[MURG] PhD student position - Institute for Mathematics - Vrije Universiteit - Amsterdam (fwd from j.van.pelt@nih.knaw.nl)

[Eugen Leitl]

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From: Jaap van Pelt <j.van.pelt at nih.knaw.nl>
Date: Tue, 04 May 2004 17:30:12 +0200
To: comp-neuro at neuroinf.org
Subject: PhD student position - Institute for Mathematics - Vrije Universiteit
 - Amsterdam
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Dear moderator,

Could you please put this advertisement on the comp-neuro at neuroinf.org 
mailing list?

Thank you very much

Jaap van Pelt


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PhD student position Statistics Research Group of the Institute for 
Mathematics at the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

The group participates in the research project Computational Analysis of 
Spatiotemporal Patterns of Activity in Neuronal Networks (CASPAN), a 
project supported by the Dutch NWO Program Computational Life Sciences. 
Within the CASPAN research team there is a vacancy for a 4-year PhD 
student position.

Summary

Information processing in the brain is based on spatiotemporal patterns 
of electrical activity in neuronal networks. Recently introduced 
experimental techniques allow the monitoring of these patterns in great 
detail by simultaneously recording of neuronal activity from a large 
number of locations in the network (e.g., in cortical brain slices and 
cultured neuronal networks). In order to be able to analyze and 
interpret the flood of data these new techniques produce, we intend to 
develop the appropriate mathematical and statistical methods for 
analyzing spatiotemporal patterns of neuronal activity.

PhD job description

The aim of this subproject is the development of statistical methods for 
the analysis and comparison of experimentally observed spatiotemporal 
neuronal activity patterns.

Requirements: The candidate for the PhD research position should have a 
strong mathematical background and statistical specialization. 
Candidates preferably have a degree in mathematics or statistics, or in 
one of the natural sciences, and a strong interest in biological 
applications.

Job conditions: The position will be at the Vrije Universiteit, 50 % in 
the Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Exact Sciences, and 50 % in 
the Experimental Neurophysiology Department, Faculty of Earth and Life 
Sciences.

Inquiries: More information about the PhD-student position can be 
obtained from Mathisca de Gunst (degunst at cs.vu.nl 
<mailto:degunst at cs.vu.nl>). Letters of application, including a CV and a 
list of courses plus their grades, to: Dr. Mathisca de Gunst, Department 
of Mathematics, Faculty of Sciences, Vrije Universiteit, De Boelelaan 
1081a, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Further information can be obtained from the Project's website 
www.neurodynamics.nl <http://www.neurodynamics.nl/>.
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Jaap van Pelt, PhD
Research Group Neurons & Networks
Netherlands Institute for Brain Research
Meibergdreef 33, 1105 AZ Amsterdam
(Tel) +31 20 5665481; (Fax) +31 20 6961006
(Email) j.van.pelt at nih.knaw.nl
(URL) http://www.nih.knaw.nl/~jaapvanpelt/


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