab is well funded with grants from the Icelandic Research
Fund, The European Research Council, and the Research Fund of the
University of Iceland. There is good access to the necessary equipment for
the studies. The lab has high-end equipment for EEG, eye movement studies
as well as extensive experience with high-quality psychophysical studies.


Iceland consistently ranks as one of the best places in the world to live: (
http://worldhappiness.report/ed/2019/), life satisfaction is among the
highest in the world (
http://www.oecdbetterlifeindex.org/topics/life-satisfaction), and the
country is consistently rated the most peaceful in the world (
http://worldpopulationreview.com/countries/most-peaceful-countries/).
Iceland also ranks at the top of the world in terms of gender equality (
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/12/gender-gap-equality-women-parity-countries/).
Applicants of any gender are strongly encouraged to apply.



The position will start in 2021, as early as possible.

Please send applications or inquiries to IVLapplications2020 at gmail.com.
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