The
Computational
Machinery of
Cognition (CMC) Lab (PI:
Shervin Safavi), will be established at the
Dresden University of Technology (Technische Universität Dresden or TU Dresden) in Autumn 2023. We will be building the team in the next few months (starting with openings for PhD students and master students).
The overarching research theme of our lab is
understanding the computational machinery of cognitive processes. Cognition spans a wide range of functions (from perception to planning), and it is one of the most remarkable capabilities of the brain. In this lab, we want to understand the computations (in particular, inference and decision processes) that support our cognition, and the biophysical machinery that implements these computations. We will do normative and biophysical modeling of cognitive functions (starting with perceptual decisions); we will test these models with neural and behavioral data (in collaboration with experimental labs); and we will develop methods for multi- and cross-scale analysis of neural data to better capture the neural markers of cognitive process. I will provide more information on
my personal website soon (in the meanwhile checking
my papers might help - you can also find the PDF of pay-walled ones
here). Also, please feel free to get in touch (research@shervinsafavi.org) if you like to know more.
If the research of our lab resonates with yours, and you may like to join the lab in the future, please fill out this form at least with your name and email to get the future announcements. We will use project/call-specifc forms in the future, however, if you want, please feel free to fill the optional fields as well.
Please note that this is not an official call for an application, it is rather a form to collect your information to send you the call as they come and will allow me to stay in touch.
You will also receive a copy of the information you provided, and you can edit it later, and when there is a new call, some of the information might be again needed, and it will be easier for me if you provide them again for position-speicifc calls.
Also, please feel free to get in touch (or fill the form with a name and email) if research of our lab resonates with yours, and you may want to collaborate.