[CogSci] 23 positions available to study The Adaptive Mind

[Constantin Rothkopf]

The Universities of Giessen, Marburg, and Darmstadt together with the 
University of Frankfurt and the Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies 
(FIAS) aim strategically to further strengthen research in the field of 
Mind, Brain, and Behavior by establishing a cluster project The Adaptive 
Mind. Supported by the Hessen State Ministry for Higher Education, 
Research and the Arts, applications for

         11 Doctoral researcher positions (65%, 75% or 100%) and
         12 PostDoc positions (100%)

are invited. The positions are available immediately and are fixed 
maximally up to 31.03.2025. If the requirements are met, the position 
will be paid according to pay group 13. The place of employment will be 
Giessen, Marburg, Darmstadt or Frankfurt.

In The Adaptive Mind, we combine rigorous behavioral and 
neurophysiological research methods and theories from experimental 
psychology, with the unique patient-oriented insights of psychiatry and 
clinical psychology and the power of quantitative analysis and 
computational modeling by artificial intelligence. Our goal is to 
observe empirically, describe quantitatively, and model computationally 
how the human mind continually adapts in an ever-changing and often 
unpredictable world. Further details about the cluster project, the Key 
Research Areas, the Principle Investigators and conditions of 
application can be found at www.theadaptivemind.de.

For the doctoral researcher positions, we invite the application of 
highly qualified applicants with a Masters degree from life-, 
biomedical- and natural sciences including psychology, or computer 
science. The successful PostDoc applicants will have a doctorate in any 
of the following areas: experimental psychology, cognitive sciences, 
neuroscience, artificial intelligence, robotics, sensorimotor control, 
computational psychiatry, or other allied fields. Experience in motion 
tracking, virtual reality, machine learning or other computational 
approaches are beneficial.

The successful applicants will join a thriving research community with 
strong regional, national and international connections as documented 
among others by numerous high-profile individual (e. g., 8 ERC grants) 
and group grants (e.g., the Collaborative Research Center (SFB/TRR 135) 
on Cardinal Mechanisms of Perception, the IRTG 1901 The Brain in Action, 
the Research Unit RU 2107 Neurobiology of Psychiatric Disorders, the 
Centre for Cognitive Science and the Hessian Center for Artificial 
Intelligence - hessian.AI, as well as other collaborative research 
endeavors).

All participating institutions are committed to increasing the 
proportion of women in science, and female candidates are strongly 
encouraged to apply for the positions. All participating institutions 
are family-friendly institutions, applicants with children are warmly 
welcomed. Applicants with severe disabilities will be given preference 
over other candidates with equal suitability for the position. 
Application and interview costs cannot be refunded.

For further information, please contact Dr. Filipp Schmidt 
(filipp.schmidt at psychol.uni-giessen.de).
Please send your application (incl. CV, Research statement, 2 Reference 
letters, Scans of degree certificates) mentioning reference number 
293/06 as a single PDF file to Dr. Filipp Schmidt, Research Coordinator 
Mechanisms of Perception and Adaption 
(filipp.schmidt at psychol.uni-giessen.de) before June 11, 2021.

Application procedure: All applications are received centrally by the 
research coordinator of the priority research area "Perception and 
Adaptation", Dr. Filipp Schmidt at Justus-Liebig University Giessen. The 
application documents will be made available to the selection committee, 
consisting of the cluster PIs and of representatives of the partner 
universities, following the highest standards for data protection. 
Please specify in your application to which of the research fields 
specified below you are applying. Staff representatives of all partner 
universities will be invited to the job interviews. Employment is at the 
partner university the position is assigned to, following the salary 
scales applicable locally.

Research areas: All research in our Cluster tries to combine 
Experimental Psychology and Movement Sciences, Artificial Intelligence 
and Computational Cognitive Science, as well as Clinical Psychology and 
Psychiatry. The focus for each position will be as follows:. At 
Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen (JLU) Experimental Psychology and 
Movement Sciences (4 PostDoc and 4 Doctoral researcher positions 75%). 
At Philipps-Universität Marburg (UMR) Experimental Psychology (2 
Doctoral researcher positions 75%), Computational Cognitive Science (1 
PostDoc position), Clinical Psychology (1 PostDoc position), Psychiatry 
(2 PostDoc und 1 Doctoral researcher positions 75%). At Technische 
Universität Darmstadt (TUDa) Artificial Intelligence and Computational 
Cognitive Science (4 PostDoc and 2 Doctoral researcher positions 100%). 
At Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main (GU) Experimental Psychology (1 
Doctoral researcher position 65%). At FIAS Computational Cognitive 
Science (1 Doctoral researcher position 65%).