Dear all,
I would like to announce two postdoctoral training opportunities,
described below. The first has more of a computational neuroscience
focus: to explore neuromodulator effects in learning and memory.
The second has more of a neuro-signal-processing focus: to develop
artificial hearing aid technology. Can you kindly bring these to the
attention of any suitable candidates.
I apologize if you receive multiple copies of this posting.
cheers,
Sue
-- Sue Becker, Associate Professor Department of Psychology, McMaster University becker@mcmaster.ca 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ont. L8S 4K1 Fax: (905)529-6225 www.science.mcmaster.ca/Psychology/sb.html Tel: 525-9140 ext. 23020---------------------------------------------------------------------------
COMPUTATIONAL AND BEHAVIOURAL NEUROSCIENCE POSTDOCTORAL POSITION
A unique, multi-disciplinary postdoctoral training opportunity is available to investigate the action of neurotransmitters using computational and animal models. Topics of interest include the neuromodulatory actions of dopamine in motivated behaviours, development of fears and paranoias in hyperdopaminergic conditions, learning aversive and emotional conditioned responses, and the biological bases of emotional memory formation in structures including the hippocampus and amygdala.
The candidate must have a PhD in cognitive science, computer science, or a related discipline, expertise in neural network modelling, and an interest in running and overseeing learning and memory experiments involving behavioural pharmacology. Experience with animal experimentation would be an asset but is not essential, as training will be provided. Depending upon the interests of the candidate, opportunities also exist to acquire training in human functional neuroimaging, and conduct studies with clinical populations. The position is available for a minimum of two years.
This research is part of a collaborative effort involving Dr. S. Becker, Department of Psychology, McMaster University (computational neuroscience), Dr. S. Kapur, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) and Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto (behavioural pharmacology, human neuroimaging with PET and fMRI) and Dr. P. Fletcher, Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, and CAMH (animal models and behavioural pharmacological studies).
This position will be based at both Mcmaster University in Hamilton and the CAMH in Toronto. Interested candidates should send a letter of intention, a CV and two letters of recommendation to Dr. S. Becker at the address below.
Dr. Sue Becker Department of Psychology McMaster University 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ont. L8S 4K1 becker@mcmaster.ca Fax: (905)529-6225
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POST-DOCTORAL POSITIONS IN NEURO-SIGNAL PROCESSING
Funding for one or more post-doctoral fellows is available to develop and test compensation algorithms for intelligent hearing aid technology. The end product will be a wearable computing device that goes well beyond the current state of the art in hearing aid design. Topics under investigation include: beamforming algorithms, noise cancellation, modelling normal and impaired cochlear filtering, cortical feedback in auditory processing, temporal processing and auditory streaming, feedback cancellation, and binaural mechanisms.
A group of researchers at McMaster University received funding from NSERC, Canada for this exciting project which is being conducted in collaboration with Gennum Corporation, one of the world's largest hearing aid manufacturers. The research team, headed by Simon Haykin in Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), also includes Ian Bruce, currently at Johns Hopkins University and joining the McMaster ECE faculty in Jan/2002, and Sue Becker, Ron Racine, John Platt and Laurel Trainor who are faculty members in the Psychology Department, as well as several graduate students. The team's expertise spans neural modelling, signal processing, cochlear implants, neurophysiology, neural plasticity, and auditory psychophysics and neuroimaging. Preference will be given to applicants with expertise in neurobiological modelling of the auditory system or adaptive filter design or a related field. Excellent computer programming skills are essential.
Please send applications, with two references, to:
Prof. Simon Haykin Communications Research Laboratory McMaster Univeristy Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8S 4K1 haykin@mcmaster.ca
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