ynic-users July 2011

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Colin Blakemore - champagne reception at YNiC
by Tim Andrews 13 Jul '11

13 Jul '11

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/

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Informal imaging workshop, Thursday
by Gary Green 12 Jul '11

12 Jul '11

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.uk https://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

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Re: Found Coat
by bsr505＠york.ac.uk 10 Jul '11

10 Jul '11

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 > >-- >ynic-users mailing list >ynic-users(a)ynic.york.ac.uk >https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/ynic-users >

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Re: Found Coat
by a.morland＠psych.york.ac.uk 09 Jul '11

09 Jul '11

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 -- ynic-users mailing list ynic-users(a)ynic.york.ac.uk https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/ynic-users

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Found Coat
by bsr505＠york.ac.uk 09 Jul '11

09 Jul '11

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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[Fwd: Postdoctoral Research Fellowship - Neural mechanisms of auditory perception]
by Gary Green 08 Jul '11

08 Jul '11

FYI ---------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------- Dr C.J. Sumner MRC Institute of Hearing Research. chris(a)ihr.mrc.ac.uk -- Gary Green

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Thanks for all!
by kanjing＠cs.york.ac.uk 07 Jul '11

07 Jul '11

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 :)

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YNiC seminar today
by Rebecca E Millman 07 Jul '11

07 Jul '11

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

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University Open Day
by Michael Simpson 06 Jul '11

06 Jul '11

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

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[Fwd: PhD scholarships, Heidelberg University]
by Gary Green 06 Jul '11

06 Jul '11

FYI ------------------------ -------- Original Message -------- 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

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