Fully Funded PhD in Multi-Scale Comparisons of Cortical Activity and Causality Forschungszentrum Jülich in Germany

The Quantum Randomness Group at the University of Cologne, Germany is advertising a fully funded PhD position (3 years, starting 1 December 2026 ) within the European QuantERA consortium BATiR LE CHAT ( Bosonic quAntum compuTeRs, LEarning, CHaracterization And Testing ). This PhD project focuses on benchmarking, characterization, and readout methods for bosonic quantum computers . The research connects to several active areas in quantum science, including classical shadows , random unitaries , c...

This PhD position at Forschungszentrum Jülich offers an exciting opportunity to investigate healthy brain function through the lens of synaptic dynamics. The project centers on building a multi-scale model that links molecular renewal processes to the functional properties of synapses, aiming to elucidate the relationship between synaptic resilience and the reliability of synaptic responses. The research will span spatial scales from the molecular to the network level and temporal scales from se...

PhD opportunity in computational neuroscience , data science , causal AI , and time-series analysis at Forschungszentrum Jülich in Germany, with a strong connection to RWTH Aachen University . The project is hosted at the Institute for Advanced Simulation – Computational and Systems Neuroscience (IAS-6) and is part of the Helmholtz School for Data Science in Life, Earth and Energy (HDS-LEE) . The research focuses on multi-scale comparisons of patterns of concerted activity and causality in corti...

📣 The Center for Humans and Machines (CHM) at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development is advertising a 3-year postdoctoral fellowship in Social Reinforcement Learning and Human-AI Hybrid Systems in Berlin, Germany . This opportunity is aimed at researchers with a PhD in Computer Science , Cognitive Science , Applied Mathematics , Physics , or a related field. A strong background in AI , reinforcement learning , and computational social science is highlighted. Under the supervision of Prof...

The Helmholtz Institute for Human-Centered AI is advertising a postdoctoral researcher position in Munich at the intersection of cognitive science , neuroscience , and machine learning . This is an open-topic role with substantial freedom to develop an independent research agenda while working closely with Eric and the wider group. The post is especially relevant for candidates interested in foundation models of human cognition , foundation models for neural and behavioral data , cognitively ins...