Positions are available
IN
THEORETICAL AND COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE
Neural Information Dynamics Group
Sony Computer Science Laboratory - Paris, France
Earliest starting date: Jan 2006.
Positions (PhDs, Postdocs, Associate Reseachers, etc.) are available
for theoretical and computational studies in Neuroscience and Machine
Learning with potential applications in robotics and other fields.
Highly motivated and creative individuals are sought for a period of
up to 4 years to join our research efforts.
The interested candidates will be building mathematical and
computational models of neural processing, sensorimotor integration
and control with a particular emphasis on active perception, and
representation and learning in different brain areas.
Research interests include unsupervised learning, information theory
and probabilistic approaches to representation and learning in
networks of (spiking) neurons, touch and haptic representation, laws
of sensorimotor interactions, reinforcement learning and robotic
learning and control, sensory augmentation and sensory substitution
systems as well as sensorimotor illusion devices.
The candidates will have the opportunity to work across disciplines
and levels of investigation, from mathematical theories, analytical
models and detailed compartmental models of neurons to the creation of
a unique computing platform. The models will be informed and
constrained by neurobiological and psychological data.
The Sony Computer Science Laboratory is a fundamental research center
located in the Quartier Latin, in the center of Paris. It is next door
to the renown Ecole Normale Superieure and only a few steps away from a
large number of universities and institutions in Paris (Sorbonne,
Jussieu, College de France, etc.). The laboratory has interests in
cognition, music, language, and robotics.
Current collaborations within the European Project SENSOPAC
(SENSOrimotor structuring of Perception and Action for emerging
Cognition) will give the candidates the possibility to interact closely
with theoreticians, experimental neurophysiologists, and computer and
hardware scientists at universities in Paris, in Europe and abroad.
Candidates should have a solid analytical background and a keen
interest in neuroscience. Experience in machine learning algorithms
and in computational models is desirable. Excellent computer
programming skills (Matlab, C or C++) are essential. Competitive
salaries and studentships are available.
Applicants should send a curriculum vitae (CV) (pdf format preferred)
with a list of publications (PhD applicants should include details of
course work and grades), a statement of research interests, and names,
addresses, emails and phone numbers of at least three referees to
coenen '-at-' csl.sony.fr (email preferred with subject "jobs") or to:
Olivier J.-M. D. Coenen, Ph.D.
Sony Computer Science Laboratory - Paris
6, rue Amyot
75005, Paris France
Phone: +33 1 44 08 05 04
Fax: +33 1 45 87 87 50
http://www.csl.sony.fr
(Interested candidates may also get in touch at the
Society for Neuroscience meeting Nov 12-17 in Washington DC,
cell phone: +33 6 85 30 34 04).
-- Olivier J.-M. D. Coenen, PhD - Head of Neuroscience Sony Computer Science Laboratory,Paris 6, rue Amyot, 75005 Paris Franceemail: coenen@csl.sony.fr Tel: +33 1 44 08 05 04 Fax: +33 1 45 87 87 50 Mob: +33 6 85 30 34 04 http://www.csl.sony.fr
-- Olivier J.-M. D. Coenen, PhD - Head of Neuroscience Sony Computer Science Laboratory,Paris 6, rue Amyot, 75005 Paris France
email: coenen@csl.sony.fr Tel: +33 1 44 08 05 04 Fax: +33 1 45 87 87 50 Mob: +33 6 85 30 34 04 http://www.csl.sony.fr
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