Post-doctoral and Ph.D.student positions

[Olivier Coenen]

       Post-doctoral and Ph.D. Student Positions available
                           IN
          THEORETICAL AND COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE
           Sony Computer Science Laboratory - Paris


A post-doctoral research associate position and a Ph.D. student position

are available immediately for theoretical and computational
studies of sensorimotor integration and control.

Highly motivated and creative individuals are sought for a period of
1 1/2 year (Post-doctoral) and up to 3 years (Ph.D. student) to join our

research efforts.

The interested candidates will be building mathematical and
computational models of neural processing, with a particular emphasis
on representation and learning in the cerebellum.  Research interests
include unsupervised learning, information theory and probabilistic
approaches to representation and learning in networks of (spiking)
neurons, reinforcement learning and robotic learning and control.  The
candidates will have the opportunity to work across disciplines and
levels of investigation, from analytical models and detailed
compartmental models of neurons to the creation of a unique computing
platform.  The models will be informed and constrained by
neurobiological and psychological data.

Current collaborations will give the candidates the possibility to
interact closely with theoreticians, experimental neurophysiologists,
and computer and hardware scientists at universities in Paris and
abroad.

The Sony Computer Science Laboratory is a fundamental research center
located in the Quartier Latin, in the center of Paris. It is
next door to the renown Ecole Normale Superieure
and only a few steps away from a large number of universities in Paris
(Sorbonne, Jussieu, College de France, etc.). The laboratory has
interests in cognition, music, language, and robotics.

Candidates should have a solid analytical background and a keen
interest in neuroscience. Experience in machine learning algorithms
and in computational models is desirable.  Excellent
computer programming skills (Matlab, C or C++) are essential.

Applicants should send in plain text or pdf format a curriculum vitae
(CV) with a list of publications (PhD applicants should include
details of course work and grades), a statement of research interests,
and names, addresses, emails and phone numbers of at least three
referees to
coenen at csl.sony.fr (email preferred) or to:

Olivier J.-M. D. Coenen, Ph.D.
Sony Computer Science Laboratory - Paris
6, rue Amyot
75005, Paris France

Phone: +33 1 44 08 05 04
Fax:   +33 1 45 87 87 50
http://www.csl.sony.fr

(Interested candidates may also get in touch at the Society
 for Neuroscience meeting in San Diego).