Connectionists: Research Fellow (Postdoc) Position Opening, University of Surrey

[Yaochu.Jin@surrey.ac.uk]

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Department of Computing

Research Fellow
(Ref:  7692)

Salary: Up to £28,983 per annum
(subject to qualifications and experience)


We are seeking a Research Fellow to work on a cross-disciplinary research project in the fields of computational neuroscience, systems biology, machine learning and engineering sciences. 

You will work in the Nature Inspired Computing and Engineering (NICE) Group within the Computing Department.

You will have a PhD (or equivalent) in computer science, computational neuroscience, mathematics, or electrical engineering and a strong interest in computational biology for solving real-world problems. Expertise in computational modelling of spiking neural networks and / or gene regulatory networks are expected, experience in human behaviour recognition, financial data mining or evolutionary computation is a plus. Programming skills in C/C++ and Matlab is also highly desirable. 

Start date: 1 October 2010 or as soon as possible thereafter. The appointment is for two years with an extension possibility depending on the availability of further funding.

Informal enquires to Prof. Yaochu Jin (e-mail: yaochu.jin at surrey.ac.uk, tel: +44 (0) 1483 686037).

For an application pack and to apply on-line please go to our website: www.surrey.ac.uk/vacancies
If you are unable to apply on-line please contact Miss Karen Truss, HR Assistant on Tel: 
+44 (0) 1483 686060 or email k.truss at surrey.ac.uk.  Please quote Post Ref No. 7692

Closing date for applications is Friday, 6 August 2010


For further information about the University of Surrey, please visit www.surrey.ac.uk

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Professor Yaochu Jin
Head of the Nature-Inspired Computing and Engineering (NICE) Group
Department of Computing, University of Surrey
Guildford, Surrey, GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
Room 35 BB02
Phone: +44(0)1483 686037   Fax:    +44(0)1483 686051
Email:  yaochu.jin at surrey.ac.uk   
http://www2.surrey.ac.uk/computing/people/yaochu_jin/
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