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Prof. Sen Cheng, Institute
for Neural Computation at the <span style="font-weight: normal">Ruhr
University Bochum </span>in Germany, invites applicants for the
position of <span style="font-weight: normal"><b>Doctoral Fellow in
Computational Neuroscience</b>. </span>
<br>
<br>
<span style="font-weight: normal">The
work will focus on </span><span style="font-weight: normal">studying
the interaction between </span><span style="font-weight: normal">neocortex
and hippocampus </span><span style="font-weight: normal">using
</span><span style="font-weight: normal">spiking
neural network </span><span style="font-weight: normal">model</span><span
style="font-weight: normal">s</span><span style="font-weight:
normal">.
T</span><span style="font-weight: normal">he
</span><span style="font-weight: normal">position
is part of the project</span><span style="font-weight: normal">
"Theory of the interplay between sensory cortices and
hippocampus in memory formation and retrieval", </span><span
style="font-weight: normal">which
</span><span style="font-weight: normal">is
funded by the German Research Foundation as part of the
collaborative
research center SFB 874. </span><span style="font-weight: normal">The
</span><span style="font-weight: normal">position
is funded from</span><span style="font-weight: normal"> </span>
<b>01.07.2019 - 30.06.2022</b>
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(TV-L E13 65%)</span><span style="font-weight: normal">.</span><br>
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Candidates
should have an excellent university degree in neuroscience, physics,
mathematics, engineering or a related field and be eligible to
enroll
in a relevant PhD program at the Ruhr University. Competence in
<span lang="en-US">mathematical modeling </span><span lang="en-US">and
</span>excellent programming skills<span lang="en-US"> </span>are
mandatory. <span lang="en-US">Familiarity with computational
neuroscience </span><span lang="en-US">or computational cognitive
modeling </span><span lang="en-US">would be a further asset. </span>
<br>
<br>
<span lang="en-US">The
Ruhr University Bochum is home to a vibrant research community in
neuro</span><span lang="en-US">science</span><span lang="en-US">
</span><span lang="en-US">and
cognitive </span><span lang="en-US">science.
</span><span lang="en-US">The
Institute for Neural Computation is an independent research unit
and
combines different areas of expertise ranging from </span><span
lang="en-US">experimental
</span><span lang="en-US">and
</span><span lang="en-US">theoretical
neuroscien</span><span lang="en-US">ce</span><span lang="en-US">
</span><span lang="en-US">to
machine learning and</span><span lang="en-US">
</span><span lang="en-US">robotics</span><span lang="en-US">. For
further information see <a class="western"
href="http://www.rub.de/cns">www.rub.de/cns</a>.
</span>
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To apply
please send a statement of <span lang="en-US">your
motivation and research interests, academic transcripts, </span>and
a complete CV to <a class="western"
href="mailto:samarasinghe@ini.rub.de">samarasinghe@ini.rub.de</a>
in a single PDF file. Please,
also request from at least two academic referees that they send
letters of reference directly to the same email address. The
<b>deadline for applications is 31.03.2019</b>.<br>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">The
Ruhr
University Bochum is committed to equal opportunity. We strongly
encourage applications from qualified women and persons with
disabilities.</font></p>
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Vinita Samarasinghe M.Sc., M.A.
Science Manager
Arbeitsgruppe Computational Neuroscience
Institut für Neuroinformatik
Ruhr-Universität Bochum, NB 3/26
Universitätstr. 150
D-44801 Bochum
Tel: +49 (0)234 32 27316
Email: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:samarasinghe@ini.rub.de">samarasinghe@ini.rub.de</a>
Hours: Mon. - Fri. 8-11</pre>
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