Doctoral Studentships in Neuroinformatics at Edinburgh

[James A. Bednar]

         4-YEAR DOCTORAL TRAINING (Ph.D.) IN NEUROINFORMATICS
                       UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH

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 have 12 studentships available for September 2005. Students are
initially attached 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 is
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 12,000 pounds in the first year and in the region of
13,000 - 14,000 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
2005 will receive priority treatment.