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Two PhD openings are available in systems neuroscience at EPFL Neuro in Lausanne, Switzerland, in the lab of James Priestley (Priestley Lab). The projects focus on the neural computations underlying rapid memory formation and memory-guided behaviour, with an emphasis on hippocampal-cortical networks , rapid plasticity, neural population dynamics, and memory allocation/recall. The research is part of the ERC-funded project “DYNAGRAM” , which will investigate novel virtual reality paradigms for fe...

Postdoc opening at the Cognitive Psychology Lab , University of Zurich , headed by Klaus Oberauer . The lab studies the capacity limits of cognition , with a focus on working memory , long-term memory , and attention . Research methods include experiments , individual-differences studies , and computational modeling . This is an 80% postdoc position that includes research duties and one course per semester . The appointment is scheduled to start between December 2026 and February 2027 and contin...

✨ A PhD opportunity is available at the interface of advanced structural mechanics , computational modelling , and experimental research . The doctoral project is titled “Multi-scale Modelling and Experimental Assessment of Volumetrically Prestressed Concrete” and is based at Empa in Dübendorf within the EU Horizon Europe project SURPASS . The thesis will be carried out under the supervision of Eleni Chatzi at ETH Zürich , in close collaboration with Prof. Moslem Shahverdi and Dr. Saim Raza at E...

PhD position at the Institute of Computer Science (ICS-HSG) , University of St. Gallen , in the DS-NLP Lab with Prof. Dr. Siegfried Handschuh. The project focuses on foundation models , efficient LLM training , and natural language processing , with research topics including training dynamics of large language models, scaling behavior, optimization, generalization, token weighting strategies, dataset construction, and large-scale data processing. The role combines doctoral research with teaching...

EPFL (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) is advertising a postdoc position at the Digital and Cognitive Musicology Lab in Lausanne, Switzerland. The project sits at the intersection of musicology , cognitive science , psychology , computer science , mathematics , and statistics/data science , with a focus on musical structure and the musical mind. The lab is looking for a researcher who can contribute through advanced computational modeling , mathematical modeling , or experimental psycho...