The creation of this post aims to bring together two research strengths in the University of Sheffield – computational neuroscience in Psychology and neuromorphic engineering in Automatic Control and Systems Engineering (ACSE). As part of this multidisciplinary research team, the post-holder will be responsible for porting the biologically realistic models of brain circuits developed in Professor Gurney's lab (in Psychology) into the neuromorphic chip software environment (DAMSON) developed by Professor Allerton and Dr Richmond in ACSE. The brain models have been published in world leading journals, and DAMSON, an event driven version of C, has been developed under the EPSRC-funded BIMPA project, designing software for SpiNNaker, the largest neuromorphic chip project in the UK. The target software environment is written in Python and C, and the source code of the current brain model is in Matlab and C.
While some familiarity with biologically plausible neuronal modelling would be desirable, the software engineering aspect of this project is essential. The successful applicant will have, or be in the final stages of working up to, a PhD (or have equivalent experience) in computer science or engineering, preferably containing some simulation modelling component.
This position is full-time and is available immediately, tenable for 6 months, funded by the EPSRC (via the University of Sheffield 'KickStart' funding scheme).
Further information and on-line application may be made via
www.sheffield.ac.uk/jobs with job number UOS003604
For informal enquiries, contact: Professor Kevin Gurney on k.gurney@sheffield.ac.uk or +44 (0)114 222 6566.
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Kevin Gurney, PhD, FSB
Professor of Computational Neuroscience
Adaptive Behaviour Research Group
Department of Psychology, University of Sheffield, S10 2TP, UK
http://abrg.group.shef.ac.uk/people/kevin/
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