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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">The </span><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/rubencoencagli" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Laboratory for Computational
Neuroscience</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> (Coen-Cagli lab) invites applications</span><br>
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<span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt">for a postdoctoral position in the Department of Systems and Computational Biology</span></p>
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<span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt">and Department of Neuroscience at Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Einstein) in</span></p>
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<span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt">Our lab studies how biological sensory systems interpret the surrounding environment. </span></p>
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<span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt">We study probabilistic representations of natural images, to understand visual perception</span></p>
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<span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt">and neural activity in visual-cortical populations. We combine theories of probabilistic</span></p>
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<span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt">neural coding, computer vision and machine learning algorithms, psychophysics, and</span></p>
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<span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt">neurophysiology through collaborations. The candidate is expected to perform research</span></p>
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<span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt">Applicants must have a Ph.D. in a relevant discipline, with an academic record of scientific</span></p>
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<span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt">excellence and independent research, and a keen interest in interdisciplinary approaches to</span></p>
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<span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt">biological and neural systems. Prior experience should include areas such as computational</span></p>
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<span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt">neuroscience, machine learning, computer vision, or statistics. We are particularly interested</span></p>
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<span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt">in applicants with a genuine interest in linking theoretical and computational work to</span></p>
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<span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt">quantitative analysis of neurophysiology data, in the context of a<span> </span></span><a href="https://projectreporter.nih.gov/project_info_description.cfm?aid=9801995&icde=47557275" style="margin: 0px"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt">NIH
funded project</span></a><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt"><span> </span>on</span></p>
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<span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt">natural image processing in the visual cortex. The project is a collaboration with the laboratory</span></p>
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<span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt">of<span> </span></span><a href="https://www.einstein.yu.edu/faculty/10522/adam-kohn/" style="margin: 0px"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt">Adam Kohn</span></a><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt"><span> </span>at
Einstein, and the fellow will have the opportunity for substantial interactions</span></p>
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<pre style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Courier New""><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif">Einstein offers a vibrant interdisciplinary environment, with a growing systems and</span></pre>
<pre style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Courier New""><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif">computational contingent. It is located in a quiet neighborhood of New York, only a short</span></pre>
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<pre style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Courier New""><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif">and housing for postdocs, can be found at: </span><a href="https://www.einstein.yu.edu/research/belfer-institute/" style="margin: 0px"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif">https://www.einstein.yu.edu/research/belfer-institute/</span></a><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif"></span></pre>
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<pre style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Courier New""><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif">The position starts in fall 2020, and is funded for several years, with an initial one-year</span></pre>
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<pre style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Courier New""><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif">and will be commensurate with experience.</span></pre>
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<span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt">Candidates should send a single pdf file, consisting of a 1-page motivation letter, CV, and</span></p>
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<span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt">publication list to ruben.coencagli@gmail.com. Furthermore, candidates should organize</span></p>
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