November 2018 - Comp-neuro - lists.cnsorg.org

Re: [Comp-neuro] PhD Studentship in Computational Neuroscience
by Dimitris Pinotsis Nov. 9, 2018

Nov. 9, 2018

The School of Psychology at City, University of London, is offering * one full-time, three-year doctoral studentship for 2019/20 entry*. Applications are invited from exceptional UK, EU, and international graduates wishing to pursue cutting-edge research in the following areas of Neuroscience and Psychology: *Autism Spectrum Disorders, Cognitive Neuroscience, Computational Neuroscience, Brain Imaging, Computational Psychiatry, Decision Making, Behavioral Economics, Counselling, Health and Organizational Psychology. * For information on how to apply for the studentships, please go to https://www.city.ac.uk/courses/research-degrees/psychology *Closing date: 23.59 on 20th January 2019* For any enquiries, please email SASS-enquiries(a)city.ac.uk We encourage potential applicants to contact prospective supervisors to discuss possible research projects prior to submitting an application. For further details about the psychology department please go to https://www.city.ac.uk/arts-social-sciences/psychology#unit=research where you will find information about research groups and individual staff interests. Full information about all our doctoral studentships can be found at: https://www.city.ac.uk/study/fees-and-funding/scholarships-and-bursaries/sa… *What is Offered* · An annual bursary at the prevailing ESRC rate (£16,777 in 2018/19) · A full tuition-fee waiver for UK and EU students. Applications from overseas applicants are welcome, but the applicant must make appropriate arrangements to cover the difference between the overseas and UK tuition fee. · Further funds to support research expenses (up to £1000 over three years) As part of our commitment to doctoral student training, you will also be eligible for appointment as a Graduate Teaching Assistant and are likely to be offered teaching-related duties within your department (to a maximum of 150 hours each year). This work will be paid in full. *Eligibility* The studentships will be awarded on the basis of outstanding academic achievement and the potential to produce cutting-edge research. · Applicants must hold at least a 2.1 honours degree and a merit-level Master’s degree in a relevant subject (or international equivalent) · Applicants whose first language is not English must have achieved at least 7.0 in IELTS or a recognised equivalent · Applicants must not be currently registered as a doctoral student at City, University of London, or any other academic institution <SASS-enquiries(a)city.ac.uk>

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PhD Projects - ARC Training Centre in Cognitive Computing for Medical Technologies
by David Grayden Nov. 7, 2018

Nov. 7, 2018

Current PhD Project Openings at the ARC Training Centre in Cognitive Computing for Medical Technologies We are seeking Expressions of Interest from potential Graduate Researchers to work on the following PhD projects in Australia. These project are embedded within the Centre, where up to 14 PhD students, 5 post-doctoral researchers, and 11 University of Melbourne staff will collaborate across 4 research streams with researchers at IBM Research and a number of Australian Universities, including The University of Melbourne, RMIT University, the University of South Australia, and Western Sydney University. Each student will be jointly supervised by Universities and IBM Research and will spend at least 12 months of their candidature working on site at an IBM Research laboratory. These positions are supported by a scholarship and a supplemented living stipend of A$34,848 per annum. Projects available: 1. Context-specific clinical decision support leveraging clinical practice guidelines 2. Multi-document summarisation supporting clinical evidence review 3. Seizure forecasting using neural networks 4. Deep learning for fitting neural mass models to EEG 5. Brain-computer interfaces for low-powered mobile/wearable devices 6. Multimodal brain-computer interfaces for augmented reality and virtual reality applications If interested, please visit: http://aimedtech.org.au/phd-openings.html Regards, David Professor David B. Grayden Head of Department Dept of Biomedical Engineering Melbourne School of Engineering The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010 Australia http://www.bme.unimelb.edu.au | https://www.linkedin.com/in/dgrayden [cid:image001.jpg@01D1F264.94C20650] This email and any attachments may contain personal information or information that is otherwise confidential or the subject of copyright. Any use, disclosure or copying of any part of it is prohibited. The University does not warrant that this email or any attachments are free from viruses or defects. Please check any attachments for viruses and defects before opening them. If this email is received in error please delete it and notify us by return email.

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One fMRI MVPA Post-Doc (very competitive salary) 5 year position available under an ERC Starting Grant on the organization of object knowledge
by Jorge Almeida Nov. 6, 2018

Nov. 6, 2018

The Proaction Laboratory (Perception and Recognition of Objects and Actions; http://gaius.fpce.uc.pt/pessoais/jorgealmeida/proaction_home.html; Jorge Almeida’s Lab) at the University of Coimbra (www.uc.pt) Portugal is looking for a motivated and bright Post-doctoral researcher to work on an ERC Starting Grant project (ContentMAP) on the neural organization of object knowledge. In this project we will explore how complex information is topographically organized in the brain using fMRI and state of the art analytical techniques, as well as computational approaches, and neuromodulation. Excellent understanding of and experience with fMRI and data analysis is required. Strong programming skills (matlab, python, etc.) are also a requirement. Experience with data analysis techniques using MVPA and other multivariate approaches (e.g., Representation Similarity Analysis). Very good English (oral and written) communicative skills are necessary. The position is for a maximum of 5 years, and will start in February 2019. The position involves no formal teaching (unless the candidate wants to). It does involve, however, lab mentoring. The salary is extremely competitive – between 2200 and 2400 euros per month (dependent on experience), tax free (annual 26400-28800 euros tax free). This value is on par with the average salaries at top American institutions, as well as London, Paris, etc. However, the cost of living in Portugal (and particularly in Coimbra) is much lower. According to Numbeo, 2400 euros would be equivalent to 4850 pounds in London/4800 euros in Paris/6615 USD in Boston/6210 USD in Los Angeles/ 8330 USD in New York). The researcher will work directly with Jorge Almeida in Coimbra, but the laboratory has extensive collaborations with researchers throughout the world. In fact, there may be the option of spending some time in another lab as part of the position. The researcher will also be encouraged to develop her/his own projects and look for additional funding so that the stay can be extended. We have access to a 3T MRI scanner with a 32-channel coil (with EEG inside the scanner), to tDCS with neuronavigation, and to a fully set psychophysics lab. We have EEG and eyetracking on site. We also have access, through other collaborations, to a 7T scanner. Finally, the University of Coimbra is a 700 year old University and has been selected as a UNESCO world Heritage site. Coimbra is one of the most lively university cities in the world, and it is a beautiful city with easy access to the beach and mountain. The deadline for the application is NOVEMBER 20, but you should apply as soon as you can, as we may fill in the positions sooner than the deadline if there are candidates with a superb fit with the requirements and project. The interested candidates should email Jorge Almeida for questions and applications. Please send an email with the subject “Post-doc position underERC - ContentMAP” with your*curriculum vitae, list of publications, 2 reference letters, and a short description of your experience in the field and how you fulfill the requirements (fit with the position)* to: jorgealmeida(a)fpce.uc.pt.

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Research internship for 2nd year master student in Toulouse, France
by MASQUELIER Timothee Nov. 5, 2018

Nov. 5, 2018

TOPIC: Spiking neural networks for bird song detection SUPERVISORS: Timothée Masquelier (computational neuroscience) and Thomas Pellegrini (machine learning for audio processing) STARTING DATE: early 2019 DURATION: 5 months PLACE: Toulouse, France (Centre de Recherche Cerveau et Cognition and Institut de Recherche en Informatique de Toulouse) STIPEND: 560€/month The goal of the internship is to use spiking neural networks (SNN) to detect bird songs in audio recordings. Several learning rules will be evaluated, including spike-timing-dependent plasticity (STDP). More information: https://www.dropbox.com/s/psvqubjdlral6zf/Masquelier-Pellegrini-AO%20M2%20T… We are looking for an outstanding student with a strong quantitative background (computer science, physics, applied maths...) and a keen interest in neuroscience. Applicants should send their CV and a brief statement of purpose to: timothee.masquelier(a)cnrs.fr and Thomas.Pellegrini(a)irit.fr Informal enquiries are welcome.

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Postdoc at Aix-Marseille University in computational modelling of basal-ganglia-cortico-cerebellar circuits
by BATTAGLIA Demian Nov. 4, 2018

Nov. 4, 2018

Applications are invited for a: POSTDOCTORAL POSITION at Aix-Marseille University (southern France) under the joint mentoring of Dr. Demian Battaglia (Institute for Systems Neuroscience - INS) and Dr. Nicole Malfait (Institut de Neurosciences de la Timone - INT). This two-years position is funded by the project ANR (Agence National de la Recherche) “SENCE - Movement disorders in Parkinson’s disease: The role of somatoSENsory deficits and CErebellar anomalies”, involving researchers from Aix-Marseille University and the University of Oxford, as well as clinicians of the Hôpital de la Timone (AP-HM). In the context of this project, behavioral, electrophysiological (EEG/subthalamic nucleus LFP) and neuroimaging data will be recorded in patients with Parkinson's disease, under different medication (ON/OFF L-Dopa) and deep brain stimulation (DBS) conditions. In particular, effects of conventional continuous “open-loop” and "closed-loop" (adaptive) DBS will be contrasted. Rich expertise will be thus available in psychophysics and electrophysiology of sensorimotor systems (Nicole Malfait, INT; Huiling Tan, University of Oxford), structural and functional neuroimaging analyses (Olivier Coulon, INT), basal ganglia involvement in sensorimotor coordination (Andrea Brovelli, INT), and DBS (Alexandre Eusebio, AP-HM; Huiling Tan, University of Oxford) and theoretical and computational modelling of oscillating circuits dynamics (Demian Battaglia, INS). The postdoctoral fellow will participate to the design of circuit models (mean-field and spiking) with realistic anatomy, including known basal ganglia/cortical loops, as well as connections between basal ganglia and cerebellum, whose role has been until now only poorly studied. It has indeed recently been hypothesized that basal ganglia deregulation may directly interact with cerebellar predictive functions contributing to movement disorders in Parkinsons’s disease. Computational simulations of extended BG–cortex–cerebellum circuits will be used to reverse engineer circuit mechanisms responsible for the transition from normal to pathological oscillatory dynamics –also in relation to Dopamine levels– and to model and optimize the impact of adaptive deep brain stimulation protocols. Candidates should have already acquired experience in the computational modelling of neural circuits during their PhD. Previous experience in the modelling of BG circuits is a plus. Candidates should be able to work in a dynamic, interdisciplinary and international work environment. Salary corresponds to French national guidelines (~2K € net per month, experience-dependent), with travel and equipment funds. The successful candidate will integrate the Theoretical Neuroscience Group at the Institute for Systems Neuroscience (INS), located on the same campus as the Institut des Neuroscience de la Timone (INT) and the Hôpital de la Timone (AP-HM). The integrative and clinical neuroscience community in Marseille is among the most lively in Europe and Marseille is a vibrating city, with wonderful natural surroundings and home to the largest French-speaking university in the world, with an emphasis on interdisciplinary studies. Interested candidates should send a cv, a brief description of qualifications and research interests and the name of two reference contacts to both the co-directors: Demian Battaglia demian.battaglia(a)univ-amu.fr<mailto:demian.battaglia@univ-amu.fr> Nicole Malfait nicole.malfait(a)univ-amu.fr<mailto:nicole.malfait@univ-amu.fr> Feel free to inquire for further information. Applications from under-represented categories in STEM sciences are welcome and supported.

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