<div dir="ltr">The following announcement could be of high interest to the Connectionists-Community.<br><a href="http://www.uni-potsdam.de/cosmos-itn/?page_id=19">Projects</a> deal among others with neural networks, pulse-coupled oscillatory networks,<br>directional coupling, networks of spiking neurons.<br><br><br>European Joint Doctorates Programme <a href="http://www.uni-potsdam.de/cosmos-itn/">Complex Oscillatory Systems: Modeling and Analysis (COSMOS)</a> announces 15 PhD Fellowships.<br><br>COSMOS
is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action Innovative Training Network
(MSCA-ITN-2014-EJD 642563) aiming at an understanding of the general
properties of collective dynamics and synchronization of complex systems
composed of oscillatory elements. It includes both theoretical projects
where such systems are studied with the methods of nonlinear dynamics
and statistical physics, as well as applied ones related to the analysis
of experimental multivariate time series, such as physiological and
neural data.<br><br>The COSMOS network is highly interdisciplinary, and
fellows will benefit from interactions with world-leading researchers in
a broad range of disciplines. ESR positions are available at following
universities: University of Potsdam, University of Aberdeen, Lancaster
University, University of Florence, University Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona),
VU University Amsterdam, Faculty of Information studies in Novo Mesto
(Slovenia), and Medical University of Graz.<br><br>All fellows will be
jointly supervised by two partner universities and will receive a PhD
degree from each of them. Most of the fellows are expected to be hired
in July 2015, but later starting dates can potentially be accepted.<br><br>Marie
Skłodowska-Curie 36-months PhD fellowships offer an attractive
remuneration package including salary, mobility, and family allowances,
and are subject to eligibility and mobility conditions. For further
information, an overview of the projects, and a detailed description of
open positions visit<br><br><a href="http://www.cosmos-itn.org">www.cosmos-itn.org</a><br><br>Positions will be filled starting May 1st, 2015. Applications prior to April 15 will be given full consideration.</div>