Connectionists: Postdoctoral position in neuromorphic engineering at Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore

[Huajin Tang]

Applicants are invited for a Postdoctoral position in the field of
neuromorphic engineering with the focus on hardware implementation of
cognitive memory by using a combined approach of neural system modeling and
biological plausible microcircuit.  The postdoctoral stay is funded for 3
years. The successful applicant will work in a research program in the
Institute for Infocomm Research, that is funded by the Agency for Science,
Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore’s lead government agency
dedicated to fostering world-class scientific research and talent. For more
information about our research and environment, please visit
http://www.a-star.edu.sg/, http://www.i2r.a-star.edu.sg/.



The successful candidate is expected to apply neuromorphic microelectronic
technology and novel synaptic, memory materials to develop a hardware that
is scalable and able to emulate large-scale cognitive memory system.  He/she
will work in an interdisciplinary team of researchers in mathematics,
computer science, microelectronics, and neuroscience. Main objective of the
post-doctoral work is to investigate and design the functional microchip
with the capabilities for memory storage/retrieval, spatial-temporal pattern
encoding and learning.



Requirements:

   - PhD in Computer Science / Electronics & Electrical Engineering /
   Computer Engineering or related disciplines.
   - Strong background in neuromorphic engineering, CMOS, FPGA or VLSI
   design and fabrication.
   - A strong research record.
   - Programming skills with Matlab/C++.
   - Fresh graduates with relevant Postgraduate experience are welcome to
   apply.

Desirables:

   - Background of computational neuroscience (neocortex, cognitive memory
   and synaptic plasticity, etc).
   - Expertise in neural circuits, memory encoding and spike-based learning.
   - Experience in design of neuronal chip.

Enquiries can be sent  to  Dr. Huajin Tang (htang at i2r.a-star.edu.sg).
Applications including a CV, a motivation letter (statement of research
interests) and the names of two references should be received before 30
March 2010 for a full consideration. The review will begin immediately and
the position is open until filled.



Huajin Tang, Ph.D.

Institute for Infocomm Research

A*STAR, Singapore 138632

Tel: +65 6408 2688

Fax: +65 6776 1378

E-mail: htang at i2r.a-star.edu.sg
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