Connectionists: Simons-Berkeley Research Fellowship - Call for Applications

[Bruno Olshausen]

Simons-Berkeley Research Fellowship -- Call for applications


In Spring 2018 the Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing will be holding a semester-long program on Brain and Computation, see

  https://simons.berkeley.edu/programs/brain2018

The Institute invites applications for Simons-Berkeley Research Fellowships in connection this program. Simons-Berkeley Research Fellowships are intended for exceptional young scientists (within at most six years of the award of their PhD at the start of 2017-18 academic year). Applicants who already hold junior faculty or postdoctoral positions are welcome to apply. In particular, applicants who hold, or expect to hold, postdoctoral appointments at other institutions are encouraged to apply to spend one semester as a Simons-Berkeley Fellow subject to the approval of the postdoctoral institution. The Institute expects to award about 30 Fellowships in 2017-18; the majority of these are for one semester, but several appointments for a full academic year are expected to be made. In each semester of residence each Fellow will normally participate in at least one of the ongoing programs at the Institute.

The Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing is a major international venue for collaborative research in theoretical computer science and related fields. The Institute is housed on the UC Berkeley campus, and provides a vibrant and welcoming environment for visiting researchers. In each academic semester the activities of the Institute are largely focused on specific research programs, each of which attracts around sixty long-term participants ranging from senior scientists to graduate students.

Salaries and benefits are competitive and assistance with visas and housing will be provided.

The Institute particularly encourages applications from women and minority candidates.

For more on the Simons Institute and applications instructions for the Simons-Berkeley Research Fellowships, please see

  https://simons.berkeley.edu/fellows2017

The deadline for receipt of complete application materials (except letters) is December 15, 2016.



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Bruno A. Olshausen
Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute & School of Optometry
Director, Redwood Center for Theoretical Neuroscience
UC Berkeley 
575A Evans hall, MC 3198
Berkeley, CA 94720-3198
http://redwood.berkeley.edu/bruno