Connectionists: Postdoc opening in neuroinformatics

[Bosl, William]

Hi,

I'd like to post the attached postdoctoral opening in neuroinformatics at Harvard Medical School / Children's Hospital Boston on the connectionist mailing list. I'm not sure if this is the proper place to send it. If not, my apologies; please advise how to post. Many thanks,

Bill
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William J. Bosl, Ph.D.
Instructor in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Research Scientist, Children's Hospital Informatics Program
at Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology (CHIP at HST)
Adjunct lecturer, Boston University Behavioral Neurosciences Program

Email: william.bosl at childrens.harvard.edu
Web: http://tinyurl.com/62kypmo
Office: 617-919-2517
Cell: 209-518-3219
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Postdoctoral position in Neuroinformatics: Children's Hospital Informatics Program, in collaboration with the Division of Developmental Medicine and Epilepsy Clinic

An immediate opening is available for a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the laboratory of William J. Bosl, Instructor in Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and Research Scientist at Children's Hospital Boston. This position provides an extraordinary opportunity to work collaboratively in the neuroinformatics laboratory, in collaboration with the divisions of Developmental Medicine, Neurology and the Epilepsy Research Center to participate in the discovery of early biomarkers for autism and pediatric neurological disorders. The position is funded for one year and is renewable annually pending availability of future funds.

DUTIES:  The position involves working in close collaboration with the PI in the Informatics Program and with researchers and students in the Nelson lab in Developmental Medicine. Specific duties include organizing and evaluating diagnostic test scores (ADOS, ADI, Mullen, others) and other medical data; implementation and execution of various programs to compute EEG signal features, map signal features and other physiological measures to behavioral assessments; statistical analysis of data; preparation and presentation of results at seminars; preparation of papers for publication. Development and application of novel pattern recognition algorithms to discover biomarkers in complex system parameters extracted from electrophysiological data is highly desired for candidates with skills or interest in machine learning. Candidates will have opportunities to explore new applications of neuroinformatics to meet the needs of global pediatric neurological healthcare.

QUALIFICATIONS: Successful candidates should have an PhD or equivalent in computer science, engineering, physics, cognitive or computational neuroscience, machine learning or a related field or equivalent experience, with an interest in clinical applications of nonlinear EEG signal processing and psychiatric biomarkers to pediatric healthcare. Experience with one or more of the following will be helpful and enable a broader research experience:
*  Machine learning and feature extraction methods

*  Python, C/C++ or similar programming skills

*  Signal processing, especially EEG data

*  Complex systems analysis, including Recurrence Plot Analysis

*  Statistical data analysis, data mining

*  Experience with neuropsychological assessments

Successful candidates will have the opportunity to gain skill in each of these areas. Most importantly, creativity and boldness in exploring novel methods, learning new approaches, and focus on clinical practicality are highly valued.

Applicants should send a CV or resume, statement of research interests and the names and contact information for two or three references to Dr. William Bosl at william.bosl at childrens.harvard.edu

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William J. Bosl, Ph.D.
Instructor in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Research Scientist, Children's Hospital Informatics Program
    at Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology (CHIP at HST)
Adjunct lecturer, Boston University Behavioral Neuroscience Program
Email: william.bosl at childrens.harvard.edu <william.bosl at childrens.harvard.edu>
Web: http://www.chip.org/~wbosl <http://www.chip.org/~wbosl>
Office: 617-919-2517
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