March 2016 - Comp-neuro - lists.cnsorg.org

Ph.D. and PostDoctoral positions on Secure and Fault-Tolerant Implants (2nd call)

by C. Strydis

** Apologies if you receive multiple copies ** Dear colleagues, This is the 2nd call for new job postings in the field of secure and fault-tolerant implants: Our Neural Computing & Implants Lab (www.erasmusbrainproject.nl) of the Neuroscience Department of the Erasmus Medical Center, the Netherlands, is conducting research on next-generation implantable medical devices (IMDs). IMDs are resource-constrained embedded systems with unique functional and quality requirements. The overall objective of the research performed is to deliver techniques at the implant architecture, compiler, system and communication level for achieving by-design IMD security, privacy and fault tolerance. The selected candidates are expected to work on one or more of these intertwining subjects. This research will be part of the SHARCS Horizon 2020 EU-funded project (www.sharcs-project.eu) Collaborative partners are the Delft University of Technology, the Chalmers University of Technology and the National Technical University of Athens. The research group has a solid track record in contributing to design principles of high-performance and low-power embedded computing systems. Erasmus MC is a partner in the HiPEAC European Network of Excellence and an official collaborator in the H2020 Flagship: Human Brain Project (HBP - www.humanbrainproject.eu) Where HBP works on fully simulating the cerebral cortex, Erasmus MC is adding in accurate simulations of the cerebellar cortex. For more details please check the posting here: https://www.hipeac.net/jobs/9013/one-phd-position-and-one-postdoctoral-posi… We would appreciate if you could further disseminate our postings. Kind regards, Christos Strydis -- ============================== Christos Strydis, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Neuroscience Department Erasmus Medical Center Wytemaweg 80 (12th floor) Office Ee1210a 3015 CN Rotterdam Tel: +31 - 10 - 70 - 43294 Fax: +31 - 10 - 70 - 44734 E-mail: C.Strydis(a)erasmusmc.nl Web: www.erasmusbrainproject.com/index.php/strydis ==============================

March 13, 2016

Ph.D. and PostDoctoral positions on, High-Performance Brain Simulations (2nd call)

by C. Strydis

** Apologies if you receive multiple copies ** Dear colleagues, This is the 2nd call for new job postings in the field of High-Performance Brain Simulations: Our Neural Computing & Implants Lab group (www.erasmusbrainproject.nl) of the Neuroscience Department of the Erasmus Medical Center, the Netherlands, is conducting research on high-performance, large-scale simulations of the human cerebellum. Depending on the neuronal-network size and the modeling accuracy desired, brain-model simulations can rapidly grow to be become exascale order-of-magnitude applications for HPC platforms. By capitalizing on the long-standing expertise and track record of the Neuroscience Department, the overall objective of the research performed is dual: to re-construct in hardware (''in silico'') the human cerebellar cortex and -- in the process -- to develop novel tools for the automatic, seamless and fast simulation of any brain-model ensembles on popular HPC platforms, such as FPGAs, NVidia GP-GPUs, Intel Xeon Phis and Maxeler Dataflow Engines. The selected candidates are expected to work on these topics. This research will be part of the VINEYARD Horizon 2020 EU-funded project (www.vineyard-h2020.eu) Erasmus MC is a partner in the HiPEAC European Network of Excellence and an official collaborator in the H2020 Flagship: Human Brain Project (HBP - www.humanbrainproject.eu) Where HBP works on fully simulating the cerebral cortex, Erasmus MC is adding in accurate simulations of the cerebellar cortex. Collaborative partners are the Delft University of Technology, the Chalmers University of Technology and the National Technical University of Athens. For more details please check the posting here: https://www.hipeac.net/jobs/9011/one-phd-position-and-one-postdoctoral-posi… We would appreciate if you could further disseminate our postings. Kind regards, Christos Strydis -- ============================== Christos Strydis, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Neuroscience Department Erasmus Medical Center Wytemaweg 80 (12th floor) Office Ee1210a 3015 CN Rotterdam Tel: +31 - 10 - 70 - 43294 Fax: +31 - 10 - 70 - 44734 E-mail: C.Strydis(a)erasmusmc.nl Web: www.erasmusbrainproject.com/index.php/strydis ==============================

March 13, 2016

Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU), Summer 2016

by Alexey Kuznetsov

The Department of Mathematical Sciences at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis is currently recruiting students for a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) titled, "IUPUI REU Program in mathematics with applications to medical sciences, biophysics, and inverse problems." Eight undergraduate students will be accepted into the NSF-funded program for Summer 2016. Students may submit applications at the following website: math.iupui.edu/reu. -- Alexey Kuznetsov Associate Professor Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, IUPUI Science Building, LD 270, 402 N. Blackford St., Indianapolis, IN

March 11, 2016

[visum2016] Summer School :: (last) Call for participation!

by Ricardo Sousa

Call for Participation 4th VISion Understanding and Machine intelligence summer school Porto, Portugal 7-14 July, 2016 http://www.fe.up.pt/visum/ |Facebook: http://goo.gl/FbVNtq We invite everyone with interests in computer vision to attend the 4th *VISion Understanding and Machine intelligence summer school, *at ATMOSFERA M in Porto, Portugal. At visum you can find an expert multicultural environment, aiming to foster junior researchers’ awareness of computer vision topics, as well as to enhance all attendees’ knowledge regarding the state of the art, provided by leading international experts on the field. Being an area of great potential in industrial applications with a strong increase in the number of researchers in these last years, *visum* summer school will be an incredible opportunity. Important Dates Application March, 21 Notification of Acceptance March, 25 Early Registration April, 22 Late Registration May, 13 Scholarships *In partnership with APRP, we will provide a grant that covers the registration for an APRP member. Grant will be given according to the relevance of the applicant’s CV. Visum will comprise three main tracks 1. Fundamental subjects 2. Examples of computer vision applications 3. Industrial session Each one with extensive practical “hands-on” sessions *Topics* Biometrics Julian Fierrez Universidad Autónoma de Madrid ES Structure From Motion João Paulo Costeira Instituto Superior Técnico PT Document Image Analysis Alicia Fornes Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona ES Human Activity Hatice Gunes University of Cambridge UK Deep Learning Dan Ciresan Dalle Molle Institute for Artificial Intelligence CH Modelling and Simulation Mauricio Reyes University of Bern CH *Applications* To be announced Industry Track EyeSee Follow Inspiration Movvo Venue visum will take place at ATMOSFERA M, Rua Júlio Dinis, nº 158/160, Porto, Portugal. Location visum will take place in Porto, Portugal’s second-largest city, European Best Destination 2012 and Lonely Planet’s top 10 for 2013. Here, you can find famous baroque style monuments, the worldwide known Port Wine cellars, always having the World Heritage Douro River as the background of this youthful, active and charming city. visum’s program includes social activities. Please visit our webpage for up to date information: http://www.fe.up.pt/visum/. We are looking forward for your participation! *visum organising committee* Ana Rebelo, INESC TEC, Universidade do Porto Eduardo M. Pereira, INESC TEC, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto Hélder P. Oliveira, INESC TEC, Universidade do Porto Kelwin Fernandes, INESC TEC, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto Luís F. Teixeira, INESC TEC, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto Pedro Ferreira, INESC TEC, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto Tiago Esteves, INEB, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto *Follow us on:* Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/visum/402527539813446 Google+: https://plus.google.com/104076275960053201744/posts Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/visumschool __ Ricardo Sousa, PhDhttp://rsousa.orghttps://www.linkedin.com/in/rsousa email: rsousa _at_ rsousa.org

March 10, 2016

CoSMo 2016 - FREE participation!

by Gunnar Blohm

It is our pleasure to announce that thanks to external funding from NIH and Brain Canada, *CoSMo 2016 attendance will be free of charge*! In addition, a limited number of travel scholarships will be available. *Application deadline: Apr 11, 2016* For more information and to apply, please go to <http://www.compneurosci.com/CoSMo/>http://www.compneurosci.com/CoSMo/ Scholarship information and the application form can be found here: http://www.compneurosci.com/CoSMo/application.html Best, Gunnar Blohm, Paul Schrater, and Konrad Körding -- ------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Gunnar BLOHM Associate Professor in Computational Neuroscience Association for Canadian Neuroinformatics and Computational Neuroscience (CNCN) Centre for Neuroscience Studies, Departments of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Mathematics & Statistics, and Psychology, School of Computing, and Canadian Action and Perception Network (CAPnet) Queen’s University 18, Stuart Street Kingston, Ontario, Canada, K7L 3N6 Tel: (613) 533-3385 Fax: (613) 533-6840 Email: Gunnar.Blohm(a)QueensU.ca Web: http://www.compneurosci.com/

March 10, 2016

NeuroMorpho.Org v6.3 released March 4th, 2016

by NeuroMorpho Administrator

Dear colleagues, We're pleased to announce the March 4, 2016 release of Version 6.3 of NeuroMorpho.Org<http://neuromorpho.org/>, including 3638 additional reconstructions from 54 new datasets. The number of contributing laboratories now exceeds 200! The repository provides access to 37,712 neurons from 35 species and over 40 brain regions. More than 5 million reconstructions were downloaded to date, summing up to approximately 30 km of neurite cable. Please visit the What's new page<http://neuromorpho.org/WIN.jsp> for details on the added data and other updates. The literature coverage database was also updated to include publications through February 2016. We are continuously grateful to all the data contributors<http://neuromorpho.org/acknowl.jsp#DC> who freely share their hard-won tracings with the community. We appreciate any and all feedback and comments. Our apologies if you receive multiple versions of this message through x-listing. Sincerely, The NeuroMorpho.Org team<http://neuromorpho.org/acknowl.jsp#NMO> Posted by: ---------------- Giorgio Ascoli<http://krasnow1.gmu.edu/cn3/ascoli>, PhD University Professor Director, Center for Neural Informatics, Structure, & Plasticity<http://krasnow1.gmu.edu/cn3> Molecular Neuroscience Dept.<http://neuroscience.gmu.edu/>, Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study<http://krasnow1.gmu.edu/> MS2A1 - George Mason University<http://gmu.edu/>, Fairfax, VA 22030-4444 Ph. +1(703)993-4383/+1(703)673-8894 Author of "Trees of the Brain, Roots of the Mind<http://www.amazon.com/Trees-Brain-Roots-Giorgio-Ascoli/dp/0262028980/>" (MIT Press, 2015<http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/trees-brain-roots-mind>) Founding Editor-in-Chief, Neuroinformatics<http://link.springer.com/journal/12021>

March 10, 2016

summer internship at Siemens Healthcare (Princeton, NJ)

by Francisco Pereira

Our team at Medical Imaging Technologies, Siemens Healthcare, in Princeton NJ, has a summer intern position, working in a project investigating the representation of semantic information in the brain and how it is used in language. Our goal is to build a computational model of the process of sentence comprehension in a text passage, using text corpora and other linguistic resources, and validate it using behavioral and brain imaging data. The main role of the intern will be to help in developing and implementing methods to extract information from text corpora, as well as models for emulating human performance on a variety of benchmark psychological tests. Examples of tasks you might be asked to do: - generate distributed semantic representations for words/concepts, sentences and passages - extract and combine structured information from text corpora or resources such as WordNet, FrameNet and various knowledge bases - prepare and process text corpora (parse, convert to other formats, etc) - implement evaluation tasks to benchmark the models developed It is an unusual position in that you would be doing machine learning tasks to further cognitive neuroscience goals, gaining experience in both areas. In addition to the core research, we will also be delivering a system to the funding agency; hence, this is a fast-paced project with multiple opportunities for publication. This work is being carried out in collaboration with researchers at MIT, MGH and Princeton University and funded by the IARPA Knowledge Representation in Neural Systems program ( http://www.iarpa.gov/index.php/research-programs/krns ). Requirements: - current student in a graduate program in Computer Science/Electrical Engineering/Machine Learning - experience developing software in MATLAB, Python or Perl - experience in Computational Linguistics and NLP tasks (e.g. using frameworks such as CoreNLP or NLTK) - availability for at least 3 months (a longer period is possible, and the timeline is flexible) If interested, please send your resume to francisco-pereira(a)siemens.com (your email can serve as a cover letter, if there is anything you would like to elaborate on). thank you! Francisco

March 10, 2016

PhD position Mainz, Germany

by Matthias Kaschube

On behalf of Simon Rumpel, University Mainz: 3yr Graduate studentship position Long-term dynamics of sound-evoked activity patterns in mouse auditory cortex University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany A graduate student position is available in the Systemic Neurophysiology Research Group at the University Medical Center of the Johannes-Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany. The research group of Simon Rumpel is interested in understanding neuronal mechanisms of auditory perception and memory. Combining behavioral training and chronic in vivo two-photon imaging techniques in mice, we have monitored the dynamics of individual synaptic connections (e.g. Moczulska et al., 2013, PNAS; Loewenstein et al., 2015, J. Neurosci.) and analyzed how sounds are encoded in neuronal populations in the neocortex (Bathellier et al., 2012, Neuron). We are looking for a highly motivated individual with a strong interest in learning a variety of experimental and theoretical approaches to solve complex biological problems. The focus of the project is on the establishment and application of chronic imaging of sound-evoked activity patterns in transgenic mouse lines at the mesoscopic scale. This involves in-depth training in physiology, imaging methodology and data analysis. This project is part of an ongoing collaboration with Matthias Kaschube’s computational neuroscience group at the FIAS in Frankfurt and is ideally suited for a person with a background in physics or a related discipline interested to move into the neurosciences. The starting date is September 2016 or later. The applicant should have a master’s degree or diploma at the time of admission, have excellent communication skills, and should be interested in working in a collaborative and international environment. In-depth knowledge in programming (e.g. Matlab) and hardware control is a requirement and previous experience in imaging or neuroscience would be beneficial. · We offer a highly interactive environment with state-of-the-art research facilities and equipment. · The student will be embedded in the Focus Program in Translational Neurosciences (FTN) of the Mainz Neuroscience community (http://www.ftn.uni-mainz.de/eng/index.php <http://www.ftn.uni-mainz.de/eng/index.php>). For further information, or to apply, please contact Prof. Simon Rumpel ( <mailto:sirumpel@uni-mainz.de>sirumpel(a)uni-mainz.de <mailto:sirumpel@uni-mainz.de>). Applications should include a motivation letter including research interests, the CV and email addresses of 1-2 referees. Application deadline is April 30th 2016 -- Prof. Dr. Simon Rumpel Working Group Systemic Neurophysiology Institute of Physiology Focus Program Translational Neurosciences (FTN) University Medical Center Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz Hanns-Dieter-Hüsch Weg 19 55128 Mainz, Germany Tel: +49 (0) 6131 39-27355 E-Mail: sirumpel(a)uni-mainz.de <mailto:sirumpel@uni-mainz.de>

March 10, 2016

Recent advances in recurrent network theory workshop at MPI-DS (May 25 - 27)

by farzad

March 9, 2016

[UKCI 2016] Call for Papers

by Teng Teck Hou

[Apologies for the cross-postings] ########################################################### CALL FOR PAPERS The 16th Annual UK Workshop on Computational Intelligence, UKCI-2016 September 7-9, 2016, Lancaster, United Kingdom http://wp.lancs.ac.uk/ukci2016/ ########################################################### The 16th Annual UK Workshop on Computational Intelligence, UKCI-2016 this year is being hosted by Lancaster University. UKCI is the premier UK event for presenting leading research on all aspects of Computational Intelligence. The aim of this Workshop is to provide a forum for the academic community and industry to share ideas about developing and using Computational Intelligence (CI) techniques, the new trends and to exchange views and ideas. CI is a rapidly expanding research field, attracting a large number of scientists, engineers and practitioners working in areas such as fuzzy systems, neural networks, evolutionary computation, evolving systems and machine learning. A growing number of companies are employing CI techniques to improve previous solutions and to deal with new problems. These include evolving systems that allow high performance in spite of changes which are either external or internal to the system, thereby increasing the re-usability of developed systems. This also include smart, intelligent and autonomous systems, self-learning, self-adapting, self-calibrating and self-tuning. UKCI-2016 will take place in Lancaster House Hotel, located conveniently within the campus of Lancaster University, few miles from the city centre including Lancaster Castle. The city offers excellent transport links, with easy access to the M6, railway station and ferry links. Beyond the array of activities within the city, Lancaster is close to Britain’s premier tourist area – Lake District, and is home to theatres, museums, Ashton Memorial and Williamson park. #################### Important dates ##################### - Special Session proposals: March 20th, 2016 - Submission of Abstracts: March 20th, 2016 - Paper submission: April 1st, 2016 - Notification of paper acceptance: June 15th, 2016 - Camera-ready submission: July 15th, 2016 ########################################################## #################### Plenary speakers #################### - Jose Principe, Distinguished Professor, University Of Florida, USA - Trevor Martin, Bristol University and Senior Researcher, British Telecom, UK - Xin Yao, School of Computer Science, University of Birmingham, UK - Stephen Fubrer, School of Computer Science, University of Manchester, UK ########################################################## #################### Organizing committees ############### * Honorary Chair - Prof. Janusz Kacprzyk, Fellow Polish Academy of Sciences * General Chair - Prof. Plamen Angelov, Lancaster University * Programme Chairs - Prof. Qiang Shen, Aberystwyth University - Prof. Chrisina Jane, Robert Gordon University * Publication Chair - Dr. Alexander Gegov, Portsmouth University * International Liaison - Ms Azliza Mohd Ali, Lancaster University * Finance Chair - Ms Carol Airey, Lancaster University * Local Organisation Chairs - Dr. John Mariani, Lancaster University - Mr Richard Gnosill, Lancaster University * Publicity Chair - Dr. Teng Teck Hou, Singapore Management University * Awards Chair - Prof. Araceli Sanchis de Miguel, Carlos III University, Spain * Special Session Chair - Prof. Ahmad Lotfi, Nottingham Trent University - Dr. Xiao Jun Zeng, Manchester University ########################################################## ############# Paper Submission and Publication ########### * Papers for UKCI 2016 should be submitted electronically through the Conference website at http://wp.lancs.ac.uk/ukci2016/call-for-papers/, and will be refereed by experts in the fields and ranked based on the criteria of originality, significance, quality and clarity. * Selected papers will be considered for publication, following substantial extension, in a Special Issue of the Soft Computing Journal (Springer). ########################################################## #################### Awards ############################## * A best regular paper and a best student paper will be selected for this award * This best paper award consists of a plaque and a €200 honorarium * The best paper awards are sponsored by Springer ########################################################## ###### Topics and Areas include, but not limited to ###### Topics of interest include (but are not limited to) * Computational intelligence methodology * Computational intelligence for big data * Making Sense from Data (streams) * Knowledge representation * Fuzzy logic, fuzzy systems, approximate reasoning; * New Machine Learning Methodologies * Artificial Neural Networks * Evolutionary computation, swarm intelligence, artificial immune systems, memetic computing, Nature-inspired computing * New and emerging computational intelligence approaches from hybrid learning and systems, molecular and quantum computing * Software agents and multi-agent systems, intelligent control * Intelligent Video Analytics * Applications of computational intelligence techniques in engineering, healthcare, finances, (cyber)security, signal, image and video processing ########################################################## #################### Call for Special Session Proposals ######################### * UKCI-2016 will retain its traditional format of a single track with special sessions on selected “hot” topics. * Please email proposals for special sessions to ukci2016(a)lancaster.ac.uk by 20th March 2016 ########################################################## #################### Co-Sponsors ######################### * Springer * Department of Engineering and the School of Computing and Communications, Lancaster University ##########################################################

March 9, 2016