Professorship in Neuromorphic Computing Systems

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Professorship in Neuromorphic Computing Systems

University of Plymouth, UK

The University of Plymouth is currently seeking to make new Professorial
appointments in the Computing discipline within the Faculty of
Technology. Outstanding candidates are sought in a number of specialist
areas, and candidates whose specialist expertise is in neuromorphic
computing systems, in particular in vision, audition or sensory-motor
systems, are hereby invited to apply. Such candidates will be encouraged
to work closely with other research groups in the Faculty, including the
newly established Centre for Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience
(see below for further details of this research Centre).

Appointees will also be expected to contribute to the development of
undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in computing within the
Faculty of Technology, and to provide research leadership in their area.

Candidates must have a substantial record of successful research and
teaching experience, a strong publication record, and evidence of
success in the acquisition of research grants. The University has also
reserved certain specific Lectureships which will be associated with
these positions and used to support research growth in the appointees'
specialist areas.

Potential applicants should initially contact, by email, Professor Mike
Denham (mdenham at plymouth.ac.uk) in order to discuss their application.
In this respect, it would be helpful if a brief curriculum vitae and an
indication of research interests could be included with the initial
email.

Centre for Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience, University of
Plymouth, UK

This newly-established Centre specialises in the application of
rigorous, quantitative approaches, including mathematical and
computational modelling and psychophysics, to understanding information
coding, processing, storage and transmission in the brain and its
manifestation in perception and action. Areas of study include: visual
and auditory perception and psychophysics; sensory-motor control, in
particular oculomotor control; and mathematical and computational
modelling of the cortical neural circuitry underlying perception,
attention, learning and memory, and motor control. Academic staff in the
Centre are: Prof Jochen Braun (vision); Dr Susan Denham (audition); Prof
Chris Harris (sensory-motor control); Prof Roman Borisyuk (mathematical
and computational modelling); Prof Mike Denham (mathematical and
computational modelling). The Centre has a number of externally-funded
research programmes and strong international links, including with the
Institute of Neuroinformatics at ETH, Zurich, and the Koch laboratory at
Caltech. It has a strong interest and is currently active in
collaborating with researchers in the neuromorphic systems area, in
particular in the implementation of the computational principles and
models of neural processing it is investigating within artificial
systems, in particular in vision, audition and sensory-motor systems.