A theory-experiment postdoctoral position is available at the École
Normale Supérieure in Paris, on a collaborative project between the
group of Shihab Shamma & Yves Boubenec and the team of Srdjan
Ostojic. We recently investigated (*) the population-level encoding
of target stimuli in the primary auditory cortex of behaving animals
during discrimination tasks. Following up on this study, we now aim
at investigating the neural bases of auditory flexible
categorization in behaving ferrets by combining computational
modeling, data-analysis and experimental recordings.
The successful applicant will be based at the Laboratoire de
Neurosciences Cognitives Computationnelles (LNC2), a highly
interactive and dynamic environment situated in central Paris (see https://lnc2.dec.ens.fr/fr/teams/network-dynamics-and-computations).
The group of Shihab Shamma & Yves Boubenec where the
neurophysiological recordings take place is located next door (https://lsp.dec.ens.fr).
The ideal candidate should be a computational neuroscientist with
strong interest in experimental neuroscience, or the other way
round.
Starting dates are flexible. The position is for two years.
Candidates should send a letter of motivation (2 pages max), the
contact information of 2 or more referees and their CVs to boubenec
at ens.fr BEFORE May 23rd, 2018.
(*) Bagur, S. , Averseng, M., Elgueda, D., David, S., Fritz, J.,
Yin, P., Shamma, S., Boubenec, Y.* & Ostojic, S.* Go/No-Go task
engagement enhances population representation of target stimuli in
primary auditory cortex. Nature Comm. (in press). doi:10.1101/240556
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Yves Boubenec, Ph.D.
Associate Professor / Maitre de conférences
Audition Team, Laboratoire des Systèmes Perceptifs (CNRS UMR 8248)
École Normale Supérieure, Department of Cognitive Studies
75005 Paris, France