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Prof. Dr. Michael Wibral

Göttingen, Germany

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Apply by Jan 15, 2021

Post-Doc

Göttingen, Germany

Application deadline

Jan 15, 2021

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Göttingen, Germany

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Application Deadline

Jan 15, 2021

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Job Description

This position is available starting from March 1st, 2021. It is a full time position with a limited contract of 3 years with the possibility of an extension for one additional year. Salary and working hours will be according to the German grade 13 TV-L (100%, currently 39.48 hours per week).

The position will be associated with the group of Prof. Michael Wibral. We are recruiting a Postdoc for the interdisciplinary research project “Evolutionary Convergence of Hierarchical Information Processing” funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) within the research initiative SPP2205 “Evolutionary optimization of neuronal processing”. The project aims to establish the common information theoretic principles of computation in hierarchical neural systems that are conserved across species from drosophila, via rodents to primates and humans.

For more information please see: https://www.uni-goettingen.de/de/305402.html?cid=15310

Requirements

We are looking for candidates with an excellent PhD in neuroscience
cognitive science
physics
computer science or a related field who are committed to pursuing a career in research. The successful applicant will develop and apply novel information theoretic measures to electrophysiological neural recordings and calcium imaging signals to investigate signatures of predictive hierarchical information processing. The ideal candidate should have excellent skills in scientific writing
experience with the application of information theory to biological data
and should have demonstrated her/his ability to work independently. Prior experience with predictive coding theory and experiments are plus. Proven coding skills in a language relevant to data analysis (e.g. Python
Julia
R
Scala
Java)
prior experience with research-data management systems (RDMS) are also considered as an advantage. We expect the job holder to establish a local database that organizes the vast amount of research data in this project. We offer the opportunity to become a member of a vibrant community dedicated to innovative research and teaching at the frontier of the exact and biological sciences
and to connect to the latest developments in information theory
including partial information decompositions.
Please submit your application in digital form only and send all relevant documents in one single PDF-document
including a letter of interest
your curriculum vitae with a list of publications
copies of your certificates and contact information of at least two references to
christina.vonbehren@uni-goettingen.de