Connectionists: Open position for a PhD-student in Computational Neuroscience with Prof. Laurenz Wiskott at the Institute for Neural Computation, Bochum, Germany

[Laurenz Wiskott]

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		     Open position for a PhD-student with
			 Prof. Laurenz Wiskott at the
	      Institute for Neural Computation, Bochum, Germany

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Ruhr-Universität Bochum is one of the leading research universities. The
university draws its strengths from both the diversity and the proximity of
scientific and engineering disciplines on a single, coherent campus. This highly
dynamic setting enables students and researchers to work across traditional
boundaries of academic subjects and faculties.

The Institute for Neural Computation is a central research institute at the
Ruhr-University Bochum, see https://www.ini.rub.de/. It focuses on the dynamics
and learning of perception and behavior on a functional level but is otherwise
very diverse, ranging from neurophysiology and psychophysics over computational
neuroscience to machine learning and technical applications.

We are looking for an excellent PhD student (m/f/d) for the following research
topic: The project has the goal to understand the neural basis of navigation in
rodents. Building on existing models the PhD student (m/f/d) shall develop a
model of the hippocampus for storing episodic sequences and apply it to
navigational experience.

The load of teaching will be calculated according to §3 of
Lehrverpflichtungsverordnung (state of North Rhine-Westphalia).

The appointment will be for three years with an option for extension.
Anticipated starting date is April 1, 2021.

Salary is 29,87 h/w of salary scale TV-L E12/13.

Informal inquiries can be addressed to Prof. Dr. Laurenz Wiskott
<laurenz.wiskott at rub.de>.

Applications (CV, transcript of records for MSc and BSc, statement of purpose)
should be sent as a single pdf file to Prof. Dr. Laurenz Wiskott
<laurenz.wiskott at rub.de>.

Travel expenses for interviews cannot be refunded.

https://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/en/information-collection-personal-data-application-process

At Ruhr-Universität Bochum, we wish to promote careers of women in areas in
which they are underrepresented, and we would therefore like to encourage female
candidates to send us their applications. Applications by suitable candidates
with severe disabilities and other applicants with equal legal status are
likewise most welcome.