Bio-contraint and robotic computational model of sensorimotor behavior

Research Fields

Psychological sciences

Eligibility criteria

- Degree (laurea) in Psychology or Electronic Engineering

- PhD with a minimum duration of three years.

- Documented research experience of at least three years on the following approaches and issues:

• Computational models constrained with data on brain anatomy and functioning and behavior, firing rate and leaky neural networks, supervised Hebbian and reinforcement learning algorithms, robot physical simulators; cumulative learning, extrinsic and intrinsic motivations.

• Linux operating system, C++ programming language, Phyton, data analysis and Matlab programming.

• Capacity to write scientific articles and national and international projects focused on the above topics in collaboration and autonomously.

- English proficiency;

- Italian proficiency (for foreign applicants only).

Selection process

THE SELECTION WILL BE CARRIED OUT BY A COMMITTEE AND WILL BE BASED ON THE EVALUATION OF SCIENTIFIC TITLES AND CV, FOLLOWED BY AN INTERVIEW

27/04/2015