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<div style="margin: 0in 5.45pt 0.0001pt 5pt; text-align: justify;" class=""><a href="mailto:k0h1t1j@yorku.ca" class=""><span style="color: rgb(73, 109, 223);" class="">Kohitij<span style="letter-spacing: -0.75pt;" class="">
</span>Kar</span></a><span style="color: rgb(73, 109, 223); letter-spacing: -0.15pt;" class="">
</span><span style="color: rgb(13, 15, 26);" class="">(Assistant<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt" class="">
</span>Professor<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt" class=""> </span>at<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt" class="">
</span>Centre<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt" class=""> </span>for<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt" class="">
</span>Vision<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt" class=""> </span>Research,<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt" class="">
</span>York<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt" class=""> </span>University,<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt" class="">
</span>Toronto,<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt" class=""> </span>Canada; Canada Research Chair in Visual Neuroscience, and Visiting Scientist at<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt" class="">
</span></span><a href="https://mcgovern.mit.edu/" class=""><span style="color: rgb(73, 109, 223);" class="">MIT</span></a><span style="color: rgb(13, 15, 26);" class="">), is seeking a postdoctoral fellow for an interdisciplinary project in systems and computational
neuroscience. The candidate will be directly supervised by<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt" class="">
</span>Dr. Kar.<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt" class=""> </span></span>They will have avenues to extensively collaborate with researchers from many other universities like
<u class="">Dr. Ralph Adolphs</u> <span style="color:#0D0F1A" class="">(CalTech),
</span><a href="https://sites.wustl.edu/wanglab/" class=""><span style="color: windowtext;" class="">Dr.</span></a>
<a href="https://sites.wustl.edu/wanglab/" class=""><span style="color: windowtext;" class="">Shuo<span style="letter-spacing:
-.7pt" class="">
</span>Wang</span></a><span style="letter-spacing: -0.65pt;" class=""> </span><span style="color: rgb(13, 15, 26);" class="">(Washington<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt" class="">
</span>University),<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt" class=""> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt" class="">
</span>with<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt" class=""> </span></span><a href="http://dicarlolab.mit.edu/" class=""><span style="color: windowtext;" class="">Dr.<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt" class="">
</span>Jim<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt" class=""> </span>DiCarlo</span></a><u class=""><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;" class="">
</span></u><span style="color: rgb(13, 15, 26);" class="">(Professor<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt" class="">
</span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt" class=""> </span>Neuroscience,<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt" class="">
</span>Brain and Cognitive Sciences, MIT; Director, MIT Quest for Intelligence). <b class="">
The primary goal of the research project(s) is developing a closed-loop framework using artificial neural networks and<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt" class="">
</span>non-human<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt" class=""> </span>primate<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt" class="">
</span>experiments<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt" class=""> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt" class="">
</span>test<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt" class=""> </span>theories<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt" class="">
</span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt" class=""> </span>atypical<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt" class="">
</span>sensory<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt" class=""> </span>processing<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt" class="">
</span>in<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt" class=""> </span>autism spectrum<span style="letter-spacing:
-.6pt" class="">
</span>disorder<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt" class=""> </span>(ASD).<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt" class="">
</span></b>The<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt" class=""> </span>expected<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt" class="">
</span>starting<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt" class=""> </span>date<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt" class="">
</span>is<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt" class=""> </span><b class="">January<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt" class="">
</span>1,<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt" class=""> </span>2023</b>.<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt" class="">
</span>This<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt" class=""> </span>position<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt" class="">
</span>is<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt" class=""> </span>funded by a grant from the
</span><a href="https://www.sfari.org/" class=""><b class=""><u class=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 111, 192);" class="">Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative</span></u></b><span style="color: rgb(13, 15, 26); text-decoration: none;" class="">.</span></a><o:p class=""></o:p></div>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top:.05pt"> </p>
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0in;margin-left:5.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify">
<span style="color:#0D0F1A" class="">The projects will provide an opportunity to acquire training and develop expertise on multiple techniques.<span style="letter-spacing:
2.0pt" class="">
</span>These involve large-scale neural recordings in visual areas (e.g., V4, IT, and ventrolateral<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt" class="">
</span>PFC)<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt" class=""> </span>while<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt" class="">
</span>non-human<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt" class=""> </span>primates view various images<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt" class="">
</span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt" class=""> </span>videos<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt" class="">
</span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt" class=""> </span>faces<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt" class="">
</span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt" class=""> </span>facial emotions and perform ASD-relevant behavioral tasks. Experiments will also involve
<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt" class="">chemogenetic</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt" class="">
</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt" class="">perturbation</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt" class="">
</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt" class="">of</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt" class="">
</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt" class="">various brain areas.</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt" class="">
</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt" class="">We will</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt" class="">
</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt" class="">develop</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt" class="">
</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt" class="">artificial</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt" class="">
</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt" class="">neural</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt" class="">
</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt" class="">network</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt" class="">
</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt" class="">models </span>of atypical sensory processing under various brain perturbation regimes. The postdoc will also have<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt" class="">
</span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt" class=""> </span>opportunity<span style="letter-spacing:
-.45pt" class="">
</span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt" class=""> </span>design<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt" class="">
</span>human<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt" class=""> </span>behavioral<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt" class="">
</span>experiments<span style="letter-spacing:
-.6pt" class=""> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt" class="">
</span>be<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt" class=""> </span>conducted<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt" class="">
</span>on<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt" class=""> </span>neurotypical<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt" class="">
</span>and autistic<span style="letter-spacing:
-.45pt" class=""> </span>study<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt" class="">
</span>participants.<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt" class=""> </span>Please<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt" class="">
</span>feel<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt" class=""> </span>free<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt" class="">
</span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt" class=""> </span>reach<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt" class="">
</span>out<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt" class=""> </span>even<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt" class="">
</span>if<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt" class=""> </span>only<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt" class="">
</span>one<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt" class=""> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt" class="">
</span>these<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt" class=""> </span>techniques<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt" class="">
</span>appeal to you, but you are interested in contributing to autism research.</span><o:p class=""></o:p></p>
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<div style="margin: 0in 5.8pt 0.0001pt 5pt; text-align: justify;" class=""><span style="color:#0D0F1A" class="">Please check out our lab website,
</span><a href="http://vital-kolab.org/" class=""><span style="color:#006FC0" class="">http://vital-kolab.org</span></a><span style="color:#006FC0" class="">
</span><span style="color:#0D0F1A" class="">for more details about the lab. Our group currently<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt" class="">
</span>consists<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt" class=""> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt" class="">
</span>undergraduate<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt" class=""> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt" class="">
</span>graduate<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt" class=""> </span>students,<span style="letter-spacing:
-.4pt" class="">
</span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt" class=""> </span>postdoctoral<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt" class="">
</span>scholars<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt" class=""> </span>with<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt" class="">
</span>a<span style="letter-spacing:
-.25pt" class=""> </span>varied skillset and interest. We are looking for a candidate with a strong background in systems neuroscience, data analysis, and exposure to relevant machine learning methods, but most importantly<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt" class="">
</span>with<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt" class=""> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt" class="">
</span>deep<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt" class=""> </span>interest<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt" class="">
</span>in<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt" class=""> </span>understanding<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt" class="">
</span>(aka<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt" class=""> </span>modeling)<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt" class="">
</span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt" class=""> </span>inner<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt" class="">
</span>workings<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt" class=""> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt" class="">
</span>the<span style="letter-spacing:
-.75pt" class=""> </span>primate brain. Strong experience with programming languages like Python, PyTorch, MATLAB and JavaScript are highly relevant to the projects.</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 6.05pt 0.0001pt 5pt; text-align: justify;" class=""><span style="color:#0D0F1A" class="">The position will be initially offered for two years. There will be an opportunity to renew the position<span style="letter-spacing:
-.45pt" class="">
</span>after<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt" class=""> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt" class="">
</span>initial<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt" class=""> </span>two<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt" class="">
</span>years<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt" class=""> </span>based<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt" class="">
</span>on<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt" class=""> </span>performance,<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt" class="">
</span>availability<span style="letter-spacing:
-.45pt" class=""> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt" class="">
</span>funds,<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt" class=""> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt" class="">
</span>other<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt" class=""> </span>logistical factors. </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div>
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<span style="color:#0D0F1A" class="">The<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt" class="">
</span>successful<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt" class=""> </span>candidate<span style="letter-spacing:
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<div style="margin: 0in 5.7pt 0.0001pt 5pt; text-align: justify;" class=""><span style="color:#0D0F1A" class="">The Centre for Vision Research at York University (</span><a href="http://www.cvr.yorku.ca/" class=""><span style="color:#496DDF" class="">www.cvr.yorku.ca</span></a><span style="color:#0D0F1A" class="">)
is a dynamic and interdisciplinary research cluster with over 40 faculty members investigating biological and computer vision in departments ranging from physics and computer science to psychology and design.<span style="letter-spacing:.55pt" class="">
</span>Dr.<span style="letter-spacing:.5pt" class=""> </span>Kar<span style="letter-spacing:.3pt" class="">
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</span>core<span style="letter-spacing:.5pt" class=""> </span>member<span style="letter-spacing:.55pt" class="">
</span>of<span style="letter-spacing:.55pt" class=""> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:.5pt" class="">
</span>Vision:<span style="letter-spacing:.5pt" class=""> </span>Science<span style="letter-spacing:.5pt" class="">
</span>to<span style="letter-spacing:.55pt" class=""> </span>Application<span style="letter-spacing:
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</span>(</span><a href="https://vista.info.yorku.ca/" class=""><span style="color:#496DDF" class="">VISTA</span></a><span style="color:#0D0F1A" class="">)<span style="letter-spacing:.55pt" class="">
</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt" class="">program.</span></span><o:p class=""></o:p></div>
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<span style="color:#0D0F1A" class="">VISTA<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt" class="">
</span>is<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt" class=""> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt" class="">
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</span>research<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt" class=""> </span>program,<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt" class="">
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</span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt" class=""> </span>partially funded<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt" class="">
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</span>York's strengths in visual neuroscience, computer vision, arts and humanities to address 21st century opportunities and challenges. Dr. Kar will be hosted in a new world-class facility for visual neuroscience research (for more info: please contact Dr.
Kar at </span><a href="mailto:k0h1t1j@yorku.ca" class=""><span style="color:windowtext" class="">k0h1t1j@yorku.ca</span></a><span style="color:#0D0F1A" class="">). The postdoctoral fellow will have the opportunity to collaborate and network with researchers
in Dr. Jim DiCarlo’s lab at the McGovern Institute of Brain Research at MIT (Cambridge, MA, USA). A collaboration with Dr.<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt" class="">
</span>Jim<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt" class=""> </span>DiCarlo will<span style="letter-spacing:
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</span>enable<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt" class=""> </span>the postdoctoral<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt" class="">
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</span>from<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt" class=""> </span>parts of their infrastructure and scientific network. S/he will be an integral part of a community of global leaders in vision science. Specifically, the postdoctoral fellow is expected to contribute
to an integrative<span style="letter-spacing:
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</span>platform<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt" class=""> </span>(</span><a href="http://brain-score.org/" class=""><span style="color:#496DDF" class="">brain-score.org</span></a><span style="color:#0D0F1A" class="">) and<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt" class="">
</span>lead the development of<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt" class=""> </span>
a<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt" class=""> </span>human-health centric branch of the platform. They will be provided adequate computational resources to do so
<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt" class="">successfully.</span></span><o:p class=""></o:p></p>
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<div style="margin: 0in 6.15pt 0.0001pt 5pt; text-align: justify;" class=""><span style="color:#0D0F1A" class="">For further information, send your CV, and feel free to get in touch with Dr. Kohitij Kar (</span><a href="mailto:kohitij@mit.edu" class=""><span style="color:#496DDF" class="">kohitij@mit.edu,</span></a><span style="color:#496DDF" class="">
</span><span style="color:#0D0F1A" class="">and </span><a href="mailto:k0h1t1j@yorku.ca" class=""><span style="color:#006FC0" class="">k0h1t1j@yorku.ca</span></a><span style="color:#006FC0" class="">
</span><span style="color:#0D0F1A" class="">) — please reach out as soon as possible to explore all possible avenues to pursue this position.</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 6.45pt 0.0001pt 5pt; text-align: justify;" class=""><span style="color:#0D0F1A" class="">All the institutions involved value diversity, and we encourage applications from talented individuals of diverse backgrounds.</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div>
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