Research Scientist – Computational Neuroscience and Machine Learning/AI

Lausanne, Switzerland     ·     Full time

Description

Permanent and full-time Research Scientist position in Switzerland – working at the intersection of computational neuroscience and machine learning/AI

Our startup INAIT, based in Lausanne, Switzerland, is seeking a permanent and full-time Research Scientist at the intersection of computational neuroscience and machine learning/AI. Are you interested in developing new machine learning/AI methods based on neuroscientific insights, and apply them to business problems? Then come join us!

Requirements

Major duties and responsibilities:

• Contribute to the research and development of the next generation of neuroscience-inspired machine learning/AI methods
• Contribute to the development of computational models of detailed and/or simplified neuronal networks
• Work closely with a team of computational neuroscientists, machine learning engineers and software developers towards business solutions

Essential skills and experience required:

• PhD in computational neuroscience or related field (or equal experience: Masters and 4+ years of research experience)
• Research involving learning and/or dynamics in rate-based and/or spiking neural networks
• Experience in machine learning using frameworks such as scikit-learn, PyTorch or TensorFlow
• Successful publication record
• Experience in Python code development
• Experience using UNIX/Linux operating systems
• Excellent team player
• Fluent spoken and written English

Preferred:

• Experience with a computational neuroscience simulation framework such as NEST, NEURON or Brian
• Experience in scientific computing on shared and/or distributed parallel machines
• Experience in the software development life-cycle including unit testing, continuous integration, version control, debugging and documentation
• Successful track record in designing, developing and maintaining software projects

Where: Lausanne, Switzerland
Start date: As soon as possible
Activity rate: 100%
Duration of contract: CDI
Competitive salary & benefits

Cutting edge research, Positive work environment, Hybrid work model (combination of WFH and work from the office),….

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Tagged as: AI, Machine Learning