Visuomotor Control and Learning in Large-Scale Biological and Artificial Neural Networks
Positions are available at the graduate and postdoctoral level to work with a team of researchers who are pursuing a series of collaborative behavioral, neurophysiological and computational studies of the neural mechanisms of visuomotor control and motor skill acquisition in the human, monkey and cat, and their application to the design of autonomous adaptive neural networks. Team members include John Kalaska, Yoshua Bengio, Trevor Drew, Paul Cisek and Stephen Scott. Physiological projects are studying the functional organization and learning mechanisms in mammalian motor systems. Modelling and theoretical tools are being used to develop and evaluate the performance of different computational architectures and learning algorithms for adaptive task decomposition in large-scale biological and artificial neural networks that are inspired by the physiological studies, and to assess their potential applications in a wide range of technological domains. Candidates have the opportunity to collaborate with several team members. Candidates must have a strong background in one or more of the following areas: computational neuroscience, learning mechanisms in artificial or biological neural networks, systems neuroscience, motor control, biomechanics, psychophysics, computer science, control theory and statistical analysis. Positions are available immediately, but start times are negotiable. Open to all nationalities. Graduate-level candidates will apply for a PhD at one of three departments: Physiology at U. Montreal, Montreal, Quebec (J. Kalaska, T. Drew, P. Cisek), Computer Science at U. Montreal (Y. Bengio), or Anatomy at Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario (S. Scott). Competitive stipends. Funding available for periods of up to 3-5 years. Send CV, statement of research interests, and 2 letters of reference to John Kalaska, Département de Physiologie, Pavillon Paul-G-Desmarais, Université de Montréal, 2900 Edouard-Montpetit, Montréal Québec, Canada, H3T 1J4 (telephone: 514-343-6349; fax: 514-343-6113; e-mail: kalaskaj@physio.umontreal.ca).
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Paul Cisek, Ph.D.
Dept de physiologie
Universite de Montreal
C.P. 6128 Succursale Centre-ville
Montreal QC H3C 3J7 Canada
phone: 514-343-6111 x3314
FAX: 514-343-2111
cisekp@magellan.umontreal.ca
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