Re: Hearing Science Research Position in New York City

[Peter Lennox <P.Lennox@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

"BrainMedia leads the world in compression technologies that leverage
neurophysiological models of the human brain for unparalleled quality"

Is previous experience of the development of novel syntactical configurations and solutions 'desirable' or 'essential'?
regards
ppl

Dr. Peter Lennox
S.P.A.R.G.
Signal Processing Applications Research Group
University of Derby
http://sparg.derby.ac.uk  
Int. tel: 3155
>>> David Goldberg <dgoldberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 03/27/08 1:50 PM >>>
Job Title: Research Scientist (Hearing Neuroscience)

Location: New York City

The Company: 

BrainMedia is an innovation-centric high-tech company serving the global
needs of the wireless multimedia industry. We specialize in patented and
standards-based systems for producing and delivering large scale content
to a mass audience on wireless devices such as cell phones. BrainMedia
leads the world in compression technologies that leverage
neurophysiological models of the human brain for unparalleled quality.
Manhattan-based BrainMedia invites you to join our world-class team of
researchers, developers, and emerging market experts. 

Job Description:

Full-time position in the Research Group - primary responsibilities
include researching and developing novel neurophysiologically-based
models of perception used in our proprietary audio coding algorithms, as
well as participating on multimedia signal processing projects. Duties
will include independent research in addition to collaborating with a
multi-disciplinary team of researchers with the common goal of advancing
the technology edge of audio coding.

Qualifications:

Educational Requirements: 

-Ph.D. in science with emphasis in computational neurophysiology,
psychophysics, and hearing physiology. 

-Academic or professional background in signal processing, detection
theory, probability theory, and information theory. 

-Exposure to auditory perceptual models and audio codec algorithms is
desirable.

Experience Requirements: 

-Three to five years experience in neurophysiological and psychoacoustic
models.

-Proficiency in Windows C / C++ and Matlab programming environments is
desirable. 

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