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postdoc positions - Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit
by Peter Latham April 21, 2015

April 21, 2015

The Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit invites applications for one or more postdoctoral training fellowships in theoretical neuroscience, including population coding, learning, neural neural dynamics, the interpretation of neural data, perceptual processing, and neuromodulation. The position is available for an initial period of two years, and may be renewed to a maximum of three years. The closing date for applications is 15 March, 2015. Interviews will be held in May 2015. To find out more about the job, and to apply, see http://www.gatsby.ucl.ac.uk/vacancies/TN%20Postdoc2015.html For further details of our research, see http://www.gatsby.ucl.ac.uk/research.html

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[meetings] CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS- Workshop: Embodied sensorimotor interaction: from locomotion to collective behavior at SWARM2015
by Poramate Manoonpong April 19, 2015

April 19, 2015

CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS- Workshop: Embodied sensorimotor interaction: from locomotion to collective behavior at SWARM2015 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Wednesday, October 28 (full-day), Kyoto University, Japan Deadline for poster abstract submission: June 30, 2015 Notification of acceptance: July 31, 2015 Workshop Overview ------------------ Animals show fascinating adaptive and versatile abilities. For example, they can move around and at the same time avoid obstacles in order to successfully navigate through their complex cluttered environment for finding their food source. While moving, they can also adapt their locomotion to deal with unknown situations. Furthermore, they can interact with each other to form collective behavior for anti-predator, enhanced foraging, and even increased locomotion efficiency. These complex achievements emerge from tightly as well as loosely coupled interactions between many ingredients including biomechanics (i.e., morphology, muscles, and materials), sensory feedback, centralized/decentralized mechanisms, and communication. Developing these key ingredients and implementing them in artificial systems to approach the level of performance of living creatures remains a grand challenge. To address these issues, our workshop at SWARM 2015 (http://www.ohk.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/SWARM2015/) "Embodied sensorimotor interaction: from locomotion to collective behavior" will bring together leading experts, working in the domains of bio-inspired robotics, swarm robotics, modular robotics, embodied AI, evolutionary robotics, and computational neuroscience, to present their recent developments on robot locomotion and collective behavior and discuss future directions to overcome this challenge. The full-day workshop is composed of the following parts: 1) Invited talks by experts from swarm robotics, bio-inspired locomotion control, and embodied AI, 2) poster presentations, 3) Discussion and future steps We are also pleased to invite contributions in the form of 1 page conf. style abstract http://www.ohk.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/SWARM2015/ on (but are not limited to) the following topics. The selected contributions will be presented in a form of a poster during the workshop. We particularly encourage young scientists to contribute and attend, even presenting their research at an early stage an engage in discussions. We also welcome live demonstrations on robot locomotion and collective behavior. Submissions have to be sent to poma(a)mmmi.sdu.dk<mailto:poma@mmmi.sdu.dk> in PDF format. One author per accepted workshop contribution (poster, demo) and attendee are required to register (http://www.ohk.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/SWARM2015/) The Workshop topics include (but are not limited to) the following: ------------------ - Bio-inspired robotics (e.g., walking robots, flying robots, etc.), - Locomotion control, - Collective behavior control, - Swarm and self-organizing systems (e.g., modular robots) ===================== Tentative List of Speakers: · Dario Floreano (Laboratory of Intelligent Systems, EPFL, Switzerland) · John Hallam (Centre for BioRobotics, The Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller Institute, SDU, Denmark) · Kasper Støy (IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark) · André Seyfarth (Locomotion Laboratory, TU Darmstadt, Germany) · Koh Hosoda (Dept. of Adaptive Machine Systems, Grad. school of Engineering, Osaka University, Japan) · Yulia Sandamirskaya (Institute for Neural Computation, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany) · Shinya Aoi (Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Japan) · Yuichi Ambe (Dept. of Mechanical Engineering and Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Japan) · Poramate Manoonpong (Embodied AI & Neurorobotics Lab, Centre for BioRobotics, The Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller Institute, SDU, Denmark) ===================== We hope that you will be able to attend and look forward to seeing you in Kyoto, Japan! The workshop organizers: Florentin Wörgötter, Poramate Manoonpong, Yuichi Ambe, Shinya Aoi

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Invitation: IEEE HealthCom 2015
by Jun Suzuki April 18, 2015

April 18, 2015

17th IEEE International Conference on e-Health Networking, Application & Services (HealthCom 2015) October 14 - 17, 2015 Boston, MA, USA http://www.ieee-healthcom.org CALL FOR PAPERS IEEE HealthCom 2015 is fully sponsored by the IEEE Communications Society. It aims at bringing together interested parties from around the world working in the healthcare field to exchange ideas, discuss innovative and emerging solutions, and develop collaborations. eHealth is defined as the cost-effective and secure use of information and communications technologies in support of health and the related fields, including health-care related services, surveillance, literature, education, knowledge and research, both at the local site and at a distance. It will make personalized medicine possible and affordable in the near future. The adoption of e-Health technologies in medical fields creates huge opportunities; however, a number of challenges still need to be addressed to build reliable, secure, and efficient networks or platforms with great flexibility. Prospective authors are cordially invited to submit their original contributions covering completed or ongoing work related to the e-Health area. The topics include but are not limited to: Medical, Biomedical and Health Informatics * Electronic medical records and electronic prescription * Data preprocessing, cleansing, management and mining * Data quality assessment and improvement * Medical imaging * Computer-aided detection, hypothesis generation and diagnosis * Evidence-based medicine * Evolutionary and longitudinal patient and disease models * Clinical workflow * Medication adherence and health monitoring * Smart health and big data Devices * High-confidence medical devices * Integration of medical devices with e-Health * Medical devices interoperability * Wearable devices * In/on/around-body sensors and actuators * Biosensors at the micro/nano-scale * Smart garments/textiles * Wireless energy transfer * Energy harvesting Communications and Networking * Communication/network infrastructures, architectures and protocols for e-Health * Antennas and propagation * Proximity-based communication, group communication and social networks * Power-efficient communication * Ultra wideband communication * Delay-tolerant, fault-tolerant and reliable communication * Cognitive communication for medical bands * In-hospital networking, body area networking and cloud-integrated networking * Software-defined networks and network management * Nanoscale/molecular communications * Network coding and error detection/correction * Middleware for e-Health Signal/Data Processing and Systems * Context awareness and situation awareness * Image/video processing and computer/robot vision * Internet of things, ambient intelligence and pervasive computing * Motion detection and activity recognition * Augmented reality and human-computer interaction * User modeling and personalization * Robotics for e-Health * Computing/storage infrastructures for e-Health such as clouds and virtualization * Software, systems and performance engineering for e-Health Services and Applications * e-Health services/applications for physical and mental health; for example, in acute care, chronic care, mental health care, biomedical engineering, rehabilitation, prosthetics, elderly/nursing care, smart homes and hospitals, and rural/wilderness practice. * e-Health services/applications for sports and exercise; for example, in training prescription and feedback, concussion detection/monitoring, life-logging and fitness monitoring. * e-Health services/applications for public health; for example, disease prevention, pandemic preparedness, epidemiological interventions and smart cities. * e-Health services/applications for extreme environments; for example, in fire fighting, disaster response, evacuation assistance, medical triage, space travel/exploration, deep diving and deep sea exploration. * Quality of experience (QoE) with e-Health services/applications. * Security, privacy and trust for e-Health services/applications * Emerging cloud-based services/applications including health clouds/grids PAPER SUBMISSION Perspective authors are invited to submit their papers, up to 6 pages each, in the IEEE paper template. Please visit http://www.ieee-healthcom.org/ for detailed submission instructions. Papers will be reviewed with the standard reviewing procedure (with at least 3 independent anonymous reviews). IMPORTANT DATES Paper Submission Due: May 15, 2015 Notification of Acceptance: July 5, 2015 Camera ready Papers: August 30, 2015 PUBLICATION All accepted papers will be published by IEEE and and indexed by IEEExplore (http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/) Selected papers will be considered for publication in leading journals such as: * International Journal on E-Health and Medical Communications * IEEE Transactions on NanoBioScience * EAI Transactions on Body Area Networks * Wiley Security and Communication Networks Journal ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITTEE General Chairs: Junichi Suzuki, University of Massachusetts Boston, USA Joel Rodrigues, Institute for Telecommunications/University of Beira Interior, Portugal TPC Chairs: Honggang Wang, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, USA Min Chen, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China Nazim Agoulmine, University of Evry Val d'Essonne, France IEEE Healthcom Steering Committee Joel Rodrigues (Chair), IT/Univ. of Beira Interior, Portugal Pradeep Ray, Univ. of New South Wales, Australia Norbert Noury, University of Lyon, France Augusto Venâncio Neto, Federal Univ. of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil/Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal Nazim Agoulmine, Université Evry Val Essonne, France Operations Chairs Douglas Dow, Wentworth Institute of Technology, USA Jones Yu, Wentworth Institute of Technology, USA Publication Chair Norbert Noury, Universite de Lyon, France Tutorial Chair Stefan Covaci, Technical University of Berlin, Germany Special Tracks Chair Sana Ullah, Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Portugal Workshops Chair Christopher Thuemmler, Edinburgh Napier University Registration Chair Xinming Huang, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA Publicity chairs Jiaqi Gong, University of Virginia, USA Pawel Swiatek, Wroclaw University of Technology Jianli Pan, University of Missouri, St. Louis, USA Web Chair Yutaka Okaie, Osaka University Zhaoyang Zhang, UMass Dartmouth Treasurer Bruce Worthman, IEEE Communications Society, USA Conference Manager Bridget Erlikh, IEEE Communications Society, USA Branding and Graphic Design Max Loskutnikov, IEEE Communications Society, USA -- Jun Suzuki Associate Professor of Computer Science University of Massachusetts, Boston jxs(a)cs.umb.edu http://www.cs.umb.edu/~jxs/ http://dssg.cs.umb.edu/ @JunSuzukiBoston

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PhD Studentships City University London
by Alonso, Eduardo April 18, 2015

April 18, 2015

Dear all, City University London is advertising PhD studentships (£16,000 per year plus full tuition waiver). Details on how to apply can be found at http://www.city.ac.uk/citygraduateschool/fees-and-funding/university-doctor… If you are interested in applying in the area of computational neuroscience, please contact Eduardo Alonso (E.Alonso(a)city.ac.uk) Deadline for submission is 25th May. Best, --------------- Dr Eduardo Alonso Reader in Computing Deputy Head of Department Department of Computer Science City University London London EC1V 0HB E.Alonso(a)city.ac.uk tel: +44 20 7040 4049 fax: +44 20 7040 0244 http://www.city.ac.uk/people/academics/eduardo-alonso http://www.cal-r.org

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IJCAI’15 Workshop on Sensitivity Analysis and Robustness in Probabilistic Graphical Models (3rd CfP)
by Alessandro Antonucci April 18, 2015

April 18, 2015

IJCAI’15 Workshop on Sensitivity Analysis and Robustness in Probabilistic Graphical Models Buenos Aires, July 25-27, 2015 - http://ipg.idsia.ch/wijcai15/ THIRD CALL FOR PAPERS Papers will be published in a volume of the JMLR Workshop and Conference Proceedings series. (http://jmlr.csail.mit.edu/proceedings) [SCOPE] Probabilistic graphical models are important tools in machine learning and artificial intelligence for reasoning with uncertainty. They provide means to represent large multivariate domains compactly and to perform sophisticated learning and reasoning efficiently. Examples of probabilistic graphical models are Bayesian networks, Markov Random fields, chain and factor graphs, Gaussian graphical models, to name but a few. The quantification of these models usually requires sharp (i.e., precise) assessments of the model local potentials and might be subject to robustness issues. For instance, perturbations of some parameter values may lead to different decisions from those which would be achieved by the unperturbed model, suggesting that decisions are not reliable. Reliability might also be in question because of missing data and assumptions behind the process. The workshop invites submissions of papers on all aspects of sensitivity analysis and robustness in probabilistic graphical models. Contributions may have a theoretical focus and/or an applied focus. A non-exhaustive list of topics follows. - Local and/or global sensitivity analysis. - Parameter-based and/or decision-based sensitivity analysis. - Design of robust learning, inference and/or decision making approaches. - Robust analysis and design of robustness measurements. - Extensions of probabilistic graphical models. - Reliable qualitative learning and reasoning. - Robust treatment of missing data. - Imprecise probability and other theories related to sensitivity analysis. - Computational complexity, exact and approximate algorithms. Papers about more general robust multivariate models based on independence or othr structural judgements are also welcome. [SUBMISSIONS] Each submission will be reviewed by peers using a double-blind process (please use the third person in self citations and take all necessary care not to identify yourselves). Accepted papers will be published electronically in a volume of the JMLR Workshop and Conference Proceedings series. There will be no rebuttal phase, but contributions considered worth publishing and needing substantial revision might be subject to a second round of reviewing/evaluation. All accepted papers will be presented at the workshop. At least one of the paper's authors should register and attend the workshop to present the work. Submissions must be formatted according to style and template files available for the Journal of Machine Learning Research (JMLR) Workshop and Conference Proceedings - two-column version. The files are available at http://ipg.idsia.ch/wijcai15/sarpgm15.tar.gz. Papers (including figures, tables, references, etc) are expected to have between 6 and 10 pages. [IMPORTANT DATES] Apr 27, 2015 - Deadline for submissions of contributions May 20, 2015 - Workshop paper acceptance notification May 30, 2015 - Deadline for workshop camera-ready copy (in case of minor revision; contributions needing major revision might need additional time - this will be arranged case by case) [PC MEMBERS] Alessandro Antonucci*, IDSIA, Switzerland. Alessio Benavoli, IDSIA, Switzerland. Cassio P. de Campos*, Queen's University Belfast, UK. Arthur Choi, University of California, Los Angeles, USA. Giorgio Corani*, IDSIA, Switzerland. Fabio Cozman, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Adnan Darwiche, University of California, Los Angeles, USA. Sebastien Destercke, Univ. de Technologie de Compiegne, France. Marek Druzdzel, University of Pittsburgh, USA. Johan Kwisthout, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Agnieszka Onisko, Bialystok University of Technology, Poland. Denis Maua, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Serafin Moral, Universidad de Granada, Spain. Silja Renooij, Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands. Matthias Troffaes, University of Durham, UK. (*: Workshop organizers.) More details about the submission procedure are available online. http://ipg.idsia.ch/wijcai15/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ (We apologize in case you receive multiple copies of this announcement, but yet we hope to reach the greatest possible number of people. Finding a trade-off is not an easy task.) -- _________________________________ Alessandro Antonucci IDSIA Dalle Molle Institute for Artificial Intelligence Via Cantonale (Galleria 2) CH-6928, Manno-Lugano, CH mail: alessandro(a)idsia.ch skype: alessandro.antonucci tel: +41 916108515 web: www.idsia.ch/~alessandro _________________________________

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Journal of Mathematical Neuroscience - recent articles
by Stephen Coombes April 17, 2015

April 17, 2015

Dear all, The Journal of Mathematical Neuroscience publishes research articles on the mathematical modeling and analysis of all areas of neuroscience. The current list of journal articles is available at http://www.mathematical-neuroscience.com/ : A Mathematical Model of a Midbrain Dopamine Neuron Identifies Two Slow Variables Likely Responsible for Bursts Evoked by SK Channel Antagonists and Terminated by Depolarization Block Yu N and Canavier CC http://www.mathematical-neuroscience.com/content/5/1/5 Path Integral Methods for Stochastic Differential Equations Chow CC and Buice MA http://www.mathematical-neuroscience.com/content/5/1/8 A Formalism for Evaluating Analytically the Cross-Correlation Structure of a Firing-Rate Network Model Fasoli D, Faugeras O and Panzeri S http://www.mathematical-neuroscience.com/content/5/1/6 Modeling Focal Epileptic Activity in the Wilson–Cowan Model with Depolarization Block Meijer HGE, Eissa TL, Kiewiet B, Neuman JF, Schevon CA, Emerson RG, Goodman RR, McKhann GM et al. http://www.mathematical-neuroscience.com/content/5/1/7 Noise-Induced Precursors of State Transitions in the Stochastic Wilson–Cowan Model Negahbani E, Steyn-Ross DA, Steyn-Ross ML, Wilson MT and Sleigh JW http://www.mathematical-neuroscience.com/content/5/1/9 and see also the recent Special Issue on Uncertainty and the Brain http://www.mathematical-neuroscience.com/series/UB All articles are Open Access. Best regards, Steve ------------------------------------------------------- Stephen Coombes Professor of Applied Mathematics School of Mathematical Sciences Nottingham, UK Tel: 0115 846 7836 http://www.maths.nott.ac.uk/~sc/ ------------------------------------------------------- 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 send it back to me, and immediately delete it. Please do not use, copy or disclose the information contained in this message or in any attachment. Any views or opinions expressed by the author of this email do not necessarily reflect the views of the University of Nottingham. This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an attachment may still contain software viruses which could damage your computer system, you are advised to perform your own checks. Email communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored as permitted by UK legislation.

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Data Scientist - Healthcare
by Purushothaman, Gopathy April 16, 2015

April 16, 2015

Several Data Scientist positions are available in a large, publically-traded healthcare organization. Data Scientists will work with the business to understand business problems, analyze relevant data, interpret the results, and provide reports. Knowledge areas include, but are not limited to, Root cause identification, Clustering, Regression, Supervised and unsupervised Machine learning, Hypothesis testing etc. Should exhibit strong passion for empirical research and for answering hard questions with data. Drive the collection of new data and the refinement of existing data source. Ability to communicate complex quantitative analysis in a clear, precise, and actionable manner. M.S. or Ph.D. in a Math or Statistical field, or 4+ years’ experience in a relevant role. Will have experience solving analytical problems using quantitative approach. Coach other team members as appropriate, within area of expertise. Required skills: R, Matlab, SAS, or other statistical/scientific computing applications/platforms; SQL, scripting and programming languages. Email resumes to: Gopathy Purushothaman Ph.D. Data Scientist Parallon Business Performance Group 6640 Carothers Parkway Franklin, TN 37067 Gopathy.purushothaman(a)parallon.com<mailto:Gopathy.purushothaman@parallon.com> www.parallon.com<http://www.parallon.com>

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Call for contributions: AI/Neuroengineering for biomedical applications: monitoring, signal processing, disease identification and diagnostic aspects
by Shyam Diwakar April 16, 2015

April 16, 2015

Dear Colleagues, Sorry for cross-posting this CFP. Bentham Science is calling for a special issue: AI/Neuroengineering for biomedical applications: monitoring, signal processing, disease identification and diagnostic aspects . This special issue on “AI/Neuroengineering for biomedical applications: monitoring, signal processing, disease identification and diagnosis aspects” aims to overview the state of knowledge and applicability of current studies, and new proposed ideas in the form of original research articles and review papers that include, but are not limited to: • Mathematical and statistical methods in modelling single neuron and circuit functions • Biological cybernetics, medical image and signal processing, cascade models for intelligent devices. • Artificial intelligence for biomedical signal and image processing and disease diagnosis • Computational neuroscience and computational cognitive science • Biomedical instrumentation: intelligent methods for software and hardware • Human machine interfaces • Neural rehabilitation engineering • Machine learning, machine learning in conventional and big data models, algorithms, case studies and role of data in biomedicine • Mobile and wearable computing in biomedical engineering • Emerging biomedical technologies Manuscript deadline: July 15, 2015 See http://benthamscience.com/journal-files/special-issue-details/NBE-SII201502… http://benthamscience.com/journal/index.php?journalID=nbe#top Lead guest editor: Eldon Rene (e.raj(a)unesco-ihe.org) Thank you. Best regards, shyam -- Prof. Shyam Diwakar, Ph.D. Computational Neuroscience Lab, Amrita School of Biotechnology Faculty Fellow - Amrita Center for International Programs Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Amrita University) Amritapuri, Clappana P.O. Kollam, India. Pin: 690525 Ph:+91-476-2803116 Fax:+91-476-2899722 http://www.amrita.edu/compneuro

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Abstract submission extended for IWSP7: Epilepsy Mechanisms, Models, Prediction & Control
by Levin Kuhlmann April 16, 2015

April 16, 2015

Due to numerous requests the abstract submission deadline for IWSP7: Epilepsy Mechanisms, Models, Prediction and Control has been extended to April 30 2015. For more details visit the conference website at http://www.iwsp7.org and/or read below. The 7th International Workshop on Seizure Prediction (IWSP7: Epilepsy Mechanisms, Models, Prediction & Control) will bring together world leading epileptologists, engineers, physicists, mathematicians, neurosurgeons and neuroscientists to focus on epilepsy research in Melbourne Australia from 3-6 August 2015. Invited Speakers Samuel Berkovic, University of Melbourne, Australia (Genetics and individual-specific nature of epilepsy) Sydney Cash, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, USA (Cortical physiology and epilepsy) Antonio Dourado, University of Coimbra, Portugal (Seizure Prediction and the EPILEPSIAE project) Bin He, University of Minnesota, USA (EEG-based imaging to localise seizure and high frequency activity) Louis Lemieux, University College London, UK (Multi-modal imaging of human epileptic zone and networks) Liset Menendez de la Prida, Instituto Cajal - CSIC, Spain (Sources of functional heterogeneity in the cellular activity of hippocampal microcircuits in temporal lobe epilepsy) Martha Morrell, Stanford University, Neuropace, USA (Responsive seizure control and its clinical implications) Philippe Ryvlin, Lyon University, France (Vagal nerve stimulation and seizure prediction) Bjoern Schelter, University of Aberdeen, UK (Recent advances in data-based modelling and their role in epilepsy research) Steven Schiff, Penn State University, USA (Unification of spikes, seizures and spreading depression) Piotr Suffczynski, University of Warsaw, Poland (Modelling of neuronal and ionic dynamics during ictogenesis) John Terry, University of Exeter, UK (Modelling multiscale brain networks: seizure initiation, evolution and prediction) Gregory Worrell, Mayo Clinic, USA (Forecasting epileptic seizures in dogs) Extended Abstract submission deadline: 30th April 2015. Notification of acceptance: 31st May 2015. Early bird registration: full: AU$465; Student/Early Career Researcher: AU$165. Early bird registration deadline: 30th June 2015. Standard registration: full: AU$565; Student/Early Career Researcher: AU$265. Over 30 generous travel stipends will be awarded to participants submitting the best abstracts as determined by the IWSP7 Scientific Advisory Board. The majority will be awarded to undergraduate or postgraduate students and early career researchers (people who completed their PhD within the period of the 3 years preceding 3rd August 2015). The best abstracts will also be selected for talks by the IWSP7 Scientific Advisory Board. Topics for abstracts include, but are not limited to: seizure prediction, detection and control; seizure mechanisms, animal models and human neurophysiology; neuroimaging of epilepsy/seizure localisation; computational modelling of epilepsy; epilepsy networks; high frequency oscillations; model-based estimation, statistical signal processing or control theory applied to epilepsy. The best work presented at IWSP7 will be invited to appear in a special issue in the International Journal of Neural Systems (Impact factor 6.056). The call for papers can be downloaded from the IWSP7 website. There will also be two A$500 prizes for the best posters at the conference. For information on the preliminary conference program, and how to submit abstracts and register visit: http://www.iwsp7.org Please forward this notice to anyone that you think might be interested. Or post the conference poster around your department. The poster can be obtained at the link: http://www.iwsp7.org/flyers/IWSP7_Call_for_Abstracts.pdf We would also like to draw your attention to two partner events: Melbourne Epilepsy which brings together Melbourne's best epilepsy researchers and will overlap at the same venue with IWSP7 on August 6th, and finish by 1pm on August 7th. Attendance is free for IWSP7 registrants. Swinburne Brain Imaging Symposium 2015: Principles and Applications of Magnetoencephalography is a meeting on MEG and neuroimaging occurring in Melbourne in the week preceding IWSP7 from June 29-30 2015. http://www.research.swinburne.edu.au/our-research/events/neuroimaging-sympo… We look forward to seeing you at IWSP7! On behalf of the local organizing committee Levin Kuhlmann, PhD David B. Grayden, PhD Mark J. Cook, MD Anthony N. Burkitt, PhD Dean R. Freestone, PhD Tatiana Kameneva, PhD Alan Lai, PhD Elma O'Sullivan-Greene, PhD Andre Peterson, BSc (hons) Email: organizingcommittee(a)iwsp7.org<mailto:organizingcommittee@iwsp7.org>

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PhD fellowship: A window into the human mind - deadline for application April 23rd 2015
by Arnaud Delorme April 14, 2015

April 14, 2015

We are searching for a PhD candidate from the EU (due to grant restrictions) with a master degree in physics/engineering, computer sciences or neuroscience and an interest in human/brain machine interfaces. The subject of the thesis is linked to the difficulties for human operator to control/monitor highly automated system. This performance problem remains difficult to characterize. In this project, analyzing brain activity in supervisory task, we aim to identify the neuro-functional correlates of this performance problem. The goal is to better understand how human operators interact highly automated system and make recommendation for the design of highly automated system or imagine brain computer interface to help the interaction between humans and machines. This project will be co-directed by two researchers in interdisciplinary fields, Bruno Berberian who is expert in human control of highly automated systems and Arnaud Delorme who is expert in mind wandering and EEG signal processing. The location of the PhD will be Salon de Provence in the south of France primarily and secondarily in Toulouse in the south east of France. If you are from the EU and are interested, please send your CV, two contacts for reference, a motivation letter (max one page) and reference letters (optional) to Bruno Berberian <Bruno.Berberian(a)onera.fr> before April 23rd, 2015. Please group all documents into one PDF for easier processing.

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