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Here we list a few current openings for positions at the Institute. Spontaneous applications relevant to our research areas are always welcome.

Researchers

“I-See” - EU-funded PhD position. Combining theory and neurophysiology for developing intracortical visual prostheses.

We are seeking a candidate for a PhD position of our newly funded EU project, in the framework of ERA-Net Neuron. Our multidisciplinary project brings together scientists from different fields and complementary experimental and theoretical know-how. The project part of the PhD position comprises electrical stimulation in the mouse brain combined with cutting-edge (optogenetic) voltage imaging techniques (Knöpfel Lab, Imperial College London). The aim of our international consortium (Switzerland, Canada, UK, and Germany) is to improve the ability of cortical prostheses to 'mimic' the language of the brain and increase the safety and longevity of visual prosthetic devices.

Data Steward

We are seeking a Data Steward to coordinate and further develop research data management (RDM) within CRC 1844. As the central point of contact for RDM, the Data Steward will advise and support the CRC’s subprojects, develop and implement RDM strategies, standards, and best practices, and promote a sustainable RDM culture across the consortium. The Data Steward will work closely with researchers at the German Center for Mental Health (DZPG), the central RDM support services at RUB, and relevant national and international RDM initiatives.

Doctoral Position in Computational Neuroscience - Analysis of the behavioral data from gamified EM tasks

Are you curious about how the human brain stores and retrieves memories? You want bridge the gap between academia and the wider public? The Collaborative Research Center “Episodic Memory” (CRC 1844) is an interdisciplinary consortium consisting of researchers from psychology, computational neuroscience, philosophy and neuroscience. The basis for our research is the Scenario Construction Framework which conceptualizes scenarios as mental simulations of past episodes, constructed from episodic memory traces and semantic information.

Doctoral Position in Computational Neuroscience - Computational models of the development of EM in children

Are you curious about how the human brain stores and retrieves memories? Do you want to know how this ability develops in children? The Collaborative Research Center “Episodic Memory” (CRC 1844) is an interdisciplinary consortium consisting of researchers from psychology, computational neuroscience, philosophy and neuroscience. The basis for our research is the Scenario Construction Framework which conceptualizes scenarios as mental simulations of past episodes, constructed from episodic memory traces and semantic information.

Doctoral Position in Computational Neuroscience - Computational models of the functional role of EM in spatial navigation

We are looking for a talented graduate student who will work on computational models of the functional role of episodic memory in spatial navigation, in an interdisciplinary setting in close collaboration with experimental groups in psychology and neuroscience. The modeling project will use techniques from modern artificial neural networks and deep reinforcement learning.

Postdoctoral Position in Computational Neuroscience (SFB 1280) - Spiking neurons in spatial navigation

The position is part of project A14 of the Collaborative Research Center “Extinction Learning” (SFB 1280). It is a collaborative project in which the successful candidate will develop and study computational models of episodic memory and spatial navigation. The models are based on large networks of biologically plausible spiking neurons and that account for the generation and learning of complex behaviors.

Students

About the INI

The Institut für Neuroinformatik (INI) is a research unit of the Faculties of Computer Science and Medicine at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum. Its scientific goal is to understand the fundamental principles through which organisms generate behavior and cognition while linked to their environments through sensory and effector systems. Inspired by our insights into such natural cognitive systems, we seek new solutions to problems of information processing in artificial cognitive systems. We draw from a variety of disciplines that include experimental psychology and neurophysiology as well as machine learning, neural artificial intelligence, computer vision, and robotics.

Contact

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D-44801 Bochum, Germany

Tel: (+49) 234 32-28967
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