Connectionists: Open Positions, on the PhD and Postdoc level

[Prof Sonja Gruen]

Open Positions
on the PhD and Postdoc level

The newly founded institute "Computational and Systems Neuroscience
(INM-6)" is part of the Institute for Neuroscience and Medicine and the
Institute of Advanced Simulation at the Research Center Juelich. PIs
are affiliated with the renowned RWTH Aachen University.  The institute
is currently composed of the laboratories "Statistical Neuroscience" headed
by Prof. Sonja Gruen and "Computational Neurophysics" headed by
Prof. Markus Diesmann.  The two laboratories combine approaches of
large-scale modeling and simulation of brain networks with the analysis of
multiple-channel recordings to explore cooperative neuronal activity (for
details seewww.csn.fz-juelich.de  andwww.nest-initiative.org). A third
group concerned with theoretical anatomy will join later.

We have job openings for PhD and postdoctoral studies. Our team of
experienced postdocs provides individual supervision and guidance in
an integrated laboratory space. The institute is equipped with a dedicated
high-performance computing facility and has access to the first peta-scale
supercomputer in Europe (JUGENE) located on campus. The projects are
carried out in the context of international collaborations of experimental
and theoretical groups, for example the large-scale European BrainScaleS
project.

We are seeking outstanding candidates primarily with background(s) in
computational neuroscience, physics, mathematics or computer science
for projects on:

- higher-order correlation structure of massively parallel spike data
- spatio-temporal scales of cortical interactions
- top-down and bottom-up neuronal processing in awake mammals
- simulation technology
- learning and plasticity in neuronal networks
- theory of spike correlation structure
- brain-scale neuronal network models

The call remains open until all positions are filled. If you are
interested please contact us (s.gruen at fz-juelich.de  or
diesmann at fz-juelich.de) with your electronic CV, list of publications
(if applicable), letters of reference, research interests and a statement
of motivation.

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Prof. Dr. Sonja Gruen
Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-6)
Computational and Systems Neuroscience
Research Center Juelich
Juelich, Germany
and
Theoretical Systems Neurobiology
RTWH Aachen University
Aachen, Germany
tel. +49-(0)2461-61-4748 (secr), -9302, -9460 (fax)
mob. +49-(0)175-2972436
s.gruen at fz-juelich.de
www.csn.fz-juelich.de




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