Postdoctoral position in auditory neural modeling in Paris

[Romain Brette <romain.brette@xxxxxx>]

* Postdoctoral position in computational neuroscience in Paris *

A postdoctoral position in computational neuroscience is available in 
Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris from September 2011, to work on 
spike-based computation in the auditory system with Romain Brette 
(http://audition.ens.fr/brette/) in the Audition lab 
(http://lpp.psycho.univ-paris5.fr/hearing.php). The position is funded 
by the European Research Council (Starting Grant).

We try to develop neuron models of auditory functions such as sound 
localization, pitch and speech, with an emphasis on synchrony-based 
computation. Our approach is mainly theoretical/computational, but we 
can also do psychophysical experiments in the lab, and we have strong 
collaborations with in vivo and in vitro labs. We are also interested in 
practical applications (e.g. efficient sound localization algorithms). 
See this page for more details: 
http://audition.ens.fr/brette/auditorycomputation.html

The lab is a friendly mixture of modelers and experimental 
psychologists. It is ideally located in central Paris, in the Quartier 
Latin, in close proximity with theoretical neuroscientists, 
psychologists and neurophysiologists.

The position is funded for two years with possible extensions. Salary is 
commensurate with experience and the position carries a full social 
security and health coverage. Candidates should send their applications 
(including a brief letter of interest, a CV and the names and contact 
details of two or three references) to romain.brette@xxxxxxx Please do 
not hesitate to contact me for further details on the specific projects. 
I might also be interested in non-auditory projects around spike-based 
computation, and single neuron modeling.

Romain Brette
Associate Professor
DEC-ENS
29 rue d'Ulm
75005 Paris
http://audition.ens.fr/brette/
romain.brette@xxxxxx