[visionlist] postdoctoral fellowships in synthetic visual cognition at Los Alamos (Bettencourt)

[Luis M Bettencourt]

The Synthetic Cognition team at Los Alamos National Laboratory has  
several postdoctoral fellowship openings for research in developing  
models of the primate visual cortex towards the scale and speed of  
the biological system.

Research on this project consists of theory, high performance  
computation, psychophysics and brain imaging of visual cognition  
towards improving the object recognition performance of a systems- 
level full-scale functional model of visual cortex. Successful  
candidates are expected to conduct independent research in  
collaboration with an interdisciplinary team with expertise in  
neuroscience, theory and high performance computing.

Los Alamos National Laboratory currently possesses access to some of  
the world’s largest computational resources that make possible  
modeling of cortical visual processing at the scale (in terms of  
neurons and synapses) and speed of the human visual cortex. The ideal  
candidate should be poised to help take advantage of these resources  
and will have demonstrated knowledge of cortical visual processing,  
computation (ideally C, C++, python, open CL) and a working  
understanding of network and information theory. The ability to  
publish in quality peer reviewed journals is also essential.

Los Alamos provides excellent working conditions and opportunities  
for advanced research and career development. A PhD completed within  
the last 5 years or soon to be completed is required. Annual starting  
salaries typically range from $69,800-$83,200, depending on  
experience, plus a generous and comprehensive benefit package.  
Exceptional candidates will be considered for the prestigious  
Director’s, Oppenheimer and Feynman fellowships, and for joint  
appointments with the Center for Non-Linear Studies: http:// 
cnls.lanl.gov

More information about the Laboratory’s Postdoc Program can be found  
at http://www.lanl.gov/science/postdocs/

Interested candidates should contact Luis M. A.  Bettencourt at  
lmbett at lanl.gov (+1 505 665 8453), with their CV and a short one-page  
research statement describing the candidate’s ideal objectives for a  
postdoctoral position in synthetic visual cognition. Letters of  
recommendation will be requested at a later stage from selected  
candidates.


Luis M. A. Bettencourt
T-5, Theoretical Division
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Los Alamos, NM 87545, U.S.A.
Ph: (505) 667 8453
Web: http://math.lanl.gov/~lmbett/





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