Faculty: Faculty of Engineering
Salary: Grade 7 £31,302 - £39,609 per annum. Potential to progress to £43,267 per annum through sustained exceptional contribution.
Summary:
We are seeking motivated computational neuroscientists and/or roboticists to help develop and extend a systems level computational model of the mammalian brain architecture and to evaluate this model within the control system of animal-like biomimetic robots. Up to two posts are available.
This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic disciplinary team, led by Professor Tony Prescott, that has been working on embodied (robotic) models of the vertebrate brain for over two decades. The current project is supported as part of the Europe-wide FET Flagship Human Brain Project.
The positions allow a high degree of autonomy and include considerable scope for creativity and international collaboration with world-class scientists and engineers. The work extends from developing novel models of memory systems in the mammalian brain, to embedding and testing these models within specialised neuromorphic hardware onboard biomimetic robots including the animal-like companion robot MiRo and a novel whiskered robot developed in partnership with Bristol Robotics Lab. Successful candidates should have a PhD in computational neuroscience, brain-based/bio-inspired robotics, or a related discipline, experience in systems neuroscience and/or neural network modelling would be an advantage. In pursuing their duties, selected candidates will also contribute to the Department of Computer Science’s objectives to be amongst the foremost research-led departments nationally and internationally.
The Department of Computer Science (www.shef.ac.uk/dcs), a research-led Department which was ranked fifth nationally by GPA in the 2014 Research Excellence Framework exercise. The Department of Computer Science holds an Athena Silver award.
This role is fixed term until 31 March 2020, with a possibility of extension subject to funding.
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