post-doc positions in computational neuroscience (UC Berkeley)

[Donald A. Glaser]

POST-DOC POSITIONS IN COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE

We are developing computational models of primate visual cortex based 
on the properties of two-dimensional arrays of interconnected model 
neurons and multiple layers of such arrays.  These models are 
designed to mimic the anatomy and functioning of visual cortex as 
closely as practical and to make predictions of observable phenomena 
via psychophysical, electrophysiological, and fMRI techniques. 
Experiments being planned now will involve the new Berkeley Brain 
Imaging Center with its 4-Tesla fMRI system in studying patterns of 
cortical excitation resulting from various visual stimuli. 
Psychophysical experiments to test  our models will continue in our 
own laboratory.

Candidates will be expected to perform some combination of analysis, 
refinement, and elaboration of these or new, related, computer 
models, and participate in design and implementation of 
psychophysical and neuroimaging tests of these models.    A strong 
background in mathematics, physics, or computer science and a 
continuing interest in neuroscience are required.    Experience with 
Matlab, Mathematica, and Linux are desirable as we will  shortly 
install a Linux-based Beowulf system for large computations in 
addition to the computers now in use.    A supercomputer at the 
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is also available for these 
studies.

Sample Publications:  
1) Motion detection and characterization by an excitable membrane: 
The "bow wave" model, by  Donald A. Glaser, Davis Barch, 
Neurocomputing 26-27 (1999) 137-146
2)Characterization of activity oscillations in an excitable membrane 
model and their potential functionality for neuronal computations by 
Davis Barch,  Neurocomputing        32-33 (2000) 25-35
3)Multiple matching of features in simple stereograms, by T. Kumar, 
Vision Res. Vol 36, No. 5 pp 675-698, (1996)
4) To be presented at CNS 2001, the Tenth Annual Computational 
Neuroscience Meeting at Pacific Grove, California, June 30-July 5, 
2001
       1) Nearby edges and lines interfere very little with width 
discrimination of rectangles, by T. Kumar, Ilya Khaytin, and D. A. 
Glaser
       2) Interactions among cortical maps, by Kirill N. Shokhirev and 
Donald A. Glaser
       3) Synaptic depression and facilitation can induce motion 
aftereffects in an excitable membrane model of of visual motion 
processing, by D. Barch, and D.A.Glaser
       4) Slowly moving visual stimuli induce characteristic periodic 
activity waves in an excitable membrane model of visual motion 
processing, by D. Barch and D.A.Glaser

Please send your CV, a brief statement of your interests, and letters 
of recommendation to:

Donald A. Glaser PhD.
Nobel Laureate in Physics
Professor of Physics and of Neurobiology in the Graduate School
University of California at Berkeley
41 Hill Road, Berkeley CA 94708
W 510-642-7231, F 510-841-2563
glaser at socrates.berkeley.edu