Post-doctoral position

Reinforcement Learning and Computational Neuroscience, Moreno-Bote and Jonsson Labs

University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain

We are looking for strong post-doctoral candidates interested in joining the group of Theoretical and Cognitive Neuroscience of Ruben Moreno-Bote lab and the group of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning of Anders Jonsson.

We are looking for excellent post-doctoral candidates with Physics, Mathematics or Machine Learning background. The publication record of the candidate should be very strong in their respective discipline.

The candidate will develop state of the art theory and models of RL inspired by computational neuroscience to understand natural behavior based on reward-free approaches. Related papers on the focus of the project are:

[2205.10316] Seeking entropy: complex behavior from intrinsic motivation to occupy action-state path space (arxiv.org)

[2302.01098] A general Markov decision process formalism for action-state entropy-regularized reward maximization (arxiv.org)

The candidate will benefit from the stimulating environment of Barcelona area in Theoretical and Systems Neuroscience and will have the opportunity of enjoying a lively city. TCN lab (https://www.upf.edu/web/tcn)

forms part of a larger network of neuroscience labs in Barcelona.

Financial support is provided by MdM and salary is competitive.

APPLICATION: A full CV in pdf format, a 1 page-long project in pdf format, and names and email addresses of 2 referees should be sent to the following address:

ruben.moreno@upf.edu

Informal inquiries are welcome. 

DEADLINE: until the position is filled

STARTING DATE: any time between November 2023 and April 2024