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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:
115%">2x Postdoctoral Research Assistants in Knowledge
Representation and Information Theory applied to fNIRS</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="mso-ansi-language:ES-MX" lang="ES-MX">Instituto Nacional
de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica (INAOE) – Dept. of Computer
Science<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="mso-ansi-language:ES-MX" lang="ES-MX"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:
115%">About the positions</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">The Department of
Computer Science at INAOE in Puebla, Mexico, invites applications
for 2 two years full-time postdoctoral research assistant
positions in the field of functional optical neuroimaging
interpretation. Initial contract will be short-term according to
institutional internal regulations extensible up to 2 years as the
candidate demonstrate his/her suitability for the position and
maintains his performance and productivity.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">You will be working
under the supervision of Dr. Felipe Orihuela-Espina. You will be
expected to publish in high impact factor journals as well as in
top conferences of the area. You will also be expected to
contribute and help, not only to the project but also to the
research and teaching carried out in the lab and the department in
general. You will also help with PhD student supervision. You
might further be asked to help with administrative tasks related
to this or related projects including but not limited to report
generation and generation of new grant applications. All the
former has to be delivered punctually against tight deadlines.
This description of tasks might not be exhaustive.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">Salary is regulated
by CONACYT’s <a
href="http://www.conacyt.mx/images/conacyt/fondos/sectoriales/Fondos_ManualAdministracionProyectos.pdf">project
administration
manual</a>.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:
115%">About the project</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">Functional near
infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) is an emerging neuroimaging modality
available for understanding brain behaviour for which current
analysis and interpretation methods were often inherited and
adapted from other neuroimaging modalities such as functional
magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). This migration of methods is
never trivial or without compromises. This 3 years $2M MXN project
explores alternative analysis and interpretation algorithms and
techniques specifically developed for fNIRS which can answer
complex questions about cognitive activity while considering and
exploiting fNIRS specific particularities. More specifically,
these positions aim at:</p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst"
style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt; mso-list:l3 level1
lfo1"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:
Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">(i)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times
New Roman""> </span></span></span>(<i
style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><u>Position Key:
fNIRS-2016-01-KR</u></i>) Exploring the use of knowledge
representation techniques as a base for streamlining fNIRS
experimentation, analysis and interpretation. Research tasks
include, but are not limited to, the construction of conceptual
maps defining experimental elements in fNIRS, the proposition of
an initial ontology capturing fNIRS experimentation and the
testing of different reasoning techniques over the ontology.</p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast"
style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt; mso-list:l3 level1
lfo1"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:
Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">(ii)<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>(<i
style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><u>Position Key:
fNIRS-2016-02-IT</u></i>) Exploring the suitability of
information theory metrics for expressing brain connectivity from
fNIRS. Research tasks include, but are not limited to, developing
semi-virtual registration approaches, strong validation proofs,
mathematical development of metrics and pseudometrics for
expressing brain connectivity.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">The solutions
resulting from this project will be evaluated in applications of
surgical neuroergonomics for the study of learning and training of
new surgeons, as well as in virtual rehabilitation for the
observation of neuroplastic changes associated to the therapy
administration.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">To obtain further
details of the project, please check contact details below.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:
115%">About the candidate</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">Applications are
sought in optical neuroimaging analysis and interpretation, with
particular emphasis on the following topics:</p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst"
style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt; mso-list:l2 level1
lfo4"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:
Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">-<span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>Functional
Near Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS)</p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"
style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt; mso-list:l2 level1
lfo4"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:
Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">-<span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>Knowledge
Representation</p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"
style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt; mso-list:l2 level1
lfo4"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:
Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">-<span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>Information
Theory</p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"
style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt; mso-list:l2 level1
lfo4"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:
Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">-<span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>Mathematical
Topology</p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"
style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt; mso-list:l2 level1
lfo4"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:
Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">-<span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>Statistics
and experimental design</p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast"
style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt; mso-list:l2 level1
lfo4"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:
Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">-<span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>Medical
Physics</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">Outstanding
researchers in neuroimaging modalities other than fNIRS, but whose
work is closely related with the current research project will be
also considered.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Requisites</b>:</p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst"
style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt; mso-list:l1 level1
lfo2"><span style="font-family:Symbol;
mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times
New Roman""> </span></span></span>Candidates
must hold a Ph.D. in a relevant discipline (e.g. computer science,
mathematics, statistics, physics, engineering) and have obtained
this no more than 5 years before the starting date of the
appointment.</p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"
style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt; mso-list:l1 level1
lfo2"><span style="font-family:Symbol;
mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times
New Roman""> </span></span></span>You will be
fluent in English. Spanish is welcomed but not strictly necessary.</p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"
style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt; mso-list:l1 level1
lfo2"><span style="font-family:Symbol;
mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times
New Roman""> </span></span></span>You will
have excellent communication skills (oral and written) linked with
an excellent publication record.</p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"
style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt; mso-list:l1 level1
lfo2"><span style="font-family:Symbol;
mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times
New Roman""> </span></span></span>You must
have the potential to do pioneering research and to teach
effectively.</p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"
style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt; mso-list:l1 level1
lfo2"><span style="font-family:Symbol;
mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times
New Roman""> </span></span></span>You will
have outstanding demonstrable coding expertise with numerical and
symbolic packages (preferably Matlab)</p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"
style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt; mso-list:l1 level1
lfo2"><span style="font-family:Symbol;
mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times
New Roman""> </span></span></span>You will
have to be able to carry out research without supervision, and
being able carry out collaborative research.</p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"
style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt; mso-list:l1 level1
lfo2"><span style="font-family:Symbol;
mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times
New Roman""> </span></span></span>You will be
able to deliver quality work following tight project deadlines.</p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"
style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt; mso-list:l1 level1
lfo2"><span style="font-family:Symbol;
mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times
New Roman""> </span></span></span>If not
Mexican, you will need work permit according to Mexican laws. An
conditional invitation letter can be produced upon offering the
job to support your application for work permit.</p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast"
style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt; mso-list:l1 level1
lfo2"><span style="font-family:Symbol;
mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times
New Roman""> </span></span></span>Other
administrative and legal demands may have to be fulfilled to abide
Mexican laws and institutional regulations.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:
115%">About the institution, the department and the laboratory</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">INAOE is one of the
top ranked research institutions in Mexico according to the
international SCIMAGO institutions rankings. Created in 1971
following the research inheritance from the National Observatory
of Astrophysics, INAOE is one of the national network of research
centers from CONACYT.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">The Computer Science
Department at INAOE is one of the leading research departments in
computer science in Mexico with 23 full-time researchers; 95%
recognized by the National Researchers System (SNI) in Mexico and
over 40% on the top levels. We offer Master and PhD degrees and
all our students benefit from a scholarship. The department has 7
strong research groups also called laboratories in robotics,
machine learning, natural language processing, vision, high
performance computing, ubiquitous computing and networks, and the
biosignal and medical applications.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">The biosignal and
medical applications laboratory develops several lines of research
including neuroimaging processing and analysis, affective and
persuasive computing, virtual neurorehabilitation and geomedicine.
It is the proud pioneer in Mexico regarding emotion recognition
from speech which generated the first spin up business from INAOE.
It has recently been granted about $5M MXN infrastructure funds
for strengthening the neuroimaging research line.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:
115%">About the application process</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">To submit your
application, please send by e-mail the following information in
English to the contact below.</p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst"
style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt; mso-list:l0 level1
lfo3"><span style="font-family:Symbol;
mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times
New Roman""> </span></span></span>CV in free
style including academic trajectory and full publication record,
and clear contact e-mail.</p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"
style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt; mso-list:l0 level1
lfo3"><span style="font-family:Symbol;
mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times
New Roman""> </span></span></span>A 5 pg
maximum (11pt) statement explaining why you are the best candidate
for the position and initial solution ideas. Please clearly
indicate the position key (see above) for which you are applying
for.</p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast"
style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt; mso-list:l0 level1
lfo3"><span style="font-family:Symbol;
mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times
New Roman""> </span></span></span>2 reference
letters and the corresponding contact for referees. Please note,
they might be contact for further information about the candidate.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">The application
process might involve one or more interviews, and demonstration of
skills by means of a probatory task. Although we will try to
answer all applications, if you haven’t heard from us within 3
weeks from your submission date please consider that your
application has been unsuccessful.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">The positions are
available as from the 3<sup>rd</sup> of January 2016 but earlier
or later incorporations might be considered. The positions will be
opened until suitable candidates are found.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:
115%">Contact</span></b>:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">For further details
about the project and how to apply and latest updates about the
job offer, please visit:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://ccc.inaoep.mx/%7Ef.orihuela-espina/Src/Jobs.php"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://ccc.inaoep.mx/~f.orihuela-espina/Src/Jobs.php">http://ccc.inaoep.mx/~f.orihuela-espina/Src/Jobs.php</a></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">You will be working
under the supervision of Dr. Felipe Orihuela-Espina.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">e-mail: <a
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:f.orihuela-espina@ccc.inaoep.mx"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:f.orihuela-espina@ccc.inaoep.mx">f.orihuela-espina@ccc.inaoep.mx</a></a>
</p>
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