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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Applications are now open for our 4-year PhD Programme in Theoretical Neuroscience and Machine Learning.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Deadline: 13 November 2023<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit is a leading research centre focused on theoretical neuroscience and machine learning. We study (un)supervised and reinforcement
learning in brains and machines; inference, coding and neural dynamics; Bayesian and kernel methods, and deep learning; with applications to the analysis of perceptual processing and cognition, neural data, signal and image processing, machine vision, network
data and nonparametric hypothesis testing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The unit provides a unique opportunity for a critical mass of theoreticians to interact closely with one another, with the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre for Neural Circuits and
Behaviour (SWC), with the Centre for Computational Statistics and Machine Learning (CSML), and with other research groups in related UCL departments including: Computer Science; Functional Imaging; Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology; Psychology; Neurology;
Ophthalmology; the Ear Institute; Statistical Science; Artificial Intelligence; and the nearby Alan Turing and Francis Crick Institutes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Students complete a 4-year PhD in either machine learning or theoretical neuroscience, with minor emphasis in the complementary field. Courses in the first year, taught with
colleagues from the SWC and CSML, provide a comprehensive introduction to both fields and systems neuroscience. Students are encouraged to work and interact closely with researchers at the SWC and/or CSML to take advantage of this uniquely multidisciplinary
research environment.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Applicants should have a strong analytical and quantitative background, a keen interest in neuroscience, machine learning or both, and a relevant first degree, for example
in Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, Neuroscience or Cognitive Psychology.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Full funding is available regardless of nationality and current residence. The unit also welcomes applicants who have secured or are seeking funding from other sources.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Applications should be submitted directly to the Gatsby Unit via our online portal.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">* Information on the programme and how to apply: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/gatsby/study-and-work/phd-programme<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">* Information on our research: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/gatsby/research-0
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">* Read more about our faculty members: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/gatsby/people
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I-Chun Lin, PhD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Scientific Programme Manager<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit, UCL<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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