Connectionists: PhD positions in computational neuroscience 2016

[Richard Shillcock]

3 YEAR PhD IN COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE, UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH.

We are happy to announce a last minute opening in our PhD programme in COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE at the University of Edinburgh.

Applicants need to have UK citizenship, or have been in the UK for the last 3 years.

The studentship is ideal for a student who wants to apply their computational and analytical skills to problems in neuropsychology and related fields. The following PhD is available (supervised by Richard Shillcock, in Informatics and Psychology, and Bonnie Auyeung, in Psychology)

“Computational and neuropsychological study of hemisphericity in the distribution of cognitive ability across a population, with particular reference to autistic savantism.”

The PhD project will be in collaboration with Psychology in the University Edinburgh. Edinburgh has been voted as 'best place to live in Britain', and has many exciting cultural and student activities.

Applicants should have a competent computational background, particularly in neural networks, and a background/interest in neuropsychology. Motivated students with other backgrounds may also be considered.

Application procedure:
For general information, see http://www.anc.ed.ac.uk <http://www.anc.ed.ac.uk/> and for specific information contact Richard Shillcock at rcs at inf.ed.ac.uk

Apply formally at
http://www.ed.ac.uk/studying/postgraduate/degrees/index.php?r=site/view&id=489 <http://www.ed.ac.uk/studying/postgraduate/degrees/index.php?r=site/view&id=489>

Rapid action from applicants will be required.



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 Dr. Richard Shillcock
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