job announcement

[mherrmann@informatik.uni-leipzig.d400.de]

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|           Open Research Post in the EC-Project             |
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|           "Principles of Cortical Computation"             |
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|                   at Leipzig University                    |
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The project forms a part of the "Human Capital and Mobility"
programme and is a cooperative network between the University
of Stirling (W.A. Phillips, coordinator), NORDITA (J. Hertz),
MPI for Brain Research Frankfurt (W. Singer), the Insitute of
Neuroinformatics Bochum (C. von der Malsburg), and the University
of Leipzig (R. Der). The central goal of this network is to
advance the understanding of the basic principles upon which
computation in the mammalian cortex is based.
The work of the Leipzig group is devoted to the statistical
mechanical theory and/or applications of learning and self-
organizing systems, in particular the Kohonen feature map. We
use self-organizing layered Kohonen maps and the neural gas
algorithm for hierarchical feature classification, time series
predictions, and modelling and control of nonlinear dynamical
systems. Reinforcement and Q-learning algorithms are of particular
interest for the control tasks. Recent activities focus on the
use of neural networks for the control of chaotic systems and 
possible implications for modelling the dynamical storage in the brain.

The project runs until September 1995. Duration of the employment
is about ten months. Preferentially the beginning of the employment
should be in the next three months. Salary is about 5000.- DM per
month according to qualification. As a rule applicants should have
a doctoral degree but qualified graduate students are also
considered. The applicant has to be a citizen of an EC country
except Germany. Applications should contain a curriculum vitae,
names and addresses of two references, a list of publications,
and a statement of interests and should be submitted as soon as
possible.


Dr. habil. R. Der                          Leipzig, January 1994
Universitaet Leipzig
Institut fuer Informatik
Augustusplatz 10 - 11
D-04109 Leipzig

Tel +49-341-719 2214
Fax +49-341-719 2399
e-mail: DER at INFORMATIK.UNI-LEIPZIG.D400.DE

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