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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:18.0pt; color:black; background:white">Fully funded<b> PhD fellowship</b> in computational neurosciences
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:16.0pt; color:black; background:white">at the CerCo laboratory (CNRS UMR 5549, Toulouse France) and in collaboration with the IPAL laboratory (IRL 2955, Singapore)</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:18.0pt; color:black; background:white">Benoit Cottereau / Timothée Masquelier</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:red; background:white">Starting date:</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:red; background:white">
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black; background:white">Second semester of 2024</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:red; background:white">Supervisors:</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:red; background:white">
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black; background:white">Benoit Cottereau,
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black; background:white">research director at CNRS (CerCo & IPAL, contact: benoit.cottereau@cnrs.fr) and Timothée Masquelier, research director at CNRS (CerCo,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black; background:white">contact: timothee.masquelier@cnrs.fr)</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black; background:white"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:red; background:white">Keywords:
</span></b><b><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black; background:white">Vision, Computational neurosciences, Artificial intelligence (AI), Spiking neural networks, Event-based cameras,
</span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black; background:white">Neuro-ophthalmology.</span></i></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black; background:white"></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black; background:white">A fully funded PhD fellowships is available to work at the CNRS (Cerco laboratory in Toulouse and also IPAL in Singapore) under the supervision of
<b>Benoit Cottereau</b> (CNRS research director) and <b>Timothée Masquelier</b> (CNRS research director). The aim of the project is to develop computational models that explain how the visual system evolves following the onset of pathologies associated with
visual field deficits (e.g., in patients with macular degeneration or retinis pigmentosa). We will be specifically interested in the neuroplasticity mechanisms that may underly the visual rehabilitations observed in some animal models of these pathologies
(see e.g., Shao et al., 2014; Burnat et al., 2017). It will be realized using spiking neural networks trained with data collected by event-based cameras from partially occluded visual scenes (see e.g., Moore et al., 2021). The outputs of the networks after
training will be compared to those observed in neural recordings and/or in behavioural experiments realized in patients (the CerCo has a privileged connection with the Retina Center of the Purpan hospital in Toulouse).</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black; background:white">The candidate should be willing to work
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black; background:white">in a multidisciplinary environment which combines AI, neurosciences and ophthalmology</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black; background:white">, have a good level in English, very good mathematical
and programming skills and be interested in neurobiology. Some knowledge in neurosciences/ cognitive sciences would be a plus.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background:white"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black; background:white">The research will mainly take place in Toulouse, a student city (Toulouse is the second university hub in France) with high quality of life located in the
south west of France (close to the Pyrenees, the Mediterranean Sea and the Spanish border). Stays in Singapore (a multicultural and attractive city of south-east Asia) are also planned. The position will be fully funded during the three years of the PhD, with
standard French salaries. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black; background:white">Applications should be sent to
</span><a href="mailto:benoit.cottereau@cnrs.fr"><span lang="EN-US" style="">benoit.cottereau@cnrs.fr</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style=""> and
</span><a href="mailto:timothee.masquelier@cnrs.fr"><span lang="EN-US" style="">timothee.masquelier@cnrs.fr</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="">,
<span style=""> </span><b>including a CV and 2 names of references.</b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black; background:white">References:</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt; text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black; background:white">- Burnat, K., Hu, T. T., Kossut, M., Eysel, U. T., & Arckens, L. (2017). Plasticity beyond V1: reinforcement of motion perception upon
binocular central retinal lesions in adulthood. Journal of Neuroscience, 37(37), 8989-8999.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt; text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black; background:white">- Moore, J. A., Tuladhar, A., Ismail, Z., Mouches, P., Wilms, M., & Forkert, N. D. (2023). Dementia in Convolutional Neural Networks:
Using Deep Learning Models to Simulate Neurodegeneration of the Visual System. Neuroinformatics, 21(1), 45-55.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt; text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black; background:white">- Shao, Y., Keliris, G. A., Papanikolaou, A., Fischer, M. D., Zobor, D., Jägle, H., ... & Smirnakis, S. M. (2013). Visual cortex organisation
in a macaque monkey with macular degeneration. </span><span style="color:black; background:white">European journal of neuroscience, 38(10), 3456-3464.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black; background:white"></span></p>
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