I am looking for a postdoctoral researcher for a project using mathematical
and computer models to refine and test hypotheses about how the cerebellum
and motor cortex function together to support motor activity. We are
constructing a large scale-model of the cerebellum and associated premotor
circuits that is constrained by the anatomy and physiology, but that is also
abstract to allow us to explore its control abilities in a computationally
feasible manner. We are specifically focusing on the learning of skilled
reaching behavior. The post doc will stongly interact with physiologists in
collaborating laboratories who study motor control in animals, but should be
most skilled in computational approaches to motor control and in adaptive
neural network simulation.
If you are interested in this position, which will be available this Fall,
or in additional details, please contact Gwyn Mitchell
(mitchell@cs.umass.edu, tel (413) 545-1309, fax (413) 545-1249). If you know
of any suitable candidate who might be interested in this position, I would
appreciate it if you could pass this information along to them. Thank you
very much.
Sincerely,
Andrew G. Barto, Professor
Computer Science Department, LGRC
University of Massachusetts
Box 34610
Amherst MA 01003-4610
Refs: Houk et al., Trends in Neuroscience 16; pp. 27-33, 1993;
Houk and Barto, In G. E. Stelmach and J. Requin, eds., Tutorials in Motor
Behavior II, pp. 71-100, Elesevier, 1992.
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