From: marino@maui.cs.ucla.edu (Fabio Marino)
Subject: POSTDOC NEUROLOGY/CS FRANCE
Organization: UCLA Computer Science Department
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 92 06:27:18 GMT

                POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP IN FRANCE                                
   FINITE DIFFERENCE MODELLING OF COGNITIVE EVOKED POTENTIALS

RESEARCH  GOAL   is  to   understand  the   distribution  of  the
intracranial and extracranial fields generated by the human brain
during cognitive  tasks, using relatively realistic computational
models.   The  candidate  will  place  into  register  the  high-
resolution CT  and MRI,  segment these images to identify cranial
tissue elements,  realistically model  complex  brain  generators
(identified using  intracranial recordings in the same subjects),
propagate the  potentials  through  the  head,  and  compare  the
modelled with  recorded fields  (intracranial and  scalp EEG, and
MEG). Programs  executing the image segmentation and registration
procedures are already implemented on a SUN SPARCstation, and the
propagation  model   is  implemented   on  a   massively-parallel
computer. The  candidate will use these existing programs to help
localize brain activity contributing to cognition.

SETTING is  a research  laboratory  affiliated  with  the  French
National Institute  of Health  (INSERM: Institute  National de la
Sante et de la Recherche Medicale), and located at the University
Medical Center  in Rennes.   Rennes  is a  medium-sized  (250,000
population) university  town, the  capital of  Brittany, about  2
hours east  of Paris  by high-speed train.  An hour north are St.
Malo and Mont St-Michel on the Channel, and south are the gulf of
Morbihan and  the valley  of the Loire.  Rennes has its own opera
and symphony.  Some of  the work  will also  take  place  in  Los
Angeles and/or Washington, DC.

QUALIFICATIONS:   The candidate  may either be someone with a PhD
in biomedical  imaging or  bioelectric field modelling who wishes
to apply  their knowledge  to an  important problem  in cognitive
neuroscience, or  someone with  a PhD in evoked potentials with a
strong computational background who desires training in state-of-
the-art imaging  and modelling techniques. Experience with event-
related potentials,  C,  massively  parallel  computers  (CM2  or
CM200), biomedical  imaging (using programs such as ANALYZE), and
biophysics of intracranial field propagation would all be useful,
as would fluency in French or English, and some minimal knowledge
of both.  However, it  is unlikely that anybody would have all of
these  qualifications   and  all   serious  candidates   will  be
considered. There  is no  limitation on  the nationality  of  the
candidate. The position is available immediately and is for three
years. The salary is to be negotiated.

APPLICATIONS should  include a  CV and  a letter  expressing your
goals for  the next 3 years and for your career.  Please ask your
doctoral mentor  and 2  other scientists  to  send  a  letter  of
recommendation, and  include their names, addresses and telephone
numbers in  your application. Preliminary inquiries via email are
encouraged. Please  send to:  Eric Halgren, Ph.D., INSERM CJF 90-
12/Clinique Neurologique,  CHU Pontchaillou,  35033 RENNES Cedex,
FRANCE; Tel  33-99.28.43.21 x85199,  x85109; Fax  33-99.28.41.32;
Email halgren%cicb.fr@inria.inria.fr.   Dr.  Halgren can  also be
reached at:  Brain Research  Institute,  73-364  CHS,  UCLA,  Los
Angeles, CA  90024, USA; Tel 1-310-478-3711 x2195; Fax 1-310-824-
6733; Email halgren@cognet.ucla.edu.

-- 
Fabio Marino					UCLA
marino@cs.ucla.edu	                        Computer Science Department
marino@cognet.ucla.edu				Brain Research Institute
fabio@seas.ucla.edu			        Graduate Student