Welcoming our first cohort of ARNI Postdoctoral Fellows!!! They will be working with multiple ARNI faculty on AI and neuroscience. 

ARNI's Annual Retreat

Please stay tuned for our annual retreat.  It will be a two day event featuring the past year's publications, research, and successes. We will also be introducing the new projects, educational endeavors, and exciting future events to come.

Dates: October 21st & 22nd
Location: Columbia University, Faculty House

General Agenda

October 21st, Day 1 from 8:45am to 5pm 

• Breakfast and Lunch Provided 
• Opening
• 3 Keynote Speakers from ARNI Faculty 
• Research Brainstorming and Discussions
• Project/Student Poster Session 
• Education and Broader Impact Discussions

October 22nd, Day 2 from 9am to 1pm  

• Breakfast and Lunch Provided
• 1 Keynote Speaker 
• Brainstorming and Discussion on Collaborations & Knowledge Transfer
• AI Industry Panel (with industry partners) 
• Closing 

Working Group Events

Continual Learning: 
October 4: Amogh Inmander
October 11: Lindsay Smith 

Multi-resource-cost Optimization for Neural Networks Models Working Group (NNMS):
October 3: Simon Laughlin 

You can find any upcoming seminars and events on ARNI's website, https://arni-institute.org/events/. 

Visualizing Science Symposium: The Impact of Art on Scientific Discovery

"In an era where the fusion of art and science is more vital than ever, Columbia Creative in collaboration with the Herbert and Florence Irving Institute for Cancer Dynamics is thrilled to host the Visualizing Science Symposium: The Impact of Art on Scientific Discovery, on November 7th, 2024, at the Italian Academy. This interdisciplinary event is set to explore the evolving relationship between the scientific and artistic communities, highlighting the profound and symbiotic connection that has flourished over centuries and continues to transform with the advent of AI technologies." 

Assistant Professor - Systems, Computational, and Cognitive Neuroscience - Department of Neuroscience

"The Department of Neuroscience at the University of California, Berkeley (UCB) invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position at the Assistant Professor level. The expected start date is July 1, 2025." 

Interdisciplinary Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Intersection of Human and Computer Vision

Candidates are sought for a postdoctoral researcher to join an interdisciplinary team of computer and human vision researchers studying the role of perceptual grouping, such as forms of symmetry, in object and scene categorization and 3-D shape reconstruction in both human and computer vision. Specifically, how can we leverage the important role that mid-level vision plays in the human vision system to inform the design of deep learning architectures for downstream computer vision tasks?  Conversely, can the resulting architectures yield models that better account for human vision performance on those same tasks?

Candidates should have a PhD in computer vision, psychology, cognitive science, AI, or computational neuroscience, with experience using, and innovating with, modern machine learning tools. It is essential that the candidates have a deep interest in how human vision can better inform computer vision and, conversely, how computer vision can help us better understand human vision.  The ideal candidate will have a background in one or more of the following research areas: 2-D or 3-D shape perception, 2-D or 3-D shape representation learning, object recognition, shape invariants and shape constraints, scene categorization, and perceptual grouping. Skills in image processing or classical computer vision and/or applied mathematics are desirable as well. We seek candidates with a strong interest in, and willingness to learn, how to apply cutting-edge ML techniques at the forefront of computer vision, informed by human vision research, though practical neural network design experience would be preferred.

Interested candidates should send a cover letter, CV, and a statement of their research experience and interests to Sven Dickinson (sven@cs.toronto.edu).

Open-rank Faculty Position in Computational and Behavioral Neuroscience in the UCLA Department of Psychology

"The UCLA Department of Psychology invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track or tenured faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, or Professor specializing in computational neuroscience and the use of advanced mathematical methods and theoretical approaches to understand behavior and brain processes. Potential applicants who have questions about how their specialization aligns with the position can inquire to Prof. Kate Wassum, search committee chair, at SearchCommittee@psych.ucla.edu."

Postdoctoral opportunities in Biological Physics at Princeton

"Princeton is searching for Lewis-Sigler Scholars, both theorists and experimentalists, who will be more broadly connected to our quantitative biology community.  Deadline approaching: 1 November 2024.

Application for Assistant Professor Position in Genomics

"The Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics at Princeton University invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position at the Assistant Professor level.  We are seeking outstanding scientists in the areas of experimental genomics, systems biology, biophysics, neuroscience or quantitative biology. We are particularly keen to recruit faculty who will extend and complement our existing strengths and seek faculty members who will contribute to our community that embraces excellence and diversity, with strong commitment to teaching and mentoring."

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