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2018 NEURON Summer Course reminder

by Ted Carnevale

If you are interested in this year's NEURON Summer Course but haven't signed up yet, you should act quickly because only a few seats remain available, and the registration deadline is July 16. The course runs from Monday, August 6, through Saturday, August 11, and will be held at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. It will present a thorough introduction to computational modeling of neurons and networks with NEURON, and is suitable for individuals at all levels of expertise. For more information and the on-line registration form, see http://www.neuron.yale.edu/neuron/static/courses/summer2018/summer2018.html --Ted

June 26, 2018

Save your space today: FENS Satellite Symposium "From Scanner to Bedside"

by Markus Butz Ostendorf

Dear colleagues, My apologies for cross postings. There are a few spaces left on the FENS Satellite Symposium "From Scanner to Bedside - What connectome and gene expression say about brain diseases" on 6 July in the beautiful guest house "Harnack House" of the Max-Planck Society in Berlin-Dahlem. Save your space today by registration via the symposium's website: https://www.biomax.com/symposiums/from-scanner-to-bedside/ Free registration, lunch and refreshments provided! Looking forward to seeing you in Berlin Markus -- Dr. rer. nat. Markus Butz-Ostendorf Product Manager Biomax Informatics AG Robert-Koch-Str. 2, 82152 Planegg, Germany Registergericht: Amtsgericht München, HRB 134442 Vorstand: Dr. Klaus Heumann Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrates: Prof. Dr. Hans-Werner Mewes Tel: +49 89 895574-862 Fax: +49 89 895574-825 Email: markus.butz-ostendorf(a)biomax.com Website: http://www.biomax.com PGP: https://ssl.biomax.de/pgp/

June 26, 2018

PostDoc available in Neuromorphic Computing within the Human Brain Project

by Thomas Nowotny

Dear all, Within sub-project 9 of the Human Brain Project (HBP) we are looking for a PostDoc to work on applications of neuromorphic computing. You will join a dynamic team of researchers in computational Neuroscience and biomimetic robotic control at the University of Sussex and work on cutting edge prototype neuromorphic systems developed at Heidelberg (BrainScaleS, https://electronicvisions.github.io/hbp-sp9-guidebook/pm/pm.html) and Manchester (SpiNNaker, https://electronicvisions.github.io/hbp-sp9-guidebook/mc/mc_index.html) Excellent programming skills and a keen interest in applying neuromorphic computing to interesting problems will be essential. Previous experience with neuromorphic computing and/or machine learning will be a big plus. Deadline: 24 July 2018 Duration: currently funded until end of March 2020; possible extension into the next funding phase of the HBP. Details & apply: http://www.sussex.ac.uk/about/jobs/research-fellow-in-neuromorphic-computin… Queries: Prof Thomas Nowotny (t.nowotny(a)sussex.ac.uk<mailto:t.nowotny@sussex.ac.uk>) With kind regards, Thomas Nowotny -- Prof Thomas Nowotny Director of Research and Knowledge Exchange School of Engineering and Informatics University of Sussex Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QJ, UK Phone: +441273678593 FAX: +441273877873

June 25, 2018

Neuronal morphology and structure workshop at CNS - 2018

by André Castro

Dear all, We are pleased to announce the 4th edition of the Neuronal morphology and structure workshop at [CNS*2018](https://www.cnsorg.org/cns-2018), Seattle, USA. The workshop will be held at the Allen Institute for Brain Science, July 17 . Our confirmed invited speakers are the following: - Hollis Cline (Scripps Research Institute) (keynote) -- "In vivo time-lapse imaging analysis of neuronal structure and functional plasticity" - Ruth Benavides-Piccione (Instituto Cajal, Spain) -- "The microanatomy of pyramidal cells" - Staci Sorensen[,](http://www.treestoolbox.org/CNS2018_dendrites_workshop/speakers… (Allen Institute, USA) -- "Morphological, electrophysiological and transcriptional descriptions of cortical cell types" - Erik De Schutter (OIST, Japan) -- "The Purkinje cell dendrite causes its unique firing rate-dependent phase response curve" - Uygar Sümbül (Allen Institute, USA) -- "Quantifying neuroanatomy" - Lida Kanari (EPFL, Switzerland) -- "Randomness and structure in artificially generated neuronal networks" - Casey Schneider-Mizell (Janelia Research Campus, USA) -- "The neuroanatomy of connectivity in the Drosophila larva" - Kurt Haas (University of British Columbia, Canada) -- "Dynamic morphometrics: Rapid time-lapse imaging and quantification of experience-driven dendrite growth" - Sophie Laturnus (Universität Tübingen, Germany) -- "A systematic comparison of neural morphology representations for cell type discrimination" - Hongkui Zeng (Allen Institute, USA) -- ''Morphology as a key feature for neuronal cell type classification'' Please see our [website](http://www.treestoolbox.org/CNS2018_dendrites_workshop/index.html) for more details. Organising Committee: Alexander Bird (Ernst Strüngmann Institute and FIAS, Frankfurt) André Castro (Ernst Strüngmann Institute and FIAS, Frankfurt) Hermann Cuntz (Ernst Strüngmann Institute and FIAS, Frankfurt)

June 20, 2018

[jobs][phd]PhD Studentship: Being in the Other's Shoes - Social Cognition in Babies and Robots'

by Dimitri Ognibene

We are looking for the perfect interdisciplinary PhD candidate to find out how humans learn to observe others, how they learn that they are not alone. Are you curious about this? Apply! https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BKG746/phd-studentship-being-in-the-others-shoes… The Schools of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering and Psychology in the Faculty of Science and Health at the University of Essex has an interdisciplinary PhD studentship available focusing on the theme ‘Being in the other’s shoes – Social cognition in babies and robots’. This studentship commences from 14 January 2019, the successful applicant will receive a scholarship for three years (subject to satisfactory progression). The studentship includes: a fee waiver equal to the Home/EU fee (for 2018/19, £ £4,410). International students will need to pay the balance of their fees. a stipend of £14,777 in 2018-19 adjusted according to the directives of the Research Councils UK. In a highly interdisciplinary environment, the PhD student will investigate the role of embodiment in social cognitive development by formulating computational theories, testing them through experimental studies with infants, and closing the loop by re-enacting the experiments with state of the art robots available in the Essex robotics lab. The applicant will also have the opportunity to perform empirical studies and computational modelling on social intelligence to examine disorders of social cognition (lack of engagement, inability to adopt others perspective) and validate the architecture in end user environments (for example robotic companions in homes, hospitals etc.). The University’s centre for Brain Science accounts for one of the most comprehensive and equipped laboratories for Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience in the UK’s, which has been featured in media <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-suffolk-26574823/university-of-esse…>. The successful applicant will be part of The Centre for Computational Intelligence, supervised by Dr Mohan and Dr Ognibene and also part of The Centre for Brain Science (Psychology), supervised by Dr Filippetti and Dr Rigato. Address additional questions to: Dr Mohan, (CSEE) vishwanathan.mohan(a)essex.ac.uk <mailto:vishwanathan.mohan@essex.ac.uk> (PI), Dr Ognibene (CSEE) dimitri.ognibene(a)essex.ac.uk <mailto:dimitri.ognibene@essex.ac.uk>, Dr Filippetti (PSYCH) m.filippetti(a)essex.ac.uk <mailto:m.filippetti@essex.ac.uk>, Dr Rigato (PSYCH) srigato(a)essex.ac.uk <mailto:srigato@essex.ac.uk>. -- Dimitri Ognibene, PhD Department of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, University of Essex, UK http://sites.google.com/site/dimitriognibenehomepage/ <http://sites.google.com/site/dimitriognibenehomepage/> Skype: dimitri.ognibene -- Dimitri Ognibene, PhD Department of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, University of Essex, UK http://sites.google.com/site/dimitriognibenehomepage/ Skype: dimitri.ognibene

June 19, 2018

Tenure-track position in Data Analytics and Modeling in Frankfurt, Germany

by Matthias Kaschube

The Department of Computer Science and Mathematics at the Goethe University Frankfurt invites applications for a tenure-track position in Data Analytics and Modeling at the rank of Assistant Professor. Fields of interest include computational neuroscience, machine learning, data mining, and computer vision. We expect the candidate to possess an excellent scientific track record. Experiences with interdisciplinary and/or international collaborations and actively acquiring third-party support are advantageous. The professorship is embedded in the attractive research landscape in the Frankfurt area within and outside of the university, e.g.: https://www.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de/index.php/en/forschung-en <https://www.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de/index.php/en/forschung-en> https://fias.institute/en/ <https://fias.institute/en/> http://www.rmn2.de <http://www.rmn2.de/> The initial tenure-track appointment as Assistant Professor is for six years. The invitation to apply aims to reach early-stage researchers, who have finished their doctorate within the past four years at the date of application. Upon positive evaluation, the incumbent will be promoted to a permanent position at a higher level (W2, corresponding to Associate Professor). The designated salary for the position is initially based on “W1” of the German university scale or equivalent. Goethe University aims at increasing the number of women in research and teaching and therefore particularly encourages qualified female scientists to apply. Applications of scientists from abroad are explicitly requested. Severely disabled applicants with equal qualification and aptitude will be given preferential consideration. Qualified academics with an excellent, internationally recognized research record are invited to submit their application with curriculum vitae (scientific and professional experience), a list of publications (including conference proceedings), a record of teaching activities (including tutor work), a draft of three pages at most on present and planned research, a record of actively acquired third-party funding (including prizes and fellowships), certificates and documents until 23 July 2018 in electronic form (as a single pdf-file) to the Dean of the Department of Computer Science and Mathematics, e-mail: bewerbung(a)fb12.uni-frankfurt.de <mailto:bewerbung@fb12.uni-frankfurt.de> For further details on the position see http://www.uni-frankfurt.de/45303044/fb12#DAM_eng <http://www.uni-frankfurt.de/45303044/fb12#DAM_eng> If you have questions about the position please contact Matthias Kaschube, kaschube(a)fias.uni-frankfurt.de <mailto:kaschube@fias.uni-frankfurt.de>

June 19, 2018

Post-doc in event-driven perception for robots

by Chiara Bartolozzi

The Event-driven perception for robotics (EDPR) laboratory (https://edpr.iit.it/ ) with the iCub Facility, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) is seeking to appoint a postdoctoral fellow, under the supervision of Dr. Chiara Bartolozzi. The selected candidate will join the interdisciplinary team of the iCub project. She/he will contribute to the development of new skills of the iCub robot, based on event-driven sensing. We are looking for a talented and enthusiastic postdoc who will join our team to develop models and architectures capable of interpreting and learning from spatio-temporal information, to extract relevant information and plan appropriate behavior. In particular, the candidate will be in a unique position to exploit recent advances in machine learning, in combination with novel biologically inspired sensors and the accompanying biological-grounded learning models. For full details: https://edpr.iit.it/openings/771:post-doc-position-in-event-driven-percepti… For even more details write to chiara.bartolozzi(a)iit.it<mailto:chiara.bartolozzi@iit.it>

June 19, 2018

Research Associate in Data Science - Dementia

by Wong-Lin, Kongfatt

A new Research Associate post in Data Science is available at Ulster University, UK. The post will be available from 1st August 2018 to 31st January 2019. The successful applicant will join an existing interdisciplinary research team that consists of computer scientists, biomedical scientists and clinicians, and will focus on predictive analytics and modelling of dementia data. For more info, please see: https://atsv7.wcn.co.uk/search_engine/jobs.cgi?SID=amNvZGU9MTczNDIyNyZ2dF90… or contact me. The closing date for the application is 27th June 2018. Best, KongFatt Wong-Lin ----------- E-mail: k.wong-lin(a)ulster.ac.uk https://www.ulster.ac.uk/staff/k-wong-lin 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 Ulster University 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

June 18, 2018

Postdoctoral Position: Wireless optogenetics and electrophysiology in rats.

by Fellous, Jean-Marc - (fellous)

Dear List Members The Computational and Experimental Neuroscience Laboratory is looking to a postdoctoral fellow to work on understanding the computational roles of the multiple levels of the rat hippocampal longitudinal axis. The work will involve state-of-the-art wireless optogenetic manipulations and high-density tetrode recordings in the behaving animal. While some background in experimental neuroscience using these techniques is preferred, the position may be suitable for a motivated computational neuroscientist wanting to learn experimental neuroscience techniques. The project is multi-disciplinary and will involve collaborations with other researchers in the US and abroad, therefore good communication skills are required. Applicant should send a cover letter (email is ok), a CV and the names/contact information of at least two references to Dr. Jean-Marc Fellous (fellous at email.arizona.edu) The search is ongoing and is projected to be completed by October 1st, 2018. Applications will be processed as they are received. More information about the laboratory can be found at: http://amygdala.psychdept.arizona.edu/lab.html The CENL and the University of Arizona are committed to maintaining a diverse and inclusive work environment and women and minorities are encouraged to apply. The University of Arizona is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. Jean-Marc

June 17, 2018

Postdoctoral and doctoral studies in the neuroscience of spatial motion estimation and motor planning

by Andrea Green

POSTDOCTORAL AND DOCTORAL STUDIES IN THE NEUROSCIENCE OF SPATIAL MOTION ESTIMATION AND MOTOR PLANNING Departement de neurosciences, Universite de Montreal Applications are invited for postdoctoral and doctoral studies in systems neuroscience in the laboratory of Dr. Andrea Green. Successful applicants will join a multidisciplinary research group studying how the brain integrates multisensory cues to create estimates of our spatial motion and how such estimates are used in motor planning and control. Research in our group involves computational models of the nervous system, behavioral and neural recording experiments in non-human primates as well as human behavioral studies. Successful applicants will investigate the computation of spatial motion estimates and/or their contribution to voluntary reaching through neural recordings within brainstem-cerebellar circuits or motor cortical regions of non-human primates. All students with a strong background in biological sciences, engineering, mathematics, computer science, physics or psychology and an interest in system-level study of the brain are encouraged to apply. However, prior experience in neurophysiology and/or computational modeling of neural systems is highly desirable. Depending on the applicant's qualifications and interests, they will help to design and conduct behavioral and neurophysiological experiments, analyze data, develop theoretical models of neural systems, prepare manuscripts for publication, and participate in international conferences. For further information, please contact Dr. Andrea Green (andrea.green(a)umontreal.ca) Applicants are asked to send a curriculum vita, copies of academic transcripts, a statement of research interests and the names and contact information for two references, to: Dr. Andrea Green Departement de neurosciences, Universite de Montréal C.P. 6128 Succursale Centre-ville Montreal, QC H3C 3J7, CANADA Tel: 514-343-6111 x3301 Email: andrea.green(a)umontreal.ca Applications will be accepted until the positions are filled.

June 15, 2018