Connectionists: Postdoc position at Plymouth University

[Roman Borisyuk]

Centre for Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience, University of Plymouth, UK 

Postdoctoral Research Fellow (starting salary £24,450 GB Pounds per annum)

 

Applications are invited for a post of Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Centre for Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience at the University of Plymouth, UK. The position has been made available through the award of a research grant from the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council for a project entitled "Brain-Inspired Neuronal Model of Attention and Memory"

 

Applicants must have a PhD in the area of Applied Mathematics or Physics (ideally in Computational Neuroscience), experience of research work in Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience (or other closely related areas of sciences), and possess a good knowledge and understanding of the mathematical methods and computational tools for modelling neural networks at a biologically realistic level. The work of the Research Fellow will be specifically concerned with the development and investigation of new spiking neuron models of attention and memory. The project will draw on neurobiological experimental and modelling results from several neuroscience research labs in Europe.

 

The research fellow post is available from the 1st of April 2006 and an appointment will be made as soon as possible. The appointment is for a fixed term of three years, and will be subject to a probationary period of six months.

 

Informal enquiries, ideally including a CV/resumé, should be made in the first instance by email to Professor Roman Borisyuk: rborisyuk at plymouth.ac.uk 

 

The Centre for Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience is one of the main UK labs specialising in theoretical and modelling approaches to understanding brain function (visit www.plymneuro.org.uk). It has research groups in vision, audition, sensorimotor control, mathematical neuroscience, biophysics of temporal brain dynamics, and neural computation. It is actively collaborating with several UK, US and European labs and participates in a number of major UK research council and EU funded research projects.