Postdoctoral position available in
an ERC-funded project exploring deep-learning implementations of the
Global Workspace theory.
We are seeking a highly motivated and dedicated post-doc to join our
group in Toulouse, France in the Fall/Winter of 2026. The successful
candidate will have a PhD and formal training in AI, Computer
Science or related fields (e.g. computational neuroscience), and a
keen interest in cognitive neuroscience. Our ERC Advanced Grant
"GLoW" (2023-2028) aims to take inspiration from neuroscience and
cognitive theories to build deep neural network models of cognition,
capable of integrating or "grounding" information across sensory and
linguistic modalities, and of displaying flexible cognitive
behavior. Details on the ideas developed in the project can be found
in this Opinion paper. The project is headed by
Rufin VanRullen (CNRS, Toulouse, France), with external advisors
Ryota Kanai (Araya, Tokyo, Japan) and Murray Shanahan (ICL/Deepmind,
London, UK).
Our lab
is part of the CerCo Institute as well as the Artificial
and Natural Intelligence Toulouse Institute (ANITI). Our team
has many opportunities to collaborate with neuroscientists, computer
scientists, linguists, roboticists etc. We have access to in-house
(GPU) computing clusters as well as research-dedicated
supercomputers.
Typical appointments for post-docs are for 1 year, renewable for a
2nd year and beyond. The beginning post-doc salary is about 2,500
Euros/month (net), and can reach 3,500 Euros/month (net) for more
experienced post-docs. The application procedure and additional
information can be found on
the CNRS portal. Please direct any query to: rufin.vanrullen
[at] cnrs.fr
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