PhD position on Dolphin Social Cognition Dept of Cognitive Science, UC San Diego Applications for position beginning Fall 2014 are due December 2, 2013. This research involves audio and video analysis of social interactions in captive bottlenose dolphins. Our goals include gaining a better understanding of the social use of vocalization and gesture in these animals, and the role that monitoring and manipulating social attention plays in their daily lives. Qualifications for potential candidates include some subset of the following: * Background in observational studies of behavior, especially the micro-analysis of video * Working knowledge of “distributed cognition” (e.g. Hutchins 1995; 2001, Johnson 2001, 2010; Hutchins & Johnson 2009 - see refs below) * Experience with Computer Vision techniques * Programming skills (e.g. in “C”, “Python”, or equivalent) * Familiarity with Information Dynamics measures (such as "mutual information", "integration", and complexity" - see Lungarella et al, 2005) Interested parties should contact Dr. Christine Johnson, Dept of Cognitive Science, UC San Diego, at johnson@cogsci.ucsd.edu for further details. Hutchins, E. (1995) Cognition in the Wild. MIT Press. Hutchins, E. (2001) Distributed cognition. International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences. 2068-2072. Elsevier Science Ltd. Hutchins, E. & Johnson, C.M. (2009) Modeling the emergence of language as an embodied collective cognitive activity. Topics in Cognitive Science, 1: 523-546. Johnson, C.M. (2001) Distributed primate cognition: A review. Animal Cognition, 3: 167-183. Johnson, C.M. (2010). Observing cognitive complexity in primates and cetaceans. International Journal of Comparative Psychology, 23: 587-624. Lungarella, M., Pegors, T., Bullwinkle, D., & Sporns, O. (2005) Methods for quantifying the informational structure of sensory and motor data. Neuroinformatics, 1539-2791/05/243–262.