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<span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class=""> </b>The Cognitive Development Lab at Indiana University-Bloomington (PI: Linda Smith) invites applications for a Research Scientist to assist in the creation and analysis of a shareable data set (of already
collected data) from nearly 10,000 children ages 15 to 36 months. There is both a scientific premise and a methodological premise underlying the project. </span></p>
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<span style="font-kerning: none" class="">The <i class="">scientific premise</i> is that the size and composition of vocabularies influences plays a role in many cognitive domains. This premise is based on the many experiments and predictive studies already
published. But we know little in detail about the specific nature of these developmental paths, the inflection points, when intervention might be relevant. This project focuses on the interplay between early vocabulary and developmental changes in visual
object recognition. The literature indicates multiple causal factors and inflection points that can disrupt this early stage of vocabulary growth — limitations in audition, or vision, in phonological representations, in visual attention, in the composition
of early vocabularies, and in the quality and composition of language input --- and as a downstream consequence higher order visual cognition. </span></p>
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<span style="font-kerning: none" class="">The <i class="">methodological premise</i> concerns how to leverage all the extant data that has been already collected on these issues; experiments with many of the same overlapping measures but designed with specific
hypotheses in mind and relatively small data sets. The methodological premise for this project is that given some overlapping measures in the individual data sets and through the use of advanced analytic tools including machine learning and graph theoretics,
one can discover multiple developmental pathways in aggregated datasets that implicate causal pathways. These inferred pathways can then be tested in aggregated longitudinal datasets. </span></p>
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<span style="font-kerning: none" class=""> Strong applicants will have quantitative and computational training as well as experience in behavioral science, ideally in development, language, or visual cognition.</span></p>
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<span style="font-kerning: none" class=""> The successful applicant will have:</span></p>
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<span style="font-kerning: none" class="">• Excellent research track record.</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">
<span style="font-kerning: none" class="">• Excellent programming skills.</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">
<span style="font-kerning: none" class="">• Experience in computational and statistical methods and analyses including either graph theoretic of machine learning approaches (or both).</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">
<span style="font-kerning: none" class="">• A track record of initiative, ability to lead a team (of undergraduates/masters students) and effective teamwork.</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">
<span style="font-kerning: none" class="">• Fit of this project with their own career trajectory/goals</span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-kerning: none" class="">The salary range is between $70,000 and $75,000. </span></p>
<div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">H<b class="">ow to Apply: Interested candidates should apply by submitting a cover letter describing your interests and prior experiences,
CV, and contact information for three references here: </b><a href="https://indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/26344" class=""><span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; -webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(9, 79, 209);" class="">https://indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/26344</span></a></span><span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; -webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Applications will be accepted and reviewed on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.</span></p>
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<span style="font-kerning: none" class=""> Questions regarding the position or application process can be directed to: Dr. Linda Smith (<a href="mailto:smith4@iu.edu" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(9, 79, 209);" class="">smith4@iu.edu</span></a></span></p>
<div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Indiana University is an equal employment and affirmative action employer and a provider of ADA services. All qualified applicants will receive
consideration for employment based on individual qualifications. Indiana University prohibits discrimination based on age, ethnicity, color, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, national
origin, disability status or protected veteran status.</span></div>
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Linda Smith<br class="">
Chancellor's Professor<br class="">
Distinguished Professor<br class="">
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences<br class="">
1101 East 10th Street<br class="">
Indiana University<br class="">
Bloomington, IN 47405<br class="">
<a href="http://cogdev.lab.Indiana.edu" class="">cogdev.lab.Indiana.edu</a></div>
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