Connectionists: Fully funded PhD Positions at IIT Rovereto - Computational approaches to study the neural code

Tue Apr 17 16:28:38 EDT 2018

I am seeking candidates for fully funded PhD positions at the Italian
Institute of Technology’s in the lab directed by Stefano Panzeri (
https://www.iit.it/people/stefano-panzeri ) and located in Rovereto
(Trento), Italy. IIT collaborates with University of Trento and funds these
positions at the PhD course in Cognitive and Brain Sciences.

The PhD project can focus on any of the research topics about neural
information processing that are of interest to both the candidate and my
lab, including: developing mathematical analysis methods and neural network
models for studying neural population coding during cognitive tasks, for
studying the neural bases of sensory perception and decision making, for
linking functional to anatomical connectivity with cellular resolution at
the neural population level, and for determining the best theoretical
framework to combine recording of neural activity (calcium imaging,
electrophysiology, EEG) and intervention on it (optogenetics, TMS).

My computational neuroscience lab has developed long-term collaboration
with many experimental laboratories including Christopher Harvey and Wei
Lee (Harvard Medical School), Nikos Logothetis (Tuebingen), Tommaso Fellin
(IIT), Mathew Diamond and Davide Zoccolan (SISSA), Alex Thiele (Newcastle)
and others. The PhD project will likely involve collaborations with one or
more experimental lab.

For recent representative publications please see:

van Vugt B, et al, (2018) Science: in press. DOI: 10.1126/science.aar7186

Zaldivar, D., et al, (2018) Current Biology 28: 224-235

Runyan C. A., et al (2017) Nature: 548: 92-96

Panzeri, S, et al (2017) Neuron 93: 491-507

Safaai, H. et al (2015) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 112(41): 12834–12839

Fasoli, D. et al (2016) PLoS Computational Biology, 12(8): e1004992.

Panzeri, S., et al  (2015) Trends in Cognitive Sciences 19: 162-172

Einevoll, G., et al (2013) Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 14, 770-785

The ideal candidate should have a strong background in numerate sciences,
and have a strong propensity for interdisciplinary research. No extensive
previous experience in neuroscience is needed. However, a keen interest in
understanding the brain is essential.

The deadline for the formal application will be set to May 31st 2018, but
interested candidates are invited me to contact me informally by email (
stefano.panzeri at iit.it) *as soon as possible,* and no later than May 1st
2018, by attaching their CV and briefly explaining their interest in this
position, to initiate discussion about potential PhD projects of interest.

In order to formally apply to the PhD Position, candidates will then need
to refer to the call published by Università degli Studi di Trento (see
http://www.unitn.it/drcimec/topic-specific-grants ). The PhD positions
available for projects under my supervision are those entitled “Neural
Coding” and “Computational cognitive neuroscience”

Yours truly,

Stefano Panzeri

stefano.panzeri at iit.it
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