International
Doctoral Program "Computational Neuroscience" in Berlin, Germany
Application deadline March 15th, 2014
Begin of courses: October 2014
Begin of courses: October 2014
The Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience
Berlin and the TU Berlin invite applications for 7 fellowships of the
Research Training Group "Sensory Computation in Neural Systems" (GRK
1589/1).
The scientific program of the research training group
combines techniques and concepts from machine learning, computational
neuroscience, and systems neurobiology in order to specifically address
sensory computation. Doctoral candidates will work on interdisciplinary
projects investigating the mechanisms of neural computation, address the
processes underlying perception on different scales and different levels of
abstraction, and develop new theories of computation hand in hand with
well-controlled experiments in order to put functional hypotheses to test.
The
training group offers structured supervision complemented by a teaching and
training program. Each student will be supervised by two investigators with
complementary expertise and will be associated with the Bernstein Center for
Computational Neuroscience Berlin (http://www.bccn-berlin.de/) a leading research center dedicated to the
theoretical study of neural processing.
Candidates are expected to hold a Masters degree (or
equivalent) in a relevant subject (e.g., neuroscience, cognitive science,
computer science, physics, mathematics, etc.) and have the required advanced
mathematical background.
Candidates selected in the first application step will
be invited for lab visits and an interview, expected to take place in June
2014. The fellowships of 1468 €/month − with additional children allowances if
applicable − will be granted for up to three years (subject to the
authorisation of funds by the German Research Foundation).
Contact: graduateprograms@bccn-berlin.de
Information and online application: http://www.computational-neuroscience-berlin.de
Information and online application: http://www.computational-neuroscience-berlin.de