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POSTDOC POSITION IN COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE

A Postdoctoral fellowship is available at the research unit for
Integrative and Computational Neuroscience (UNIC) at the CNRS Campus
in Gif-sur-Yvette, France. This is a computational neuroscience
project, at the interface between experimental neurophysiology,
artificial neuromimetic systems and cognitive neuroscience. The
project consists of developing models of sensory fusion and amodal
perception, based on spiking (conductance-based) neural networks, in
which neuronal properties, and coding and plasticity rules will be
incorporated directly from experimental data. The goal of the model
is to achieve fusion of different sensory modalities, based on
different coding strategies, leading to higher-order representation
and possible evaluation of perceptual performance. The models will
be simulated both numerically and using analogue (VLSI-based) neural
networks developed for this purpose. The project will be carried
out in interactive collaboration between the several workgroups
comprising UNIC, working with A. Destexhe and M. Rudolph in
computational studies, and with T. Bal, Y. Fregnac, K. Grant, J.
Lorenceau and D. Shulz (UNIC) for the validation of
biologically-inspired principles. The project is supported by a
European grant (Future and Emerging Technologies program) and will
also involve collaboration with S. Renaud (IXL, U. Bordeaux) and K.
Meier (U. Heidelberg) for compatibility with spiking neuron chip
hardware.

An appointment will be made initially for 1 year with possible
extension for up to 2 additional years. Salaries will be based on
the CNRS scale for European contracts and fellows will receive full
social benefits. The position is available immediately.

The ideal candidate should have experience in computational
neuroscience. Additional experience in sensory systems, cross-modal
sensory interactions, neocortical plasticity and learning paradigms,
or higher cognitive functions would also be welcome.

Description of the environment:

The CNRS facility at Gif-sur-Yvette is a campus entirely devoted to
research, situated 30 minutes from central Paris. The UNIC
laboratory (CNRS-UPR 2191, Director: Y. Fregnac) provides an
integrated and highly interactive environment comprising in vivo
electrophysiology (Y. Fregnac, M. Pananceau, D. Shulz), in vitro
electrophysiology (T. Bal, K. Grant), comparative anatomy (J-P.
Denizot), psychophysics (J. Lorenceau) and computational
neuroscience (A. Destexhe, M. Rudolph). Research themes include the
cellular bases of neuronal integration, the mechanisms of sensory
perception (visual, somatosensory and electrosensory systems) and
high-level sensory-based cognitive functions. Research staff,
postdoctoral fellows and graduate students include scientists from
a wide range of nationalities and backgrounds (biologists,
physicists, psychologists, engineers).

Contact:

Interested candidates should send a copy of their CV to each of the
following addresses:
Yves Frgnac (Fregnac@iaf.cnrs-gif.fr) (Director U.N.I.C.)
Kirsty Grant (Grant@iaf.cnrs-gif.fr) (Contract Contact Person)
Alain Destexhe (Destexhe@iaf.cnrs-gif.fr) (Computational
Neuroscience Group Leader)

U.N.I.C., CNRS UPR-2191,
1 Avenue de la Terrasse, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
Tel: (33) 1 69 82 34 15; Fax: (33) 1 69 82 34 27

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  Alain Destexhe
  Unite de Neurosciences Integratives et Computationnelles,
  CNRS
  UPR 2191 - Bat. 33, Avenue de la Terrasse,
  91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
  Tel: 33-1-69-82-34-35
  Fax: 33-1-69-82-34-27
  URL: http://cns.iaf.cnrs-gif.fr

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