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Senior Research Associate in Neuroscience

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Global Academy Jobs
Location
United Kingdom
Closing date
Jun 22, 2017

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This 5-year ERC-funded project entitled “Generalisation in Mind and Machine” explores how well neural networks support human-like generalisation across a range of tasks. Over the course of the grant there will be 4 post-doctoral fellows involved in modelling, 1 research associate involved in empirical work, and two PhD students. We are looking to hire someone with a PhD in cognitive psychology or neuroscience (or closely related field) and who has extensive experience working with neural networks.
In contrast with the large community of modelers in machine learning focused on improving the performance of deep networks for applied reasons, the goal of this project is to explore what neural networks tell us about how the brain works. More specifically, the team will be working on questions of generalisation in the domains of object identification, word identification, short-term memory, and games, amongst other areas. One key issue that we will explore is the extent to which “symbolic” computations are required to support some forms of generalisation. This research is related to previous and ongoing research in the Bowers’ lab that explores why and when artificial neural networks learn localist "grandmother cell" representations with the goal to better understand why some neurons respond to high-level information in a highly selective manner.

The project will start in September 2017 (or shortly thereafter). For further information, please refer to the JD. For informal enquiries please contact Professor Jeffrey Bowers - J.Bowers@bristol.ac.uk

Funding for this contract is available for one year in the first instance.
The School holds a departmental Bronze Athena SWAN Award. We are committed to the equality of opportunities and to selection on merit. Our University is committed to creating and sustaining a fully inclusive culture. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and communities and are happy to consider flexible working option.

The University is committed to creating and sustaining a fully inclusive culture.  We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and communities.

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