Postdoktor inom beräkningsneurovetetenskap & hjärninspirerad AI

Tasks

The objective of the research work is to develop and study brain-like feed forward and recurred network architectures in semi-monitored and unattended learning problems.

Your duties are to study relevant literature, design and simulate neural network models, analyze / interpret results and benchmarking brain-like architectures against conventional machine learning methods. You are also actively expected to participate in academic discussions with supervisors at KTH and write scientific articles.

Qualifications

Requirements

• Deposed PhD or foreign degree deemed to correspond to a doctoral degree. This authorization requirement must be met at the latest at the time when the employment decision is made.
• As an applicant, you should have good programming skills and the ability to develop scalable code for driving on supercomputers.
• You should also have basic knowledge in calculation neuroscience and machine learning, especially applicable neural networks.
• It is necessary that you are in and well informed of issues related to diversity and equal opportunities, with a particular focus on gender equality.
• Applicants must have experience in publishing academic work and good knowledge of English and good ability to express themselves in speech and writing, when it is required in the daily work.

A merit

• At the end of the date of application for a maximum of three years since the doctoral degree or a foreign degree that is deemed to correspond to the doctoral degree.
• We would like to have previous experience of developing and simulating both nailing and non-spiking-neural networks with local learning rules.
• It is merit that you have good cooperation skills and can also exhibit independence in research. It is estimated if you have any educational experience.
• Knowledge of and skills in MPI and GPU programming and experience of running large-scale calculation simulations constitute desirable qualifications.

We will add great emphasis on personal qualities.

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Application

You apply via KTH's recruitment system. You as applicants have the main responsibility for your application complete when submitted.

The application should contain:

• CV including relevant professional experience and knowledge.
• Copy of diplomas and grades from your previous university studies. Translations into English or Swedish if the original documents are not issued in any of these languages.
• Brief account of why you want to conduct research, your academic interests and how they relate to your previous studies and future goals. Max 2 pages long.

The application must be received by KTH no later than the last application date at midnight, CET / CEST (Central European Time / Central European Summer Time).

If the employment

The employment applies until further, however, at the longest three years

An employment that postdoctoral is a time-limited merit employment with a main focus intended as a first career step after defense.

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