Postdoctoral position in neural coding
A full-time postdoctoral position is available immediately in the lab
of Liam Paninski,
working on statistical analysis and modeling of neural data, in close
cooperation with our experimental collaborators. Examples of recent
related publications include:
- Spatio-temporal
correlations and visual signaling in a complete neuronal
population
Jonathan Pillow, Jonathon Shlens, Liam
Paninski, Alexander Sher, Alan Litke, Eero Simoncelli, and
E.J. Chichilnisky
Nature, 2008.
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Statistical
models for neural encoding, decoding, and optimal stimulus
design
Liam Paninski, Jonathan Pillow, and Jeremy Lewi.
Review chapter in Computational Neuroscience: Progress in Brain
Research,
eds. Cisek, Drew and Kalaska, 2007.
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Spike inference from calcium imaging using sequential Monte Carlo methods
Joshua Vogelstein, Brendon Watson, Adam Packer, Bruno
Jedynak, Rafael Yuste, and Liam Paninski.
In press,
Biophysical Journal, 2008.
See this page for a broader overview
of our research, including a complete list of publications and links
to lecture notes on statistical neural data analysis.
Requirements: The work is highly interdisciplinary, and
applicants must have strong mathematical and computational skills.
Preferred educational background is a PhD in Electrical Engineering,
Statistics, Machine Learning, Physics, Applied Mathematics, or
Computational Neuroscience. Previous experience with signal processing
(including sequential Monte Carlo / particle filtering methods),
statistical modeling, and/or computational neuroscience is required.
Environment: The Paninski group is at Columbia University,
based in the Statistics
department and closely integrated with the Center for Theoretical
Neuroscience, in the great city of New York.
Appointment: The initial appointment will be for one year, and
is renewable. Salaries will be set based on experience and skills.
Applicants should send email to "liam at stat columbia edu" providing:
- a one-page description of past research experience
- a
one-page description of future research interests and goals
- a
resume of educational and research experience, including publications
- names of at least two people that could provide letters of
reference
All materials should be in Acrobat (pdf) or plain text
(no MS Word documents, please), and may be included as a URL, or as an
email attachment.
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