[CogSci] Post doc in Cognitive-Computational Modelling at UCL (Dominik Bach) in collaboration with MPI Tübingen (Peter Dayan) - 1 week left to apply

[Dominik R. Bach]

*Post doc in Cognitive-Computational Modelling at University College 
London: discrete and continuous human action control under threat*

We are looking for a research fellow in an ERC-funded research project 
"Action selection under threat - the complex control of human defence" 
led by Dominik Bach (http://bachlab.org 
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at University College London in collaboration with Peter Dayan, 
Max-Planck-Institute for Biological Cybernetics in Tübingen 
(https://www.kyb.tuebingen.mpg.de/de/computational-neuroscience 
<https://www.kyb.tuebingen.mpg.de/de/computational-neuroscience>). The 
position will be based at Max-Planck UCL Centre for Computational 
Psychiatry (https://www.mps-ucl-centre.mpg.de/en 
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and Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging 
(http://www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/ <http://www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/>).

The overarching goal of the project is to understand the 
cognitive-computational control of human action selection under acute, 
immediate threat. We investigate this in an immersive virtual reality 
(VR) environment, in which people can move to avoid a large number of 
different threats. As part of this project, the candidate will build 
explicit computational models of discrete and continuous action control 
and action updating under constraints of time pressure and unaffordable 
costs. These will be tested by the experimentalists in our 
interdisciplinary team, composed of VR experts, psychologists, and 
movement scientists. There is a possibility to get involved in the 
experimental work, including behavioural experiments, motion capture and 
OPM-MEG. Within the topical focus, the project offers unique freedom to 
explore and develop novel directions and formalisms at the interface of 
classical discrete-space decision models and continous action control.

We seek applicants with established cognitive-computational modelling 
skills and a PhD in computational neuroscience, robotics with focus on 
action planning, computer science/mathematics/physics with a focus on 
decision science, or in a related area. We are looking for an individual 
who is strongly motivated to pursue an academic career and is excited by 
the opportunities for personal and career development this position can 
provide.

The post is available from October 2021 and funded for up to 3 years 
with initial appointment for 1 year. Starting salary is on UCL grade 7, 
ranging from £36,028 to £43,533 per annum, inclusive of London 
Allowance, superannuable.

More information and access to the UCL online application portal: 
https://is.gd/VwTJCA 
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Please contact d.bach at ucl.ac.uk <mailto:d.bach at ucl.ac.uk> for any 
queries about the project or role.

*Closing date: 16 July 2021*

Interviews will be held remotely in July.

Apologies for cross-posting.



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Dominik R Bach MBBS PhD
Principal Research Fellow
Max Planck UCL Centre for Computational Psychiatry and Ageing Research
Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging, University College London
http://bachlab.org  | @bachlab_cog

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