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<a name="_GoBack"></a><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Marie-Curie Funded Research Fellowship is available at the Plymouth University, UK to work on Project 3 “Modelling Creative Decision Making” under supervision of Prof Roman Borisyuk (Computational
Neuroscience), Dr Haline Schendan (Neuropsychology), Dr Giorgio Ganis (Neuropsychology), as part of European Project “CogNovo”
<a href="http://www.cognovo.eu/projects/">http://www.cognovo.eu/projects/</a> ).</span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">We are looking for a very strong and motivated candidate to
</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#222222">develop a biologically plausible neurocomputational model to explore the link between novelty detection, attention, memory and creative decision making. The model will be
based on recordings from human subjects and will be used to explore how novelty detection triggers a cascade of processes that underlie creativity.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15.75pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; color:#222222">Qualifications:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; color:#222222"> Upper second honours degree (first strongly preferred) or equivalent
in Computer Science (preferable), Applied Mathematics, Computational Neuroscience, Engineering or related fields. Candidates who also have a Master’s degree in these fields are especially desirable.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15.75pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; color:#222222">Essential skills:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; color:#222222"> Excellent programming skills. Good experience with university-level
mathematics. Experience in at least one of the following: computational modelling, biomedical engineering, electrical engineering, artificial neural networks, signal processing, the scientific study of human cognition or neuroscience. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15.75pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; color:#222222">Desirable skills:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; color:#222222"> Understanding the basic concepts of Neuroscience and Cognitive
Systems, basic principles of neural computations, mathematical/computational neuroscience.</span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0cm; margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt">
<b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Salary:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> from £35,000, including living and mobility allowance.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Applicants should send a completed application form along with a covering letter detailing their suitability for the studentship, C.V. and 2 academic references to
Catherine Johnson, Faculty of Science and Technology Research Office, Room A425, Portland Square, Plymouth PL4 8AA or e-mail
<a href="mailto:catherine.johnson@plymouth.ac.uk"><span style="color:#0057AE">catherine.johnson@plymouth.ac.uk</span></a>.
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<p style="margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Closing date for applications: 12 noon, 30 November 2013</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Shortlisted candidates will be invited for interview in January/February 2014.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Roman Borisyuk, DSc, PhD</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Professor of Computational Neuroscience</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">School of Computing and Mathematics</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">University of Plymouth</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">A224, Portland Sq</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Plymouth, PL4 8AA</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Phone: +44 (0) 1752 584949</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">E-mail: <a href="mailto:RBorisyuk@plymouth.ac.uk">
<span style="color:blue">RBorisyuk@plymouth.ac.uk</span></a></span></p>
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