<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><span class="">Hi all,<br class=""> <br class="">Applications for our interdisciplinary Leverhulme Doctoral Scholarship Programme at the University of Sussex, “From Sensation and Perception to Awareness”, for entry in September 2020 are now open.<br class=""><br class="">There are many great projects and you can propose your own but if you're interested in both Machine Learning and Neuroscience then why not come study Active Inference in brains and machines with myself and the venerable Prof Anil K. Seth. See our project description on the website below.<br class=""></span><span class=""><br class=""><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333015441895px;" class="">For this project please inquire at <a href="mailto:c.l.buckley@sussex.ac.uk" class="">c.l.buckley@sussex.ac.uk</a></span><br class=""></span><div class="" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><div class="" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><b class=""> </b></div><div class="" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">FUNDED PHD POSITIONS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX</span></b><span class="" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">The University of Sussex invites applications for PhD studentship awards within its Leverhulme Doctoral Scholarship Programme entitled “<b class="">From Sensation and Perception to Awareness</b>”, directed by Jamie Ward and Anil Seth.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">The prestigious <a href="https://www.findaphd.com/common/clickCount.aspx?theid=3783&type=185&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.sussex.ac.uk%2fsensation" target="_blank" class="" style="color: purple;"><span class="" style="color: black;">Sussex Leverhulme Trust Doctoral Scholarship Programme</span></a> brings together doctoral researchers from different disciplines to advance our understanding of the interactions between sensing, perception, and awareness in humans, animals, and machines. The Programme will support an intake of up to NINE students starting in September 2020. PhD students will be registered within one of the participating schools (Life Sciences, Informatics, Psychology, Media Film & Music, and Brighton and Sussex Medical School).<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">The closing date for applications is January 31st, 2020.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></div><div class="" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">For further details, including how to apply, see…<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><span class="" style="color: black;"><a href="https://www.findaphd.com/phds/program/studentships-available-from-the-university-of-sussex-s-leverhulme-doctoral-scholarship-programme-from-sensation-and-perception-to-awareness/?i356p3783" class="" style="color: purple;">https://www.findaphd.com/phds/program/studentships-available-from-the-university-of-sussex-s-leverhulme-doctoral-scholarship-programme-from-sensation-and-perception-to-awareness/?i356p3783</a></span></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><br class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><br class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;" class="">Dr Christopher L. Buckley</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;" class="">Senior Lecturer in Neural Computation</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;" class="">Evolutionary and Adaptive Systems Group</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;" class="">Sussex Neuroscience</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;" class="">Department of Informatics and Engineering</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;" class="">University of Sussex</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;" class="">Falmer</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;" class="">Brighton, UK</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;" class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333015441895px;" class=""><a href="mailto:c.l.buckley@sussex.ac.uk" class="">c.l.buckley@sussex.ac.uk</a></span></div></div></body></html>