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Chris Eliasmith
University of Waterloo
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Application deadline
Sep 26, 2025
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Chris Eliasmith
University of Waterloo
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Application Deadline
Sep 26, 2025
Start Date
Flexible
Education Required
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Chris Eliasmith
Job Description
The postdoctoral position will be hosted in the CNRG, with a principal focus on neural modeling to build the next version of the Spaun brain model, the world’s largest functional brain model. The project integrates spiking deep neural networks, motor control, probabilistic inference, navigation, perception and cognition to develop a state-of-the-art, large-scale, spiking, whole-brain model. Applicants should have a PhD, with demonstrated skills in at least one of those areas and a willingness to learn about the others. This project leverages the CNRG’s existing expertise in using neural networks for large-scale brain modeling, originally demonstrated in 2012 with the first version of Spaun. A subsequent version in 2018 significantly extended performance. The latest version currently being built by the CNRG will again break new barriers in the scale and sophistication of whole brain models. Unlike past models, it will be embedded in a sophisticated 3D environment, yet retain the ability to perform a wide variety of tasks, from simple perceptual and motor tasks to challenging intelligence tests. Overall, the long-term goal of the project is to advance the state-of-the-art in large-scale brain models.
Requirements
- Applicants should have a PhD
- with demonstrated skills in at least one of those areas and a willingness to learn about the others.
Job
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Chris Eliasmith
Coordinates pending.