[SocBiN] PostDoc, PhD student, and developer positions in Taiwan

[Torbjörn Nordling]

Hello,

At the Nordling Lab, National Cheng Kung University, we recently got a 
large 4-year grant to study human learning and cognitive development, in 
order to develop new learning methods for artificial neural networks 
(ANNs) and do early detection of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). We are 
currently building smart toys, containing sensors and actuators, that 
enable us to record longitudinal data on how children interact with the 
toy and thus study development of the sensorimotor function. We plan to 
obtain data almost daily, following each child from roughly 3-months 
until 3-years of age. We plan to use system identification techniques to 
derive dynamical models within the dynamical systems theory framework 
and Deep learning to train neural networks within the connectionist 
framework as models for explaining cognitive development. We believe 
these models will shed new insights into human learning and development. 
Today a human can from a single example learn what it takes an ANN 
thousands or millions of examples. Through bio-mimicking, we plan to 
create a more data efficient method for training ANNs and do early 
detection of AD from the scarce labelled data that exists.

Because of this project and grant, we are now looking to recruit a few 
PhD students, a PostDoc, and a few developers. I would therefore greatly 
appreciate if you could help pass on this message to suitable 
candidates. For more information about this opportunity to do a PhD in 
Artificial intelligence/Automatic control, please see 
https://goo.gl/Fupkq4 and about the PostDoc position in 
Neuroscience/Development psychology/Artificial intelligence, please see 
https://goo.gl/tS1rVq, the DevOps position, please see 
https://goo.gl/eXXCka, the Web developer position, please see 
https://goo.gl/1C55U4, and the App developer position, please see 
https://goo.gl/4bDb4q. Tainan is a warm tropical city with friendly 
people and good food.

Best wishes,
Torbjörn

-- 
Torbjörn Nordling, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering
National Cheng Kung University
No. 1 University Road, Tainan 70101, Taiwan

Phone: +886 (0)6 275 7575 Ext. 62164
Fax: +886 (0)6 235 2973
Email: t at nordlinglab.org
Web: www.nordlinglab.org

吳馬丁 博士
助理教授

機械工程學系
成功大學
701台南市東區大學路1號
機械系館七樓91715

電話: 06 275 7575 分機 62164
傳真: 06 235 2973
Email: martin at mail.ncku.edu.tw (Read by assistant)
Web: www.nordlinglab.org