Connectionists: Job Opening: Applied Neurocomputational Modeling of Learning and Memory

[Mark A. Gluck]

Position Offered for Programmer or Postdoctoral Fellowship in

Applied Neurocomputational Modeling
of Learning and Memory

We seek to hire a full time Research Assistant/Programmer or 
Postdoctoral Fellow to work on computer programming projects 
developing  and testing neurocomputational models of the brain 
circuits for learning and memory, especially the basal ganglia, 
frontal cortex, and hippocampal region.

The applicant should be prepared and capable of working on 
applications of these models to two projects: (1) Applying these 
models to understand and predict the nature of memory and cognitive 
dysfunction in clinical brain disorders including Parkinson's 
disease, Huntington's disease, schizophrenia, Alzheimer's, and 
stroke/amnesia; (2) Applying models to a broad range of applied 
engineering and Artificial Intelligence applications in control and 
cognition, to compare them to alternative computing methods for 
solving problems in robotic-control and pattern recognition.

We are open to hiring either a post-BA who would work for at least 
two years before going on to graduate school or a postdoctoral fellow 
with a PhD. In either case, it is desirable that the person have (1) 
very strong computer programming skills, (2) prior experience with 
mathematical and computational neural-nework models of brain and/or 
behavior, preferably with exposure and experience with neural-network 
models, and (3) strong English-language writing and speaking skills.

We are located in Northern New Jersey, less than twenty minutes by 
train from midtown Manhattan. If interested, please email me a letter 
of interest summarizing your background, training, computer modeling 
skills and experience, previous publications and presentations of 
research, and future career goals. Also indicate your current 
location, citizenship, and Visa/workpermit status in the US.

Thank you, Mark Gluck
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Dr. Mark A. Gluck,  Professor 
   Co-Director, Rutgers Memory Disorders Project 
Center for Molecular  and Behavioral Neuroscience                           
Rutgers University                                 Phone:  (973) 353-1080 x3221
197 University Ave.                                    Fax:  (973) 353-1272
Newark, New Jersey  07102                   Email:  gluck at pavlov.rutgers.edu

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