Connectionists: PhD Position, Computational Neuroscience, Bordeaux, France

[Nicolas Rougier]

Dear colleagues,

Please find below a PhD proposal that may be of some interests for your students.

Best Regards,
Nicolas Rougier



Neuroscience of decision making: from motor primitives to actions
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The aim of this proposal is to investigate and to model decision
making at different levels in order to establish the link between
motor primitives and higher level actions. The question is to
understand how continuous complex motor sequences can be
dynamically represented as actions such that they can be later
manipulated to resolve conflict when several actions are
possible.

This research will take place at the institute of neurodegenerative
diseases (Bordeaux, France) whose goal is to develop therapeutic
approaches to neurodegenerative diseases using both vertical and
translational approaches. More specifically, this research will be
driven in cooperation with the Basal Gang group which has extended
expertise in the physiology of decision making and the
neuromodulation of the cortex-basal ganglia loop.

The candidate should have education in mathematics and computer
science (modeling, differential equations, simulation, analysis)
with a strong motivation or experience in neurosciences.
Knowledge of the python language and numerical libraries will be
appreciated.


Administrative Information
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Position type:        PhD Student
Functional area:      Bordeaux (France)
Research theme:       Computation sciences for biology, medicine
                     and the environnement
Scientific advisor:   Nicolas Rougier (http://www.loria.fr/~rougier)
HR Contact:           laure.pottier_schupp at inria.fr

Application deadline: 03/05/2013

Eligibility:          Master's in computer science, control
                     engineering, mathematics, scientific
                     computation or an equivalent diploma.

More details at:
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http://www.inria.fr/en/institute/recruitment/offers/phd/campaign-2013