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January 30, 2010

Henry Markram calls IBM's cat-scaled brain simulation a hoax

Dr. Henry Markram, a leading brain researcher spearheading the “Blue Brain” simulation, posted his concerns on the IBM “Cat Brain” Simulation, titled “IBM’s claim is a HOAX”

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The cat is out of the bag

IBM / DARPA SyNAPSE announce new brain simulation

By the end of 2009, IBM has announced the development of a brain simulation (machine simulation of cognitive activities) that approximates the complexity of a cat brain.


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Postdoctoral Researcher in Neuron Modeling

The Blue Brain Project, headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland, is an international research venture to reverse-engineer the brain and enable next-generation fundamental and medical research through simulation. BBP is now seeking for immediate hire a Postdoctoral Researcher in Neuron Modeling, for immediate hire, to strengthen the project’s computational neuroscience team and to prepare it for the next steps of growth.

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January 29, 2010

Postdoctoral positions in systems neurophysiology and computational modeling at UCSF

Postdoctoral positions are currently available in the laboratory of Philip Sabes in the Keck Center for Integrative Neurobiology at UCSF.

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Summer Program in Computational Neuroscience at UPenn

2010 Summer Program in Computational Neuroscience at the University of
Pennsylvania, June 1 – August 13, 2010

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Post-doctoral Position in Computational Neuroscience at INRIA

Title: Bio-inspired image and video compression schemes

The INRIA, Neuromathcomp Project Team is looking for highly motivated candidates to work in the field of computational neuroscience with a focus on information theory.

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