We are looking for postdocs and graduate students (Master’s and/or Ph.D. levels) to use inspirations from neuroscience to make better AI and conversely to apply AI to better understand brain function and behaviour. Projects will be related to our recent work:
Neurons learn by predicting future activity. Nature Machine Intelligence
2022 https://www.nature.com/articles/s42256-021-00430-y
Predictive neuronal adaptation as a basis for consciousness. Front in
Sys Neurosci 2022
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnsys.2021.767461/full
Miniaturized head-mounted microscope for whole-cortex mesoscale imaging
in freely behaving mice. Nature Methods 2021
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41592-021-01104-8
A Matlab-based toolbox for characterizing behavior of rodents engaged in
string-pulling. Elife 2020 https://elifesciences.org/articles/54540
Challenges of a small world analysis for the continuous monitoring of
behavior in mice. Neuroscience and Behavioral Reviews 2022
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0149763422001105
Data-driven analyses of motor impairments in animal models of
neurological disorders. PLoS Biology 2019
https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3000516
The project is a collaborative effort between the research groups of
Majid Mohajerani (http://lethbridgebraindynamics.com/majid-mohajerani/)
and Artur Luczak (http://lethbridgebraindynamics.com/artur-luczak/).
Successful candidates will join the highly collaborative and
interdisciplinary Canadian Centre for Behavioural Neuroscience and Brain
Dynamics group. We are located close to Rocky Mountains, Lethbridge has
the largest number of sunny days in Canada, and it is the most
affordable city for young people in Canada
(https://dailyhive.com/calgary/alberta-city-most-affordable-young-people ).
The applications review will start on Aug 15th till the positions are
filled. Interested applicants must send an email to Dr Mohajerani
([email protected]) and Dr. Luczak ([email protected]) and include a
cover letter, curriculum vitae, a brief statement of research interests,
and contact information of three references.