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<td>[SIAM-DY] postdoctoral position</td>
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<td>Wed, 23 Sep 2020 14:05:49 +0000</td>
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<td>Rubin, Jonathan E <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:jonrubin@pitt.edu"><jonrubin@pitt.edu></a></td>
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<td>Pekka Orponen <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:pekka.orponen@aalto.fi"><pekka.orponen@aalto.fi></a></td>
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<td><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:timothyv@andrew.cmu.edu">timothyv@andrew.cmu.edu</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:timothyv@andrew.cmu.edu"><timothyv@andrew.cmu.edu></a>,
The Dynamical Systems SIAG mailing list
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Please post:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Interdisciplinary
postdoc position on computational modeling of adaptive
decision-making, Pittsburgh, PA, USA<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">The
Department of Mathematics at the University of Pittsburgh,
and both the Department of Psychology and Carnegie Mellon
Neuroscience Institute are seeking applications for a joint
Postdoctoral Researcher position at Carnegie Mellon
University.</span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
This NIH-funded position will focus on the computational
neuroscience of exploration, linking computational models to
both human behavioral and rodent
optogenetic/electrophysiology data. </span><span
style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The
successful candidate will work with Professors Jonathan
Rubin (Pitt) and Timothy Verstynen (CMU), in collaboration
with Professors Eric Yttri (Department of Biological
Sciences, CMU) and Cati Vich (Department of Applied
Mathematics, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Mallorca,
Spain). The project specifically focuses on how dynamics of
cortico-basal ganglia-thalamic pathways map to cognitive
models of adaptive decision-making. The position is funded
for several years, with an initial one-year appointment and
an expectation of extension to three years, given that
performance is satisfactory. Applications will be reviewed
on a rolling basis until the position is filled.</span><span
style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Applicants
with a PhD in Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Computer
Science, Computational Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience
or a related discipline, and ideally with experience in
computing, in dynamical systems, and in computational
neuroscience, should apply at:</span><span
style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a
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moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">https://cmu.taleo.net/careersection/2/jobdetail.ftl?job=2015566</span></a><span
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Carnegie
Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh are both
Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employers and value
equality of opportunity, human dignity and diversity.
Members of all groups under-represented in academia are
especially encouraged to apply.</span><span
style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">-- <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Jonathan
Rubin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Professor
and Chair<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Department
of Mathematics<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">University
of Pittsburgh<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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