postdoc and student positions at new centre

[Geoffrey Hinton]

	    THE GATSBY COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE UNIT

		     UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON


We are delighted to announce that the Gatsby Charitable Foundation
has decided to create a centre for the study of Computational
Neuroscience at University College London. The centre will include:

    Geoffrey Hinton (director)
    Zhaoping Li
    Peter Dayan
    Zoubin Ghahramani  

    5  Postdoctoral Fellows
    10 Graduate Students   

We will study computational theories of perception and action
with an emphasis on learning. Our main current interests are:

    unsupervised learning and activity dependent development
    statistical models of hierarchical representations
    sensorimotor adaptation and integration
    visual and olfactory segmentation and recognition
    computation by non-linear neural dynamics
    reinforcement learning

By establishing this centre, the Gatsby Charitable Foundation is
providing a unique opportunity for a critical mass of theoreticians
to interact closely with each other and with University College's
world class research groups, including those in psychology,
neurophysiology, anatomy, functional neuro-imaging, computer
science and statistics. The unit has some laboratory space for
theoretically motivated experimental studies in visual and motor
psychophysics. For further information see our temporary web site

    http://www.cs.toronto.edu/~zoubin/GCNU/
    http://hera.ucl.ac.uk/~gcnu/    (The UK mirror of site above)

We are seeking to recruit 4 postdocs and 6 graduate students to
start in the Fall of 1998.  We are particularly interested in
candidates with strong analytical skills as well as a keen interest
in and knowledge of neuroscience and cognitive science.

Candidates should submit a CV, a one or two page statement of
research interests, and the names of 3 referees.  Candidates may
also submit a copy of one or two papers. We prefer email
submissions (hinton at cs.toronto.edu).  If you use email please send
papers as URL addresses or separate messages in postscript format.
The deadline for receipt of submissions is Tuesday January 13,
1998.

Professor Geoffrey Hinton
Department of Computer Science
University of Toronto
Room 283
6 King's College Road
Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H5
CANADA

phone: 416-978-3707
fax:   416-978-1455