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<p class="xmsonormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Part Time Associate Lecturer required</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Department of Computing</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">, Goldsmiths – University of London</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Spring Term - to teach Cortical Modelling module</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Part time hours equivalent to 0.05 FTE, Salary GR7, SP32 pro-rata or £25.67 per hour.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">CORTICAL MODELLING
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">This module provides a theoretical and practical introduction to computational neuroscience. As a core component of the MSc in Computational Cognitive Neuroscience</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">
(see also https://www.gold.ac.uk/pg/msc-computational-cognitive-neuroscience/)<span style="color:black">, it covers the “lower-level” aspects of brain modelling, focussing on single neurons and simple cortical circuits, including (but not limited to): neurobiology
of the neuron (basic synaptic mechanisms, channel conductance, membrane potential), generation and propagation of action potential (Hodgkin-Huxley, compartmental models), leaky integrate-and-fire (LIF) neurons, random and feed-forward networks, competitive
(Kohonen) and point-attractor networks. The course is delivered by means of ten lectures along with ten practical sessions (labs / workshops), each two hours long. The practical sessions typically involve implementing models of single neurons and small networks
of neurons using MATLAB.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Students who successfully complete this module
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">should <span style="color:black">be able to: (i) demonstrate knowledge and understanding of fundamental concepts of computational neuroscience; (ii) explain the main physical characteristics of biological neurons (synaptic
mechanisms and membrane potential, action potential generation and propagation) and how they can be modelled; (iii) Implement simple (one or two compartments) models of LIF neurons; (iv) build computational models of small cortical circuits as simple networks
of learning neurons.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">To apply, please send a CV and covering letter to Catherine Edlin Bellamy,
<b>c.bellamy@gold.ac.uk </b>and </span></i><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Dr. <span style="color:black">
Max Garagnani, <b>m.garagnani@gold.ac.uk</b></span></span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Catherine Edlin Bellamy</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#201F1E;background:white">
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">/ Inga Tillere</span><br>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">Department Business Manager (job share)</span><br>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">Department of Computing</span><br>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">Goldsmiths, University of London</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"><a href="http://www.gold.ac.uk/computing">www.gold.ac.uk/computing</a></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#201F1E;background:white"><br>
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