Connectionists: Post-doc position in neural computation in Salerno

[Silvia Scarpetta]

SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT

Please reply before 1 October 2005

OPENING
A two-year  postdoctoral position (Assegno di Ricerca) in Neural Networks / NeuroPhysics starting this Fall 2005 (around  November, 2005) is available
 at the Dept. of Physics "E.R. Caianiello" of the  Università degli Studi di Salerno, Italy, in the group headed by Prof. Maria Marinaro 
(http://www.sa.infn.it/NeuralGroup/) 
The monthly net amount of the fellowship is about 1200 Euro.

RESEARCH ACTIVITY
Areas of particular interest include:
1) Neurobiological applications of theoretical physics tools, 
computational and mathematical modeling  of neural dynamics, 
cortical dynamics and oscillations, learning memory and modelling of STDP,  rhythmic locomotion  and related topics.
2) Neural networks applied to signal and image processing and to speech recognition.
Description of current project in our group can be found in:
http://www.sa.infn.it/NeuralGroup/

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
master degree in scientific disciplines
(physics, neuroscience, mathematics, computer science, engeneering, etc)
and a PhD degree or a 3 years research experience in fields related with the position topic.
Sufficient knowledge of the English language and of a programming language
(C or Matlab) will be required for successful project work.

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Please provide before 1 October a CV with publication list and
description of research interests, and arrange for at least two letters of
reference to be sent to:

Prof. Maria Marinaro
Dipartimento di Fisica "E.R. Caianiello"
Università degli Studi di Salerno
Via S. Allende
I-84081 Baronissi (SA)
Italy



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Prof. Maria Marinaro
Dipartimento di Fisica "E.R. Caianiello"
Università degli Studi di Salerno
Via S. Allende
84081 Baronissi (SA)
Italy

Tel. +39 089 965318
Web page: http://www.sa.infn.it/NeuralGroup/

Dr. Silvia Scarpetta
Dipartimento di Fisica "E.R. Caianiello"
Università degli Studi di Salerno
Via S. Allende
84081 Baronissi (SA)
Italy

Tel. +39 089 965318
Web page: http://www.sa.infn.it/silvia.scarpetta