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<font color="#212121"><span style="background-color:white">PhD Position in Computational Neuroscience</span></font><font color="black"> (EU/UK candidates only)</font><br>
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<div style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0"><font color="#212121"></font><font color="black">MLearn Research Group</font><font color="#212121"> (<a href="http://mlearn.lincoln.ac.uk/" class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk439154" previewremoved="true">http://mlearn.lincoln.ac.uk/</a>)<br>
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</font><font color="#212121"><span style="background-color:white">Applications are invited for a PhD position in the Machine Learning (MLearn) Research Group at the University of Lincoln.
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Projects involve the development and simulation of models of neuronal networks (microcircuits) of learning and memory in animal and human entorhinal cortex and hippocampus in health and disease (e.g. epilepsy, schizophrenia, Alzheimer's disease). A starting
point of the project is the paper by </span></font><a href="http://vassiliscutsuridis.com/docs/Journal_papers/CutCobGraHippo2010.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><font style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif,serif,"EmojiFont"" size="1" face="Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7.5pt"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif,serif,"EmojiFont"" size="2" face="Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">Cutsuridis
V, et al. (2010). Encoding and retrieval in the hippocampal CA1 microcircuit model.
</span></font><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif,serif,"EmojiFont"" size="2" face="Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt"><i>Hippocampus</i></span></font><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif,serif,"EmojiFont"" size="2" face="Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">,
20(3): 423-446.</span></font></span></font></a><font color="black"> </font><a href="http://mlearn.lincoln.ac.uk" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><font size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></font></span></font></a></div>
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<div style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0"><font color="#212121">Student applicants should have excellent computational and numerical skills and a very good first degree in computer science, engineering, maths, physics, or a related discipline.
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Successful student candidates are eligible for a research studentship award from the University (GBP 14,553 per annum bursary plus payment of the student fees).
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This PhD studentship is ONLY OPEN to UK/EU students.</font></div>
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<div style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0"><font color="#212121"><span lang="en-GB">The ideal candidate should be highly motivated, technically skilled, a team player and driven to push forward the development of the next generation of deep
</span></font><font color="#212121"><span lang="en-GB">associative memory neural</span></font><font color="#212121"><span lang="en-GB">-</span></font><font color="#212121"><span lang="en-GB">networks</span></font><font color="#212121"><span lang="en-GB">. Your
written and spoken English skills should be excellent. As a </span></font><font color="#212121"><span lang="en-GB">PhD</span></font><font color="#212121"><span lang="en-GB"> student, you may also have the opportunity to teach as a demonstrator in the School
of Computer Science.</span></font></div>
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<div style="margin:0"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif,serif,"EmojiFont"" size="2" face="Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt"><font color="black">Research in Computer Science at the University of Lincoln has been recognised as internationally
excellent and world leading. The School of Computer Science provides a very stimulating environment, offering a large number of specialised and interdisciplinary seminars as well as general training and researcher development opportunities. The University
is situated in Lincoln, two hours northeast of London.</font></span></font></div>
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</font><font color="#212121"><span style="background-color:white">Please contact Dr Vassilis Cutsuridis (</span></font><a href="mailto:vcutsuridis@lincoln.ac.uk" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="background-color:white">vcutsuridis@lincoln.ac.uk</span></a><font color="#212121"><span style="background-color:white">)
or Prof. Stefanos Kollias (</span></font><a href="mailto:skollias@lincoln.ac.uk" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="background-color:white">skollias@lincoln.ac.uk</span></a><font color="#212121"><span style="background-color:white">) for
informal enquiries. </span></font></div>
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<div style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0"><font color="#212121"><span style="background-color:white">If you’re interested to apply, please email your CV,
<span>a brief statement of your scientific interests</span>, and three reference letters to Dr. Vassilis Cutsuridis
</span></font><a href="mailto:vcutsuridis@lincoln.ac.uk" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="background-color:white">(vcutsuridis@lincoln.ac.uk)</span></a></div>
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<div style="margin:0"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif,serif,"EmojiFont"" size="2" face="Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt"><font color="black">Applications w</font><font size="3" color="black"><span style="font-size:12pt">ill be assessed
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Vassilis Cutsuridis<br>
School of Computer Science<br>
University of Lincoln<br>
Lincoln LN6 7TS<br>
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Tel: +44 (0) 1522 83 5107<br>
Email: vcutsuridis@lincoln.ac.uk<br>
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