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Closing Soon! Postdoc (3 years) in computational neuroscience/machine learning at the University of Nottingham (UK)
by Mark Humphries Oct. 17, 2022

Oct. 17, 2022

The Humphries’ lab at the University of Nottingham is seeking a postdoc to join a project developing a precision medicine platform for neuromodulation, in collaboration with MachineMedicine Technologies and St George’s Hospital, London. A crucial unmet need in the management of Parkinson’s disease is how to reliably identify patients that would benefit from deep brain stimulation, the most effective treatment for Parkinson’s. The project team will create a machine-learning platform that synthesises wide-ranging personal and clinical data, combined with neural modelling, to predict the suitability of each Parkinson’s disease patient for deep brain stimulation. An exciting opportunity for the pipeline will be integrating computational models of the neural circuits disrupted in Parkinson’s. The Humphries’ lab researches fundamental insights into how the joint activity of neurons encodes actions in the world and is disrupted in movement disorders (https://www.humphries-lab.org) The post is for 3 years, full-time. Nottingham University welcomes researchers from around the globe. As part of this support, the university will provide financial support to the post-holder for all visa costs. Unsure if you're a good fit for the post? Got any questions? Then contact Mark for a chat: mark.humphries(a)nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:.humphries@nottingham.ac.uk>. For full details of the role and how to apply: https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/jobs/currentvacancies/ref/SCI437522 Closing date: October 26th 2022 Professor Mark Humphries | Professor of Computational Neuroscience My book "The Spike: An Epic Journey Through the Brain in 2.1 Seconds" is out now in hardback, ebook, and audiobook! https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691195889/the-spike Lab: humphries-lab.org<https://www.humphries-lab.org/> Twitter: @markdhumphries Public blog: https://medium.com/the-spike This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. If you have received this message in error, please contact the sender and delete the email and attachment. Any views or opinions expressed by the author of this email do not necessarily reflect the views of the University of Nottingham. Email communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored where permitted by law.

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New Book: Information Theory
by James V Stone Oct. 17, 2022

Oct. 17, 2022

New book (well, new edition). Information Theory: A Tutorial Introduction. Contains two new chapters: Rate Distortion Theory and Transfer Entropy. Reviews, table of contents, code, and Chapter 1 here: https://jamesstone.sites.sheffield.ac.uk/books/information-theory-2nd-editi… regards, Jim Stone -- James V Stone Honorary Associate Professor, Sheffield University, UK. Web: https://jamesstone.sites.sheffield.ac.uk/books Twitter: @jgvfwstone

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Test Email
by Shailesh Appukuttan Oct. 14, 2022

Oct. 14, 2022

This is a test email for maintenance purposes. Please ignore. Cheers, Shailesh Appukuttan *OCNS Webmaster*

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Up to 6 PhD fellowships in Cognitive Neuroscience at SISSA, Trieste, Italy, to start Oct, 2020
by Alessandro Treves Oct. 12, 2022

Oct. 12, 2022

SISSA is an elite postgraduate research institution located in Trieste, Italy, and focused on Maths, Physics and Neuroscience. It operates in English: many among its students and faculty are not Italian. The Cognitive Neuroscience Department hosts 6 research labs that study the neuronal bases of time and magnitude processing, visual perception, motivation and intelligence, language and reading, tactile perception and learning, and neural computation. The Department is very inter–disciplinary; our approaches include behavioural, psychophysics, and neurophysiological experiments with humans and animals, as well as computational and mathematical models. Students with diverse backgrounds (physics, math, medicine, psychology, biology) are most welcome to apply. The Department has an exceptional track record with highly competitive funds (recent funding includes 4 ERC and 3 Human Frontiers grants) and publication in top journals (Nature, Science, PNAS, Current Biology). Recent placements after PhD include Harvard, MIT, Columbia and Princeton in the US; the NTNU, Manchester and Radboud in Europe; and Sydney University, Australia. Our alumni have been awarded 4 ERC grants, the 2015 Kandel Young Neuroscientist Prize and the 2017 ICTP Prize. More information about the Department is available at our website https://phdcns.sissa.it. The selection procedure is now open; to learn how to apply, please visit https://phdcns.sissa.it/admission-procedure. Please contact the PhD Coordinator (davide.crepaldi(a)sissa.it) and/or your prospective supervisor for more information and informal enquiries. -- Alessandro Treves SISSA, Cognitive Neuroscience, http://people.sissa.it/~ale/limbo.html if in, rm 241, via Bonomea 265, 34136 Trieste, Italy: +39-040-3787623

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PhD positions available in ML-flavoured neural modelling
by Goodman, Daniel F M Oct. 11, 2022

Oct. 11, 2022

If you're interested in doing a PhD with me in using ML techniques to explore neuroscience questions with spiking neural networks, etc. Please get in touch. Application process: http://neural-reckoning.org/openings.html To get a quick idea of whether or not you're interested, check out this paper. Basically if you like this, you'd be at home. http://neural-reckoning.org/pub_heterogeneity.html Dan If you are interested in a future where access to and participation in research are equitable and open to all, please take a moment to read and sign our open letter to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy<https://ostp-letter.github.io/why.html>. Your support can make a real difference to the future of research.

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The Donders Institute is looking for a new Scientific Director!
by Fleur Zeldenrust Oct. 11, 2022

Oct. 11, 2022

Are you a leading researcher in the field of brain, cognition and behaviour with experience in managerial leadership? Do you have a clear vision on the future of cognitive neuroscience and are you able to translate this into a coherent business strategy for one of the leading neuroscience institutes in Europe? Then combine your scientific and leadership skills as the scientific director of the Donders Institute. In 2023, a new governance structure will be implemented at the Donders Institute. As part of this development, the Donders Institute has an opening for a scientific director who will spend 0.5 FTE as director of the institute and 0.5 FTE for research activities and teaching. As scientific director, you will be the head and chair of the Executive Board of the Donders Institute Network. The Scientific Director is ultimately responsible for the overarching research activities and research strategy and for managerial and financial aspects of the Donders Institute. The latter include among others various portfolio's, such as the Donders Graduate School's graduate programme, talent development, societal impact, external relations, public outreach, diversity and sustainable science. Since most researchers at the Donders Institute are based at partners of the Donders Institute (Faculty of Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, the Radboud university medical center, Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging, Max-Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics), you will consult with the deans/directors involved at the Supervisory and Strategy Boards' meetings to set out a long-term research strategy, financial commitment and investment programme. You will chair the Executive Board of the Donders Institute, the Research Platform with the leaders of the Institute's four research themes, and the Strategy Board, which includes the directors of the four Donders Centres and the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics (MPI). The Research Platform and the Strategy Board operate as advisory bodies to the Executive Board for all strategic issues of the Donders Institute Network. As scientific director, you will be accountable to the Supervisory Board, which will respond to Radboud University's Executive Board. Interested? Combine your scientific and leadership skills as the scientific director of the Donders Institute and apply online before 7 November. More information about how to apply can be found here: https://www.ru.nl/en/working-at/job-opportunities/scientific-director-for-t… Fleur Zeldenrust -- Fleur Zeldenrust Assistant Professor Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour Donders Centre for Neuroscience Faculty of Science, Radboud University Heyendaalseweg 135, room HG 00.111 6525 AJ Nijmegen, the Netherlands tel +31 24 36 53195 fleurzeldenrust.nl *Due to my own family/work balance, you may receive emails from me outside of normal working hours. I do not expect a response from you outside of your own working pattern, nor do I expect an immediate response when you are working.*

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Neuroimaging Data Analyst Position at Stanford University
by Mai-Phuong K Bo Oct. 10, 2022

Oct. 10, 2022

Dear Colleagues, The Stanford Cognitive and Systems Neuroscience Laboratory in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University has an opening for a talented individual with strong computational and programming skills. This is an exciting opportunity to work with a multidisciplinary research team (https://scsnl.stanford.edu<http://scsnl.stanford.edu/>) on a wide range of studies of human brain function and dysfunction. The successful candidate will assist lab members with neuroimaging and behavioral data analysis, data organization, and management. We are seeking talented and enthusiastic candidates with a strong background in biomedical engineering, computer science, physics, mathematics, statistics, computational neuroscience, quantitative psychology, or related subjects. Stanford offers a highly competitive salary with excellent health and retirement benefits. Please include a CV, a statement of research interests and career goals, and contact information for three references to scsnl.stanford(a)gmail.com<mailto:scsnl.stanford+quantitative@gmail.com> Thank you, Mai-Phuong Bo (She/Her) Lab & Recruitment Manager Stanford Cognitive & Systems Neuroscience Lab Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences Email: maipbo(a)stanford.edu [cid:e70df0c1-2a80-4fb7-91a9-bf1692af5692]

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DeepMath Registration reminder
by Ahmed El Hady Oct. 7, 2022

Oct. 7, 2022

*Dear all,* * **Just reminding everyone that the**registration is still open for DeepMath 2022 : ** https://www.eventbrite.com/e/deepmath-2022-registration-393832562797 We**have an amazing line up of invited**speakers: * Francis Bach**(INRIA) * Anima Anandkumar (CalTech) * Sara Solla**(Northwestern) * Berk Ustun**(UCSD) * Yisong Yue**(Caltech) * Courtney**Paquette (McGill) * Daniel Soudry ( Technion ) In**addition, we have a poster session and ample**opportunities for researchers across disciplines to discuss state of the art**research on the theoretical understanding of deep neural networks. So save your**spot . == Location == DeepMath 2022 will be held in**San Diego, CA, USA.. Stay tuned to the DeepMath website (www.deepmath-conference.com <http://www.deepmath-conference.com/>) for more details on venue and hotels ** The**talks will be freely live-streamed over YouTube and subsequently posted on the**DeepMath YouTube**channel : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCamugMiftSeZo4EjdtePPyw/playlists ** Please get in touch in case you have**any outstanding questions. All the best, Ahmed El Hady** ** On behalf of the DeepMath 2022**Organizational Committee ********** *

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Postdoctoral position in computational/theoretical neuroscience
by Maxim Bazhenov Oct. 7, 2022

Oct. 7, 2022

The Bazhenov Lab at the University of California, San Diego (https://www.bazhlab.ucsd.edu) is seeking to fill a postdoctoral position to study role of sleep in memory and learning. The ultimate goals of the work are to understand how sleep contributes to continual learning, generalization and transfer of knowledge and how sensory or electrical stimulation affect sleep dynamics and memory consolidation in human and animal brain (see, e.g., 10.7554/eLife.51005; 10.1093/cercor/bhaa228; 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1427-19.2019; doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2044-21.2022 ). To address these questions, we develop and apply large-scale models of the brain dynamics in sleep and wakefulness, based on animal and human data, in close collaboration with experimental laboratories. Our lab other research directions include topics in neuroscience (olfaction, epilepsy, TBI) and neuroscience inspired artificial intelligence (lifelong learning, generalization, adversarial robustness); lab members are encouraged to participate in multiple projects. The successful candidate will be responsible for the design and analysis of the anatomically realistic large-scale brain models based on experimental data. Qualified applicants are expected to have background and experience in neuroscience, computational neuroscience, physics/engineering and/or mathematics. Knowledge and experience in C/C++ and PYTHON are a big plus. The University of California offers excellent benefits. Salary is based on research experience. Applicants should send a brief statement of research interests, a CV and the names of three references to Maxim Bazhenov at mbazhenov(a)ucsd.edu -- Maxim Bazhenov, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Medicine, Neurosciences Graduate Program, UCSD, School of Medicine http://www.bazhlab.ucsd.edu/

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CARLsim 6: An Open Source Library for Large-Scale, Biologically Detailed Spiking Neural Network Simulation
by Jeffrey Krichmar Oct. 6, 2022

Oct. 6, 2022

Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to announce the release of CARLsim 6: An Open Source Library for Large-Scale, Biologically Detailed Spiking Neural Network Simulation. Abstract. The CARLsim SNN platform is one of the first Open Source simulation systems that utilized CUDA GPUs to address the tremendous parallel processing demands of natural brains. It has evolved over almost a decade in numerous scientific research projects requiring efficient biologically plausible modeling at scale. With its sixth major release, CARLsim 6 respects this legacy by supporting the latest versions of operating systems, development tool chains, multi-core computers, and of course GPUs. It runs on a range of platforms; from Notebooks up to the NVIDIA DGX-A100 supercomputer, and is used in biologically plausible simulations of the hippocampus and neocortex. The latest version has added flexibility for incorporating long-term and short-term synaptic plasticity. Neuromodulation is an important property of neurobiology that can lead to rapid few shot learning, network rewiring, and neural activity modulation. Because of this, CARLsim 6 now supports four multiple neuromodulators for simulating neural excitability and synaptic plasticity. Software: https://github.com/UCI-CARL/CARLsim6 A paper describing CARLsim 6 can be found here: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9892644 A video describing CARLsim 6 can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6d97ElAiKjc Best regards, Jeff Krichmar Department of Cognitive Sciences 2328 Social & Behavioral Sciences Gateway University of California, Irvine Irvine, CA 92697-5100 jkrichma(a)uci.edu http://www.socsci.uci.edu/~jkrichma

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