Connectionists: Three postdoctoral positions

[J Bowers]

*Three postdoctoral positions in the School of Experimental Psychology at
the University of Bristol, UK.*


A 5-year ERC-funded project entitled “Generalisation in Mind and Machine”
explores how well humans and artificial neural networks generalize across a
range of tasks.  Over the course of the grant there will be 4 postdoctoral
researchers involved in modelling, 1 postdoctoral researcher involved in
empirical work, and two PhD students. I am currently looking to hire two
persons (one quite senior) with experience working with “deep” neural
networks, and one person with extensive experience carrying out cognitive
psychology experiments.


In contrast with the large community of modelers in machine learning
focused on improving the performance of deep networks for applied reasons,
the goal of this project is to explore what neural networks tell us about
how the brain works.  More specifically, the team will be working on
questions of generalization in the domains of object identification, word
identification, short-term memory, and games, amongst other areas. One key
issue that we will explore is the extent to which symbolic computations are
required to support some forms of generalization. This research is related
to previous and ongoing research in my lab that explores why and when
artificial neural networks learn localist "grandmother cell"
representations with the goal to better understand why some neurons respond
to high-level information in a highly selective manner.


The project will start in September 2017 (or shortly thereafter).  For
further information about the project and information about applying,
please go the following links.


Research Associate focused on behavioural research:  https://goo.gl/8cl6Vm

Senior Research Associate focused on modelling:  https://goo.gl/u2rjk4

Research Fellow focused on modelling (most senior post):
https://goo.gl/XjRKzS



Closing Date for applications:  June 22, 2017. If you have any questions,
please get in touch with me at:  j.bowers at bristol.ac.uk


Jeff Bowers
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