Connectionists: Max Planck Group Leader positions at Biological Cybernetics

[Peter Dayan]

Max Planck Research Group Leaders at the
MPI for Biological Cybernetics, Tuebingen, Germany.

The aim of the MPI for Biological Cybernetics is to understand normal
and dysfunctional information processing in the brains of humans and
animals. We use experimental, theoretical and computational methods to
elucidate the characteristics and implementations of the cascades of
plastic and recurrent interactions that transform sensory data into
perceptions, interoceptions, memories, appropriate choices of actions,
and external and internal motor output. We are richly
multidisciplinary, have excellent facilities for neuroimaging in
humans and capacity for work in animal model systems. We have
close links with neighbouring Max Planck Institutes and the University
of Tuebingen that cover systems neuroscience, machine learning, and
beyond. The working language of the Institute is English.

We seek to recruit two independent research groups working in relevant
areas and collaborating with each other, departments at the Institute
and beyond. Funding covers a set-up package, the position of the group
leader (equivalent to a German W2 professorship), one post-doctoral
and one or two PhD student fellowships, a technician, secretarial
support, plus consumables. It lasts in the first instance for 6 years,
with the possibility of a merit-based extension for 3 further years.

We seek talented candidates with successful track records who are
interested in coming to build a Max Planck Research Group in this
environment.  Applications should include a CV, a list of
publications, summaries of scientific achievements and research plans,
and the names and contact details of three referees. Applications
should be sent in PDF format no later than 15th August 2025 to:
kyb-application at tuebingen.mpg.de Shortlisted candidates will be
invited to an on-site interview on 11th November 2025.

The Institute and the Max Planck Society seek to enhance the
proportion of women in areas where they are underrepresented, and they
are therefore specially encouraged to apply. The Max Planck Society
aims to hire more disabled people, and applications from them are also
most welcome.

Informal inquiries can be addressed to Peter Dayan via:
kyb-inquiry at tuebingen.mpg.de

The Max-Planck-Gesellschaft is an independent, non-profit research
organization that primarily promotes and supports basic research. The
society currently operates over 80 institutes and research facilities
with more than 23,400 employees, including 4,400 scientists.