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Colleagues and Prospective Applicants,</span></p>
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Charley Wu and the </span><a href="https://hmc-lab.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Human
and Machine Cognition Lab</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">
invite </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">three
PhDs</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">
and </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">one
Postdoc </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">to
join our ERC-funded project: “C4: Compositional Compression in Cognition and Culture” in our new home at
</span><a href="https://www.tu-darmstadt.de/index.en.jsp" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TU
Darmstad</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">t.
We seek highly motivated individuals interested in the computational foundations of cognition and culture.</span></p>
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positions (3 openings):</span><a href="https://hmc-lab.com/ERC_PhDs.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">
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position (1 opening):</span><a href="https://hmc-lab.com/ERC_Postdoc.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">
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join us?</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Fully
funded & secure. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Competitive
salaries (TV-E13/E14, up to 100 %) plus benefits (health, pension, transport) and generous allowances for travel, equipment, and family support</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Vibrant
research environment. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">English-language
lab culture bridging psychology, neuroscience, and ML—embedded in TU Darmstadt’s
</span><a href="http://theadaptivemind.de/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Adaptive
Mind</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and
</span><a href="http://hessian.ai/projects/reasonable-ai-rai" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Reasonable
AI</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Excellence
Clusters with an extensive network of international collaborators.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mentorship
& professional development. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Weekly
one-on-one meetings with the PI and access to on-campus workshops on academic writing, teaching, and career planning.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Infrastructure
& connectivity. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">State-of-the-art
HPC and experimental facilities with rapid rail links to Frankfurt central station (15 min) and airport (20 min)—providing easy connections to all major European research hubs.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Deadline:</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">
July 8, 2025 (applications reviewed on a rolling basis)</span></p>
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would greatly appreciate your help in sharing these opportunities with outstanding Master’s candidates, PhD students nearing completion, and early-career researchers. Queries and informal nominations are welcome at
</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">charley.wu@tu-darmstadt.de</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thank
you for your support in passing this information along to qualified individuals. We look forward to building a diverse and dynamic team.</span></p>
<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Best
regards,</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br>
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</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Charley
Wu</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br>
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W3 Professor of Computational Cognitive Science</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br>
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& Machine Cognition Lab</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br>
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Darmstadt</span></span>
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