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INCF at SfN: community tool demos in our both #2114

by Malin Sandström

Dear all, This year in Chicago, you are very welcome to come and visit INCF in *booth #2114*, located in the funders row. Are you working on an interesting project, or looking for new collaborators? Come by and talk to us, and bring a colleague! Our booth has a comfortable sofa perfect for short spontaneous meetings. As usual, we host *demos of community tools* in our booth, Sunday through Tuesday. Interested in model discovery with *SenseLab* and *NeuroElectro*, or in the latest developments of *OpenWorm*? Do you want to get started on collaborative model development with *Open Source Brain?* Meet them and many others in our booth on Oct 18-20 (full schedule below). On *Sunday October 18*, you can meet us at: * the SfN-sponsored *neuroinformatics social* (room N229, 18:45-20:45), with presentations by Tom Insel and Sean Hill, chaired by David Kennedy from NITRC and with representation from NIF and INCF. * or get an introduction to the *Neurodata Without Borders *data format at the Fairmont Chicago (Ambassador room, 18:30-->). And on *Tuesday October 20*, we will of course be at the SfN-sponsored computational neuroscience social (Room N139, 18:45-20:45). More details on our SfN webpage https://incf.org/community/sfn2015 or in our special edition SfN Newsletter http://eepurl.com/bClxYf See you in Chicago! Best regards, Malin Sandström on behalf of the INCF Secretariat TOOL DEMOS OCTOBER 18-20 IN BOOTH 2114 ------------------------------------------------------------------- *Sunday* 9:30-11:15 Sharing neuroimaging results with NIDM 11:15-13:00 NIX: Versatile file format for consistent data organization and sharing 13:30-15:15 J-Node live demos 15:15-17:00 NeuroVault.org: A web-based repository for collecting and sharing unthresholded statistical maps of the human brain *Monday* 9:30-11:15 The CARMEN Portal. What it is, what has been learned 11:15-13:00 CENTER-TBI data capture and analysis platform 13:30-15:15 Microcircuit cell types, connectomics, and model discovery usingSenseLab andNeuroElectro 15:15-17:00 OpenWorm: An open science approach to computational neuroscience *Tuesday* 9:30-11:15 TimeLapseReg: An ImageJ plugin for drift correction of video sequences in time lapse microscopy 11:15-13:00 Collaborative model development on Open Source Brain 13:30-15:15 Research Resource ID's and annotating the web 15:15-17:00 KnowledgeSpace demo -- Malin Sandström, PhD Community Engagement Officer malin.sandstrom(a)incf.org International Neuroinformatics Coordinating Facility Karolinska Institutet Nobels väg 15 A SE-171 77 Stockholm Sweden http://www.incf.org

Oct. 14, 2015

Visit the Bernstein Network at booth #2033 at SfN 2015 for your next career step in Computational Neuroscience

by Mareike Kardinal

Dear all, what´s your next career step? *The Bernstein Network Computational Neuroscience will exhibit at the SfN Meeting 2015*. Please find us at the "Neuroscience in Germany" booth #2033. * *The booth will present: * research fields * study and training programs * open positions * research and funding opportunities *We are looking forward to welcoming you at booth #2033!* Best regards, Mareike Kardinal -- Dr. Mareike Kardinal Bernstein Network Computational Neuroscience Press & Public Relations Officer, Bernstein Coordination Site (BCOS) Albert Ludwigs University Freiburg Hansastr. 9A 79104 Freiburg, Germany phone: +49-761-203-9593 mareike.kardinal(a)bcos.uni-freiburg.de www.nncn.de Twitter: NNCN_Germany YouTube: Bernstein TV Facebook: Bernstein Network Computational Neuroscience, Germany LinkedIn: Bernstein Network Computational Neuroscience, Germany

Oct. 14, 2015

[SfN] Computational Neuroscience Social at SfN on Tuesday, October 20

by viola

Dear Colleagues, We write to call your attention to the upcoming computational neuroscience social at the SfN in Chicago next week. ** Join us for an evening with elegant models, great spirits, networking theories, and billions of action potentials! Reunite with old friends, make new ones, mingle with top researchers and special guests, and learn about upcoming CompNeuro events. Everyone is welcome! Special Guests John Beggs, Surya Ganguli, Maria Geffen, Julijana Gjorgjieva, Mark Goldman, Gabrielle Gutierrez, Andreea Lazar, Wolfgang Maass, Eve Marder, Cian O’Donnell, Armen Stepanyants, Jonathan Victor and Fred Wolf We are pleased to announce a special honoring of Yuan Liu and Dennis Glanzman, who have been supportive of the computational neuroscience community and meetings for many years. ** Please feel welcome to advertise your summer schools, conferences, tool boxes, journals, associations, or jobs in the field of computational neuroscience in the form of flyers or posters (sugg. max A3, for jobs max A4, poster boards provided), and/or have a representative available for informal discussion. Location: McCormick Place, Room N139 Time: Tuesday, October 20, 6:45-8:45 PM ** Hope to see you in Chicago! Timothy O’Leary Viola Priesemann --- Dr. Timothy O’Leary Volen Center for Complex Systems Brandeis University http://blogs.brandeis.edu/marderlab/members/dr-timothy-oleary/ Dr. Viola Priesemann Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization Göttingen, Germany http://www.nld.ds.mpg.de/people/priesemann

Oct. 13, 2015

[jobs] 3 PhD positions in neural language robotics

by Stefan Wermter

The Knowledge Technology Research Group at the University of Hamburg invites applications for three Early Stage Researchers (ESR) within the Marie Sklodowska-Curie European Training Network "SECURE" - Safety Enables Cooperation in Uncertain Robotic Environments. Research area: The general area is knowledge technology, intelligent systems and artificial intelligence, in particular neural networks and natural language processing for safe cognitive robots. There are three research positions (3 PhD studentships called Early Stage Researcher positions - ESR) which will be filled in the context of cognitive robots (Darwin-OP/Nao/Nicu/iCub or related). The ESR focus on the following topics: ESR A: A neuro-probabilistic robot interaction model for learning and inferring safe actions ESR B: A self-organising neural model for prosodic recognition and threat sound localisation ESR C: A deep neural learning model to identify dangerous situations through spoken language The positions commence on 1.1.2016 or as soon as the position can be filled. The term is fixed to three years. They are remunerated at the salary level in accordance with the regulations for the Early Stage Researcher (ESR) in EU Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Innovative Training Networks (ITN) (http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/doc/call/h2020/common/1617…) and are fulltime positions (39h/week). Tasks: Duties include academic services in the project named above. Research associates can also pursue research and further academic qualifications. Requirements: A university degree in a relevant subject. In particular, at least an MSc or equivalent in Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science or Engineering with a focus on Intelligent Computing is required. Excellent programming skills (Python, C++ etc.) are needed and a background in at least one of neural networks/natural language processing/robotics would be needed for these positions. The posts involve traveling within Europe. Each PhD student will be expected to spend secondments at other European partner sites. According to EU mobility rules, the ESR researchers must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in Germany for longer than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to their recruitment. Early-Stage Researchers are defined as those who are, at the time of selection, in the first four years (full-time equivalent) of their research careers. The University aims to increase the number of women in research and teaching and explicitly encourages women to apply. Equally qualified female applicants will receive preference in accordance with Hamburgs Higher Education Act (HmbHG). Severely disabled applicants will receive preference over equally qualified non-disabled applicants. Additional Info on the European Training Network SECURE: SECURE is a new Marie Sklodowska-Curie European Training Network (ETN) with the primary aim to train a new generation of researchers on safe cognitive robot concepts for human work and living spaces on the most advanced humanoid robot platforms available in Europe. The Early-Stage Research (ESR) fellows will be trained for a PhD through an innovative concept of project-based learning and constructivist learning in supervised peer networks where they will gain experience from an intersectoral programme involving universities, research institutes, large and SME companies from public and private sectors. The training domain will integrate multidisciplinary concepts from the fields of cognitive human-robot interaction, computer science and intelligent robotics where a new approach of integrating principles of embodiment, situation and interaction will be pursued to address future challenges for safe human-robot environments. In case of questions, please contact Prof. Dr. Stefan Wermter, Head of Knowledge Technology or consult our website at https://www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/wtm/. Applications should include an application letter, full curriculum vitae, best publication if applicable, copies of degree certificate(s) and transcripts. The application deadline is 1.11.2015. Please email applications in a single pdf file to: Ms Katja Koesters, katja.koesters(a)informatik.uni-hamburg.de *********************************************** Professor Dr. Stefan Wermter Chair of Knowledge Technology Department of Computer Science, WTM, Building F University of Hamburg Vogt Koelln Str. 30 22527 Hamburg, Germany Email: wermter AT informatik.uni-hamburg.de http://www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/~wermter/ http://www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/WTM/ ***********************************************

Oct. 13, 2015

Four faculty positions in applied statistics and stochastics

by Robert Rosenbaum

The Department of Applied and Computational Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Notre Dame is seeking applications for four faculty positions, three in applied statistics and one in applied stochastics. Ideally, two of the statistics positions will be at the post-tenure level (associate or full professor) and the remainder will be tenure track (assistant professor). The department is highly supportive of collaborative research and encourages applications from computational neuroscientists. Feel free to contact me (Robert.Rosenbaum(a)nd.edu) with general questions about the department, etc. Applicants for the post-tenure job are invited to contact the chair, Andrew Sommese (sommese(a)nd.edu) The department will begin reviewing applications on Nov 1, so please apply soon if interested. For more information and to apply, see here for statistics: http://apply.interfolio.com/30595 and here for stochastics: http://apply.interfolio.com/30609 — Robert Rosenbaum Assistant Professor Department of Applied and Computational Mathematics and Statistics University of Notre Dame

Oct. 13, 2015

Postdoc position in Computational Brain Modelling at Ulster University UK

by McDaid, Liam

Applications are invited for the post of Research Associate (RA) in Computational Brain Modelling (Ref: 1503308) based at the Intelligent Systems Research Center, Ulster University, UK. The RA post is for a 3½ year duration and is part of a collaborative project funded by the EPSRC: our partners are the Department of Electronics, University of York. The RA post holder will be part of a team that aims to develop a brain-inspired self-repairing algorithm and subsequently map this self-repairing algorithm to robotic hardware at the University of York. At Ulster we have previously shown that astrocyte cells interact with neurons to detect when a fault has occurred in the connections making up a network of neurons and how this interaction can oversee a repair strategy in the paper "On the Role of Astroglial Syncytia in Self-Repairing Spiking Neural Networks" (http://tinyurl.com/qbsusnn) The RA post will focus on the development of a computational model that captures the interactions between neurons and astrocytes, and hence the repair process, and will interact with other team members to translate the self-repair strategy to hardware computing systems and robot controllers based at the University of York. The RA post is fixed-term based at Ulster University and is active from November 2015 until March 2019. The closing date for applications is the 11th November 2015. Further information in relation to the post can be found on the following link: http://tinyurl.com/ocm8pvf or you can contact Prof. Liam McDaid at lj.mcdaid(a)ulster.ac.uk<mailto:lj.mcdaid@ulster.ac.uk> We prefer to issue and receive applications via our on-line recruitment website at www.ulster.ac.uk/jobs<http://www.ulster.ac.uk/jobs> Hard copy applications can be obtained by telephoning +4428 7012 4072 ________________________________ This email and any attachments are confidential and intended solely for the use of the addressee and may contain information which is covered by legal, professional or other privilege. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager at postmaster(a)ulster.ac.uk and delete this email immediately. Any views or opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ulster University. The University's computer systems may be monitored and communications carried out on them may be recorded to secure the effective operation of the system and for other lawful purposes. Ulster University does not guarantee that this email or any attachments are free from viruses or 100% secure. Unless expressly stated in the body of a separate attachment, the text of email is not intended to form a binding contract. Correspondence to and from the University may be subject to requests for disclosure by 3rd parties under relevant legislation. The University of Ulster was founded by Royal Charter in 1984 and is registered with company number RC000726 and VAT registered number GB672390524.The primary contact address for Ulster University in Northern Ireland is Cromore Road, Coleraine, Co. Londonderry BT52 1SA

Oct. 13, 2015

Postdoctoral position in cognitive auditory neuroscience at Imperial College London

by Tobias Reichenbach

Applications are invited for a Research Associate (Postdoc) to work on an exciting project in auditory cognitive neuroscience at Imperial College London. The successful candidate will join the group of Tobias Reichenbach (http://www.bg.ic.ac.uk/research/reichenbach) The project involves collaboration with clinical collaborators at Imperial College, and is further embedded in the Centre for Neurotechnology at Imperial College (http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/neurotechnology) The project's goal is to develop experimental paradigms and associated data analytics to extract electrophysiological correlates from the brainstem and the cortex in response to speech. Electrophysiological responses will be obtained from auditory-brainstem recordings (ABR) and from electroencephalography (EEG). The developed methods will then be employed to compare differences in neural responses to speech in healthy people and in people with different cognitive impairments. Applicants should have a PhD in physical sciences, engineering, neuroscience or computing with experience in signal processing as well as neuroimaging. For an informal discussion please contact Dr Tobias Reichenbach (email: reichenbach(a)imperial.ac.uk <mailto:a.kedgley@imperial.ac.uk>; telephone: +44 (0)20 759 46370). Our preferred method of application is online via the Imperial College website at www.imperial.ac.uk/employment where you will find a job description and person specification for this post. Please select "Job Search", then enter the job title or vacancy reference number EN20150333FH into "Keywords". Complete and upload an application form as directed. Should you have any queries please contact Allan Nyunt at a.nyunt(a)imperial.ac.uk <mailto:a.nyunt@imperial.ac.uk> ------------------------------------------- Tobias Reichenbach Lecturer, Biophysics of Hearing Editor, Heliyon Department of Bioengineering Imperial College London South Kensington Campus SW7 2AZ London, UK http://www.bg.ic.ac.uk/research/reichenbach/

Oct. 12, 2015

v6.2 of NeuroMorpho.Org released 6 October, 2015

by NeuroMorpho Administrator

Dear colleagues, We're pleased to announce the October 6, 2015 release of Version 6.2 of NeuroMorpho.Org<http://neuromorpho.org/>, including 2160 additional reconstructions from 21 new archives and intriguing species such as Bottlenose dolphin, Chimpanzee, Clouded leopard, Giraffe, Humpback whale, Locust, Manatee, Minke whale, Pouched lamprey, and Siberian tiger. As many as 58 papers were published using data downloaded from NeuroMorpho.Org in the first six month of 2015 alone. NeuroMorpho.Org Neuron Morphology Read more...<http://neuromorpho.org/> The repository now contains 34,082 neurons from 165 labs<http://neuromorpho.org/neuroMorpho/about.jsp>. Please visit the What's new page<http://neuromorpho.org/neuroMorpho/WIN.jsp> for details on the added data and other updates. The literature coverage database was also updated to include publications through September 2015. We are continuously grateful to all the data contributors<http://neuromorpho.org/neuroMorpho/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/neuroMorpho/acknowl.jsp#NMO>

Oct. 11, 2015

6th Annual GDR Multielectrode meeting: Registration and submissions are open!

by Blaise Yvert

Dear Colleagues, It is our pleasure to announce that registration and abstract submissions are now open for the 6th annual meeting of the GDR Multielectrode that will be held in Grenoble (minischool) and Autrans (conference) on January 5-8, 2016. You will find the preliminary program and all useful informations and instructions to register at the following address : http://gdr2904grenoble.sciencesconf.org/ Please don't hesitate to spread the word around you to make this event as rich as possible. Several companies will present their products, and we particularly thank Blackrock Microsystems, Atlas Neuroengineering, and g.Tec for their strong support. Important notes: 1) The language of the meeting is English 2) Deadline for registration and abstract submission is November 15, 2015 3) There are mostly double rooms and only extremely few single rooms available onsite for participant housing, so please choose a single room only if really necessary - thank you so much for your understanding! 4) We plan to organize several practical hands-on sessions in parallel for the second half of the minischool, please let us know which one you would be interested in. 5) This year, a special demo session will be held on Friday 8 afternoon, so you can submit an abstract for this session if you would like to demo a software or a hardware 6) Bus transportation will be available to go from Grenoble to Autrans and back. We plan to propose 2 buses to go back to Grenoble on Friday afternoon at two different times, please specify which one you would prefer. 7) Finally, we have planed a time for an outdoor activityon Thursday 6th afternoon (snow equipment provided). If we have snow, a biathlon initiative will be organized. Please let us know if you would be interested to participate, given that it will be free and will not require any special skiing skills, so everyone can participate! Looking forward welcoming you in the Alps, Best regards, Blaise on behalf of the whole organizing committee. -- Blaise Yvert. Inserm Research Director Clinatec Laboratory UA01 Biomedical Research Center Edmond J Safra CEA-INSERM-UJF-CHU Grenoble Minatec Campus 17 rue des Martyrs 38054 Grenoble cedex 09 Tel. +33 4 38 78 91 38 / +33 6 32 88 75 90 Fax. +33 4 38 78 53 55 http://www.clinatec.fr (under construction)

Oct. 10, 2015

Physics of Neural Systems at the 2016 March Meeting of American Physical Society, Baltimore, MD, March 14-18

by Nemenman, Ilya

Dear Colleagues: The 2016 American Physical Society (APS) March meeting (March 14-18, 2016; Baltimore, MD) will again emphasize “Physics of Neural Systems” in its program. We expect multiple sessions resulting from this focus topic, addressing recent advances in understanding of the structure and the dynamics of neural circuits responsible for sensing, memory, and motor output. Invited and Focus sessions of relevance to neuroscientists will include, among others, 1. Large Scale Neuroscience Projects 2. Theoretical physics and networks of real neurons 3. Inference in Biophysics 4. Principles of Cell-to-Cell communication 5. Brain Morphology and Mechanics: From Cortex Folding to Neuronal Growth to Compression Stiffening 6. Robophysics: physics meets robotics 7. Physics of sensorimotor neural circuits 8. Neural control of behavior 9. Maximum entropy models: a promising link between statistical physics, inference, and biology 10. Critical transitions in biological systems Some of the invited speakers include: Vijay Balasubramanian (U Pennsylvania) William Bialek (Princeton U) Gwyneth Card (Janelia Farm) David van Essen (Washington U, St. Loius) Adrienne Fairhall (U Washington) Surya Ganguli (Stanford U) Mark Goldman (UC Davis) Alexei Koulakov (CSHL) Thierry Mora (ENS) Stephanie Palmer (U Chicago) Hanchuan Peng (Allen Institute) Terry Sejnowski (Salk Institute) Naftali Tishby (Hebrew U) Gasper Tkacik (IST Austria) and others. We are now accepting abstract submissions for contributed talks on a broad range of topics on the intersection of physics and neuroscience, such as quantitative experimental protocols, modeling of neural dynamics, analysis of collective computation in neural circuits, and others. March meeting abstract submission website: http://www.aps.org/meetings/march/scientific/index.cfm Abstract submission deadline: November 6, 2015, 5:00pm EST APS March meeting is the largest physics meeting in the world, attracting about 10,000 physicists. At the meeting, the APS Division of Biological Physics supports one of the largest and scientifically diverse programs on the interface of physics and biology, from molecular and cellular biophysics, to computational neuroscience and population dynamics, featuring typically more than 600 talks every year. We are looking forward to receiving your abstracts. If you have any questions about neuroscience at the March Meeting, please don’t hesitate to contact Ilya Nemenman (ilya.nemenman(a)emory.edu) Sincerely, Ilya Nemenman Associate Professor of Physics and Biology Emory University, Atlanta, GA and Chair-elect, Division of Biological Physics (DBIO) American Physical Society (APS) http://nemenmanlab.org ________________________________ This e-mail message (including any attachments) is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this message (including any attachments) is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please contact the sender by reply e-mail message and destroy all copies of the original message (including attachments).

Oct. 10, 2015