Dear All,
Professor Colin Blakemore FRS will be receiving an honorary degree from the
University tomorrow (Thursday). Some of us have been directly influenced by
Colin's research, but many of you will be more aware of Colin's contribution
to the public understanding of science
http://www.neuroscience.ox.ac.uk/directory/colin-blakemore. To recognize
Colin's achievements, the Department will be holding a champagne reception
at YNiC around 3.20-3.30 tomorrow in the open plan area. There are a few of
us who know Colin well and we will say a few words about him. Quentin will
then say a few words about Colin's contribution to the MRC and his role more
generally in communicating the importance of science to the public.
You are all welcome to come to this event. It is only for a short time, so
please try and come if you can. It would also be great to see some younger
faces. If you are intending on coming, can you please email Claire Fox at
YNiC.
Best wishes,
Tim
--
Dr Tim Andrews
Department of Psychology
University of York
York, YO10 5DD
UK
Tel: 44-1904-434356
Fax: 44-1904-433181
http://www-users.york.ac.uk/~ta505/
Dear Colleagues
Many thanks to those of you who have volunteered or have been
volunteered to speak at the imaging workshop on Thursday morning.
The draft programme is
Imaging Workshop Thursday 14th July 2011
Venables Room, Department of Psychology
Start 9.30am
Piers Cornelissen and Katie Wheat
Padraig Kitterick
Sylvia Gennari and Gina Humphreys
Garreth Prendergast and Mark Hymers
Coffee 11am - 11.20am
Simon Duckett and Gary Green
Tony Morland, Ed Silson and Ivan Alvarez
Tim Andrews, Heidi Baseler, Rich Harris and Giulia Mattavelli
Lunch 1pm
So each team have about 15-20 minutes to present followed by questions
If you have not told Claire that you wish to have lunch please can you
do so today as we need to let the caterers know the final figures by the
end of the day.
Gary
--
Gary Green
York Neuroimaging Centre
The Biocentre
York Science Park
Innovation Way
Heslington
York
YO10 5DG
http://www.ynic.york.ac.ukhttps://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/about-us/people/ggrg
tel. +44 (0) 1904 435349
PA - Claire Fox : +44 (0) 1904 435329 or Claire.Fox(a)ynic.york.ac.uk
fax +44 (0) 1904 435356
mobile +44 (0) 788 191 3004
I resisted the temptation to make any accusations....
> Err, with it being xl, I think there's only one candidate owner of that
> coat.......
>
>Sent from my HTC
>
>----- Reply message -----
>From: bsr505(a)york.ac.uk
>To: <ynic-users(a)ynic.york.ac.uk>
>Subject: Found Coat
>Date: Sat, Jul 9, 2011 19:24
>
>
>Dear all,
>
> After the humiliating (given the vastly superior resources at our
> disposal) defeat by the lectures/PhD students of the MSc students, I
> picked up a coat that was left in the pub (The Phoenix). It is a black XL
> Altura lightweight rain coat. If it is anyone's please email me back and
> I will get it back to you.
>
>Best,
>
>Bruce Rawlings
>
>--
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>ynic-users(a)ynic.york.ac.uk
>https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/ynic-users
>
Err, with it being xl, I think there's only one candidate owner of that coat.......
Sent from my HTC
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From: bsr505(a)york.ac.uk
To: <ynic-users(a)ynic.york.ac.uk>
Subject: Found Coat
Date: Sat, Jul 9, 2011 19:24
Dear all,
After the humiliating (given the vastly superior resources at our disposal)
defeat by the lectures/PhD students of the MSc students, I picked up a coat
that was left in the pub (The Phoenix). It is a black XL Altura lightweight
rain coat. If it is anyone's please email me back and I will get it back to
you.
Best,
Bruce Rawlings
--
ynic-users mailing list
ynic-users(a)ynic.york.ac.uk
https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/ynic-users
Dear all,
After the humiliating (given the vastly superior resources at our disposal)
defeat by the lectures/PhD students of the MSc students, I picked up a coat
that was left in the pub (The Phoenix). It is a black XL Altura lightweight
rain coat. If it is anyone's please email me back and I will get it back to
you.
Best,
Bruce Rawlings
FYI
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Postdoctoral Research Fellowship -- Neural mechanisms of auditory perception
MRC Institute of Hearing Research -- Nottingham
A three year postdoctoral (career development) fellowship is now
available to study cortical responses to sound and their relationship to
auditory perception. This will involve combining neurophysiology and
behavioural methods to record neuronal responses in alert animals that
are actively listening and responding to sounds.
Salary commencing: £26,022 - £31,758
Closing date: 21 July 2011
Ref: IRC 24333
For further details please visit
www.ihr.mrc.ac.uk/vacancies<http://www.ihr.mrc.ac.uk/vacancies
<http://www.ihr.mrc.ac.uk/vacancies%3chttp:/www.ihr.mrc.ac.uk/vacancies>>
Applications are handled by the RCUK Shared Services Centre; to apply
please visit our job board https://ext.ssc.rcuk.ac.uk and complete an
online application form. Applicants who would like to receive this
advert in an alternative format (e.g. large print, Braille, audio or
hard copy) or who are unable to apply online should contact us by
telephone on 01793 867003, quoting reference number IRC 23444.
The MRC is an Equal Opportunities Employer
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Dr C.J. Sumner
MRC Institute of Hearing Research.
chris(a)ihr.mrc.ac.uk
--
Gary Green
Dear All,
Thanks for all the kind help and advice you give me during my PHD study
years! I really appreciate it! I cannot do it without your help!
I left some chocolate on the table outside of Gary's office, please help
yourself to enjoy it!
Best regards,
Jing :)
Dear Users
Today (4-5 pm) there will be a project proposal presentation given
by Rich Harris. The title of Rich's talk is "The neural representation of
perceived changes in facial expression". Please see below for the talk
abstract.
Everyone is welcome to attend and refreshments will be provided.
Best wishes
Rebecca
Abstract:
How the brain represents different aspects of faces remains controversial.
This experiment will present participants with stimuli drawn from morphed
continua between two different emotional facial expressions. In paired
presentations, a second face could: (1) be identical to the first; (2) share
the perceived expression category but differ physically along the morphed
continuum (within-expression change); (3) differ physically by the same
distance along the continuum but in a direction that leads participants to
classify the face pairs as showing expressions of different basic emotions
(between-expression change). Using an fMR-adaptation paradigm, our aim is to
reveal regions of the brain whose activity corresponds to our sensitivity to
changes in facial expression.
--
Dr. Rebecca E. Millman
York Neuroimaging Centre
The Biocentre
York Science Park
York
YO10 5DG
Email: rem(a)ynic.york.ac.uk
Tel: 01904 435 5373
Dear all,
as most of you will know, it is the University Open day today. We will
be having visits in YNiC from 11.30 until 15.00. YNiC Open Plan will
still be available, however, the presentation area in particular, will
be busier than usual.
Thanks,
Michael
--
Dr Michael Simpson
Science Liaison Officer
York Neuroimaging Centre
Innovation Way
York
YO10 5DG
Tel: 01904 567614
Web: http://www.ynic.york.ac.uk
FYI
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Subject: PhD scholarships, Heidelberg University
Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2011 22:37:26 +0200
From: Sebastian Padó <pado(a)cl.uni-heidelberg.de>
Reply-To: Sebastian Padó <pado(a)cl.uni-heidelberg.de>
To: researchers(a)pascal-network.org
5 PhD scholarships in Computational Linguistics: "Semantics beyond the
sentence" (Date: July 5th 2011, Deadline: July 31st)
We are soliciting applications for 5 PhD scholarships (EUR 1310 per
month, tax-free) within the research initiative "Coherence in Language
Processing: Semantics Beyond the Sentence". They are associated with
the Graduate Program "Semantic Processing", jointly organized by the
Computational Linguistics Department (ICL) at Heidelberg University
[1] and the NLP Group at HITS gGmbH [2] in Heidelberg, Germany. The
scholarships are available from October 1st, 2011, and will run three
years (dependent on positive evaluations after the first and second
years).
The goal of the research initiative "Coherence in Language Processing:
Semantics Beyond the Sentence" is to investigate computational models
of semantic phenomena at the discourse level by (a) analysing semantic
phenomena at the discourse level and represent them; (b) using these
representatons to improve semantic analysis; (c) evaluating (a) and
(b) in NLP applications, including SMT. See [3] for details.
Candidates should have a strong background in computational
linguistics and possess a Masters or a Diploma degree in either
Computational Linguistics or Computer Science/Linguistics with a
specialization in Natural Language Processing. Experience with machine
learning, corpus-based methods and statistics is a plus. Strong
programming skills (Java, C++, or Python) are required.
Scholarship holders will become members of the graduate program
"Semantic Processing" [4]. They will participate in a PhD colloquium
and may attend lectures at the university and the Heidelberg Graduate
School "MathComp" [5]. The graduate program provides a lively research
environment with about ten PhD students already
enrolled. Interdisciplinary research links exist to computer science,
linguistics, and other disciplines.
Applications should include a research statement indicating the
candidates' interests and plans (which should fall into the area
outlined above), university transcripts and a CV. They should also
indicate a preference for a primary supervisor matching their plans
(Anette Frank, Sebastian Pado, Stefan Riezler, Michael Strube). For
more details, see the links below.
Please send your application, including all documents, as a single PDF
file before **July 31st 2011** to:
Anke Sopka & Corinna Schwarz
Sekretariat Computerlinguistik
sekretariat(a)cl.uni-heidelberg.de
Questions should be sent to Sebastian Pado, pado(a)cl.uni-heidelberg.de
Links:
[1] ICL (http://www.cl.uni-heidelberg.de)
[2] HITS (http://www.h-its.org/nlp)
[3] Research Initiative Discourse Semantics
http://semproc.cl.uni-heidelberg.de/discourse-semantics/
[4] Graduate Program Semantic Processing
http://semproc.cl.uni-heidelberg.de
[5] Heidelberg Graduate School in Mathematical
and Computational Methods for the Sciences
http://www.mathcomp.uni-heidelberg.de/
--
Sebastian Pado pado(a)cl.uni-heidelberg.de
Institut für Computerlinguistik www.cl.uni-heidelberg.de/~pado
Universität Heidelberg Tel. 06221 - 54 3591
Im Neuenheimer Feld 325, 69120 HD Fax 06221 - 54 3242
--
Gary Green
