Connectionists: PhD position proposal

[Sylvain SAIGHI]

PhD student position in the field of Neuromorphic Engineering
IXL – CNRS, Bordeaux, France

The starting date should be between September 1, and December 31, 2005.
The project concerns the development of VLSI circuits and electronics 
systems of high biological relevance that emulate in real-time 
multi-conductances neurons and neural networks with adaptive properties. 
This work is a part of a European Commission Integrated Project, in the 
"Future and Emerging Technologies" program of the 6th framework, 
starting September 1st 2005.

The tasks will involve:
- evaluation, development, and use of mathematical models for 
computational neuroscience
- optimized design on digital VLSI of dedicated functions
- benchmarking the hardware/software system and disseminating it to 
European partners
- dissemination of the results in progress reports and international 
publications

The work will be conducted at the IXL Microelectronics laboratory 
(www.ixl.fr), a CNRS institution associated to ENSEIRB-Université 
Bordeaux 1. IXL is located on the Bordeaux Science campus. The PhD 
student will join a research group (“Neurones artificiels sur Silicium”) 
working for more than 10 years on neuromorphic design, with a special 
emphasis on analog and mixed IC design.

Applicants should have expertise on:
- signal processing
- design and synthesis of digital VLSI (including VHDL)
- C language programming
And a strong interest in:
- computational neuroscience
- microelectronics design

For application or further information, please contact:
Sylvie Renaud: renaud<at>ixl.fr
Jean Tomas: tomas<at>ixl.fr