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tl;dr:<br>
<b>Graduate students</b> with backgrounds in engineering/computer
science/related disciplines and an interest in neuroscience are <b>encouraged
to apply for a postdoctoral fellowship</b> at Purdue University to
investigate the basis of <b>sensorimotor computations</b> using a
mixture of theory and experiments in rodents and humans. <b>DEADLINE
FOR APPLICATION IS DECEMBER 4th</b>.<br>
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Long version:<br>
The goal of the Lillian Gilbreth Postdoctoral Fellowship Program at
Purdue Engineering is to attract and prepare outstanding individuals
with recently awarded PhDs for a career in engineering academia
through interdisciplinary research, training, and professional
development.<br>
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Profs. Joseph Makin (ECE) and Maria Dadarlat (BME) are soliciting
applicants to develop a proposal based on the following topic:<br>
<p> How does the brain use sensory (visual, tactile, proprioceptive)
information to move around in and manipulate the world? How are
the "algorithms" underlying these behaviors implemented in neural
circuits? And what can we do when something goes wrong? Answering
some of the most fundamental questions about how the brain works,
like these, is now becoming feasible due to improved electrodes
and to the ability to record with them from human patients. But
making sense of experimental data will require, in addition to
expertise in neuroscience, a theoretical framework and analytical
tools, both of which increasingly come from electrical engineering
and computer science.</p>
<p> In this project, the postdoc would collaborate with faculty in
the ECE and BME departments, and with neurosurgeons (our external
collaborators), to devise and test computational theories of
neural function, including: designing experiments, analyzing data,
formulating and simulating mathematical models, and improving
algorithms. We are particularly interested in problems of
sensorimotor processing, including applications to brain-machine
interfaces; and the postdoc would be expected to draw on basic
neurobiology, control theory, and statistical learning theory.</p>
For more information, see:<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://engineering.purdue.edu/Engr/Research/GilbrethFellowships">https://engineering.purdue.edu/Engr/Research/GilbrethFellowships</a><br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://engineering.purdue.edu/Engr/Research/GilbrethFellowships/ResearchProposals/2021-22/sensorimotor-processing-in-the-human-brain-theory-computation-and-experiment">https://engineering.purdue.edu/Engr/Research/GilbrethFellowships/ResearchProposals/2021-22/sensorimotor-processing-in-the-human-brain-theory-computation-and-experiment</a><br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://engineering.purdue.edu/MakinLab">https://engineering.purdue.edu/MakinLab</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.purdue.edu/gradschool/pulse/groups/profiles/faculty/dadarlat.html">https://www.purdue.edu/gradschool/pulse/groups/profiles/faculty/dadarlat.html</a><br>
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or contact me (Joseph Makin) directly (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:jgmakin@purdue.edu">jgmakin@purdue.edu</a>).<br>
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Joseph Makin
Assistant Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Purdue University</pre>
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