Subject: [AUDITORY] PhD positions in Slovakia and USA From: Norbert Kopco <000004ac5acbf782-dmarc-request@xxxxxxxx> Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2026 13:21:19 -0400PhD positions are available in Norbert Kopco=E2=80=99s Perception and Cog= nition=20 Lab in the Institute of Computer Science at Safarik University in=20 Kosice, Slovakia, for a Marie Curie EU-funded project on Spatial Audio=20 Virtualization and Gamification for Hearing Assessment and Enhancement=20 (https://pcl.upjs.sk/sav/). This is an international collaborative=20 project, combining psychophysical, neuroimaging and computational=20 methods to study and enhance the hearing abilities. As part of this=20 project, the student would have the opportunity to work on behavioral,=20 neuroimaging, and modeling of spatial and speech perception, and/or on=20 modules for an auditory brain training game, and spend up to 12 months=20 in the US with one or more of the grant collaborators (Erick Gallun at=20 Oregon Health Science University, Aaron Seitz at Northeastern=20 University,=C2=A0 Gin Best at Boston University; see project web=20 https://pcl.upjs.sk/sav/ ). Interested candidates please contact=20 norbert.kopco@xxxxxxxx with a CV and a research statement. Information=20 about PhD student application procedures is available at=20 https://www.upjs.sk/prirodovedecka-fakulta/en/doctoral-studies-admission/= =20 and https://www.upjs.sk/en/faculty-of-science/foreign-students/=20 (deadline is 31 May 2026; flexible). --=20 doc. Norbert Kopco, Ph.D. Univ Professor / Senior Researcher: Inst of Computer Sci, Faculty of Science, Safarik Univ, Kosice, Slovakia Visitor: Brain Game Center, Northeastern U; Hearing Research Center, Bost= on U & Martinos Ctr for Biomed Imaging, Harvard Med School - Mass Gen Hospital norbert.kopco@xxxxxxxx, http://pcl.upjs.sk/noro