4-Year Doctoral Training (Ph.D.) Neuroinformatics in Edinburgh

[Mark van Rossum]

4-Year Doctoral Training (Ph.D.) Neuroinformatics

We invite applications for the EPSRC/MRC funded Ph.D. programme to the
Neuroinformatics Doctoral Training Centre at the University of Edinburgh.

The programme is made up of 3 themes:

1) Computational and Cognitive Neuroscience - analytical, computational
and experimental study of information processing in the nervous system.

2) Neuromorphic Engineering and Robotics - Artificial sensor perception
and analysis, neuromorphic modelling, mixed-mode VLSI and spiking
computation, neurorobotics.

3) Simulation, Analysis, Visualisation and Data Handling - software
systems and computational techniques for neuroscience and neural
engineering.

The 4-year programme in Neuroinformatics, established in 2002, consists of
an introductory year with training in neuroscience, informatics and
lab-based research projects, followed by 3 years of Ph.D. research related
to one of the above subjects.

The programme has a strong interdisciplinary character and is ideal for
students who want to apply their skills to neuroinformatics problems.  
Students with a strong background in computer science, mathematics,
physics or engineering are particularly welcome to apply, but motivated
students with other backgrounds will also be considered.

We will be accepting an average of 10 students per year. Students will be
attached initially to the Institute for Adaptive and Neural Computation in
the School of Informatics, the UK's largest and highest-quality academic
computer-science group. The Ph.D. project can be done in collaboration
with many affiliated institutes.

Edinburgh has a strong research community in all of the areas listed above
and leads the UK in integrating these into a coherent programme in
neuroinformatics. Edinburgh has been voted as 'best place to live in
Britain', and has many exciting cultural and student activities.

The stipend is set in the region of 10,000 pounds in the first year and
13,000 pounds per annum in years 2-4. Studentships cover full tuition fees
and research and training costs. Full studentships are available to UK
students only. Partial funding is available for EU students. Applicants
who are not citizens or longstanding residents of the EU will need to find
their own funding.

For full application details and further information please consult the
website: http://www.anc.ed.ac.uk/neuroinformatics.

Applications are welcome at any time; those received by March 15th 2004 
will receive priority treatment.