The Department of Computational Neuroscience, Institute of Physiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, invites applications for a one-year postdoctoral position (with a possibility of extension) to a motivated person working in the field of theoretical neuroscience. The department is well internationally established, with stable high-quality publication output, international collaborations and organizational activities. The research is theory-based, experimental data are obtained either within national or international collaborations. A computer cluster for numerically intensive calculations is available. See the group www at: http://comput.biomed.cas.cz/ Requirements: Priority will be given to applicants from EU countries with focus on information theory, estimation theory or stochastic point processes. Hosting conditions: - salary: 31.000,- CZK (1200 EUR) base pay. Alternatively, the possibility to apply for a Marie-Curie Fellowship is open - subsidized accommodation in the institutional campus (serviced apartments, approx. 4.000 CZK/month rental) - starting date: January 2015 How to apply: Interested applicants should email the following material to Lubomir Kostal (kostal@biomed.cas.cz) 1) CV with research experience, list of publications, scientific and technical skills 2) description of research interests and motivation for the position 3) names of 2 scientists who can supply a letter of recommendation Deadline for applications: October 31, 2014 For more information on the position contact: Lubomir Kostal Institute of Physiology AS CR Dept. of Computational Neuroscience Videnska 1083 142 20 Prague 4 Czech Republic E-mail: kostal@biomed.cas.cz www: http://www.biomed.cas.cz/~kostal/