My group has two openings: * Software engineer position in NeuroAI * SNSF-funded Postdoc position to model the sensorimotor system (see second half of the email) Thank you! Software engineer position in NeuroAI The Alexander Mathis Group of Computational Neuroscience & AI (UPAMATHIS, https://mathisgroup.org<https://mathisgroup.org/>) at EPFL (Lausanne & Geneva, Switzerland) is looking for a software engineer to support the research in Computer Vision, Machine Learning and modeling the Brain. Part (50% effort) of this position would also support our work collaboratively with the Mathis Laboratory<http://www.mackenziemathislab.org/> on DeepLabCut - a popular animal pose estimation system https://github.com/DeepLabCut/DeepLabCut EPFL<https://www.epfl.ch/de/> is one of the leading Institutes of Technology in Europe and offers extremely competitive salaries and research infrastructure. Requirements: Candidates minimally should have a bachelor’s in Computer Science or related fields, and a masters degree or PhD is preferred. * Candidates without a PhD must be from Switzerland or the EU, PhD holders can be from anywhere in the world * Work is onsite at Campus Biotech in Geneva, Switzerland * Excellent English verbal and written communication skills and proven record of effective communication, both written and verbal, with scientists is required An ideal candidate would have prior experience in: * 3+ years of experience in Python & Machine Learning related technologies such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, JAX. * 2+ years of professional software development experience * Experience building and scaling systems both on-premise and the cloud. * A record of experience working with scientists and other research engineers Deadline and starting date: Applications are requested starting from November 15 2022 and will then be processed as they arrive until the position is filled. The ideal starting date is winter or spring 2023. How to apply: Applications should consist of a motivation letter, a CV, two relevant GitHub repositories, and the email addresses of two or more referees. Please send your application and any inquiry by email to alexander.mathis@epfl.ch<mailto:alexander.mathis@epfl.ch>. Additional information about our research can be found at https://www.mathisgroup.org<https://www.mathislab.org/> Related work: Lauer, …, Mathis & Mathis Nature Methods<https://www.nature.com/articles/s41592-022-01443-0> 2022 SNSF-funded Postdoc position to model the sensorimotor system The Alexander Mathis Group of Computational Neuroscience & AI (UPAMATHIS, https://mathisgroup.org<https://mathisgroup.org/>) at EPFL (Lausanne, Switzerland) has one open postdoc position in to model the sensorimotor system funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF). The goal is to build deep learning models of the sensorimotor system with a particular focus on proprioception based on known anatomical, pharmacological, lesion, behavioral and physiological data. We will then test predictions with our experimental collaborators. EPFL<https://www.epfl.ch/de/> is one of the leading Institutes of Technology in Europe and offers extremely competitive salaries and research infrastructure. Related work: DMAP: a Distributed Morphological Attention Policy for Learning to Locomote with a Changing Body<https://arxiv.org/abs/2209.14218> Alberto Silvio Chiappa, Alessandro Marin Vargas, Alexander Mathis. NeurIPS (in press), 2022. Contrasting action and posture coding with hierarchical deep neural network models of proprioception <https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.05.06.081372v3> Kai J. Sandbrink*, Pranav Mamidanna*, Claudio Michaelis, Matthias Bethge, Mackenzie Weygandt Mathis**, Alexander Mathis**, BioRxiv, 2022. Requirements: Candidates should have a Ph.D. and a strong publication record in computational neuroscience or related fields. An ideal candidate would have prior experience in: * Reinforcement learning * Machine learning * Modeling neural data * Biomechanics * Fluency in oral and written English is required. Deadline and starting date: Applications are requested starting from November 15 2022 and will then be processed as they arrive until the position is filled. The ideal starting date is spring 2023. How to apply: Postdoctoral applications should consist of a motivation letter, a CV, two relevant publications, and the email addresses of two or more referees. Please send your application and any inquiry by email to alexander.mathis@epfl.ch<mailto:alexander.mathis@epfl.ch>. Additional information about our research can be found at https://www.mathislab.org<https://www.mathislab.org/> [cid:clip_image001.png] Alexander Mathis Tenure Track Assistant Professor people/alexander.mathis mathislab.org<http://mathislab.org>
