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<span style="font-weight: bold">PhD position(s) </span>in an
ERC-funded project exploring deep-learning implementations of the
Global Workspace theory. <br>
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We are seeking highly motivated and dedicated students to join our
group in Toulouse, France. Successful candidates will have formal
training in AI, Computer Science or related fields (e.g.
computational neuroscience), and a keen interest in cognitive
neuroscience. Our ERC Advanced Grant "GLoW" aims to take inspiration
from neuroscience and cognitive theories to build deep neural
network models of cognition, capable of integrating or "grounding"
information across sensory and linguistic modalities, and of
displaying flexible cognitive behavior. We will also use advanced AI
models to improve the decoding and understanding of brain activity.
Details on the ideas that are developed in the project can be found
in this <a
href="https://www.cell.com/trends/neurosciences/fulltext/S0166-2236(21)00077-1">Opinion
paper</a>. The project is headed by Rufin VanRullen (CNRS,
Toulouse, France), with external advisors Ryota Kanai (Araya, Tokyo,
Japan) and Murray Shanahan (ICL/Deepmind, London, UK).<br>
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<a href="https://rufinv.github.io/">Our lab</a> is part of the <a
href="https://cerco.cnrs.fr/en">CerCo Institute</a> as well as the
<a href="https://aniti.univ-toulouse.fr/en/">Artificial and Natural
Intelligence Toulouse Institute (ANITI)</a>. Our team has many
opportunities to collaborate with neuroscientists, computer
scientists, linguists, roboticists etc. We have direct access to
fMRI recording facilities and to in-house (GPU) computing clusters
as well as research-dedicated supercomputers. <br>
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Typical appointments for PhD students are 3 years. The PhD stipend
is 2,000 Euros/month (net). We expect to hire at least one candidate
in the Fall of 2024, but will continue to recruit exceptional
applicants in the foreseeable future. There is no firm deadline, but
applications received before May 15, 2024 will receive full
consideration. To apply, please <a title="email"
href="mailto:rufin.vanrullen@cnrs.fr">send a CV and a letter</a>
explaining your research interests and motivations to:
rufin.vanrullen [at] cnrs.fr <br>
Any questions should also be directed to the same address.
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