Computational Neureoscientist post

[David Willshaw]

                         UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
                 MRC Centre in Brain and Behaviour


The Medical Research Council has awarded a 7-year grant to establish a
Research Centre in Brain and Behaviour, based at the University of
Oxford, and also involving scientists from other universities
including Birmingham, Cambridge, Durham, Edinburgh and London.

The main theme of the Research Centre is the organisation, function,
development and disorders of the cerebral cortex, and central to this
theme is the exploration of the cortex as an instrument of
computation. To this end, the Centre carries out research involving
many different methodologies, in the areas of sensory systems,
learning and memory, and motor control.

Applications are invited for the post of Computational Neuroscientist
to work on theoretical aspects of learning and memory. The post will
be based at the University of Edinburgh, where the post-holder will be
expected to spend 80% of his/her time. The remaining time will be
spent in linking with complementary work being carried out by other
participants of the Centre, particularly at the universities of Oxford
and Cambridge.

A range of projects is available, and prospective applicants are
encouraged to discuss their plans with Dr David Willshaw of the
University of Edinburgh. Two possibilities which are compatible with
present work are:

1)  Development of a model of the mammalian hippocampal formation as
    an associative memory;

2)  Investigation of associative and error-correcting models of
    cerebellar function as implemented in a biologically realistic form.


This appointment, which is available from January 1992 for 2 years in
the first instance and potentially renewable for a further 4 years,
will be made on the RS1A scale (currently 11,969-19,073 pounds p.a.
with a discretionary scale rising to 21,391 pounds p.a.).

Applications (including the name and address of two referees) should
be sent to Ms Catherine Greasley, Administrative Secretary, MRC
Research Centre in Brain and Behaviour, Department of Experimental
Psychology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3UD
(telephone (0865) 271364 - mornings only) no later than Friday 8
November 1991.


      The University of Oxford is an Equal Opportunities Employer


David Willshaw
Centre for Cognitive Science
2 Buccleuch Place
Edinburgh EH8 9LW
UK

Tel: (+44) 31 650 4404
Fax: (+44) 31 650 4587
Email: d.willshaw at edinburgh.ac.uk