Connectionists: 4-year PhD studentship in Neuroscience and Machine Learning at the University of Oxford

[Andrew Saxe]

Applications are invited for a 4-year PhD studentship in Neuroscience and
Machine Learning at the University of Oxford. The successful candidate will
join the Oxford Interdisciplinary Bioscience DTP
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and
will work with Andrew Saxe <http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~asaxe/>, Tim
Behrens
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 and Christopher Summerfield
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on
understanding the computational mechanisms of learning in biological
systems and artificial agents, and will be primarily based in the Department
of Experimental Psychology
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The successful candidate will have the opportunity to collaborate with an
industry partner.

Applicants should have strong quantiative skills and a background in
computer science, computational neuroscience, statistics, or a related
discipline. Applicants with a joint interest in both machine learning/AI
research and computational neurobiology are particularly encouraged to
apply.

In the first instance please contact Dr Andrew Saxe (asaxe at fas.harvard.edu)
to discuss your suitability for the project. The application deadline is
Friday 13th July 2018 (see
http://www.biodtp.ox.ac.uk/how-apply/bbsrc-artificial-intelligence-npif-studentships-2018.html
for
details). This project is funded for four years by the Biotechnology and
Biological Sciences Research Council BBSRC and as such is only available to
UK and EU candidates. Successful students will receive a stipend of no less
than the standard RCUK stipend rate, currently set at £14,777 per year.
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