<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">The Institute of Cognitive Science at the Ecole Normale Supérieure (Paris) is offering </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;">- A research engineer position to work on EEG, Machine Learning and Brain-Computer Interfaces.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">You </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">will</span><span style="font-size: 15px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 15px;"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">be part of a team of </font><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">engineers</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> and </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">researchers</span><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"> in cognitive neuroscience working on the measurement of EEG </font><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">neural </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">signals to infer various cognitive functions (perception, decision-making, attention, </span></span><span style="font-size: 15px;">learning, </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">sleep).</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">You will mainly be </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">in charge </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">of optimizing the online detection of specific EEG markers of learning and auditory attention</span><span style="font-size: 15px;">, and will be in charge </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">of optimizing a BCI loop between a virtual environment and a portable EEG system</span><span style="font-size: 15px;">.</span><span style="font-size: 15px;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">You </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">will be affiliated to the Brain and Consciousness team of Pr Sid Kouider (</span><a href="http://www.lscp.net/persons/sidk/" style="color: purple; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">http://www.lscp.net/persons/sidk/</a><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 15px;">). Our lab has been successful in using EEG signals to resolve important issues within the field of cognitive neuroscience (with recent publications in Science, Current Biology, Nature Communications, etc). We are now using our expertise in cognitive neuroscience to develop, in collaboration with the industry, some innovative serious game applications.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">This project is carried out under the framework of the NeuroVirtual </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">projet (2015-2017), bringing together the fields of cognitive neuroscience and serious games. </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">Our lab is located in central Paris, within the historical Quartier Latin.</span></p></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">Candidates should have at least a master or engineering degree in a relevant domain (Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Physics, <span style="white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">or a closely </span></span><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">related field</span><span style="font-size: 15px;">) and a solid training in BCI and fast calculations for real-time applications. </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 15px;">Strong analytical and programming skills, experience with Machine Learning and expertise in EEG </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 15px;">signal processing</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 15px;"> are absolutely required. </span><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Experience with real virtuality and/or cognitive neuroscience are desirable but not a prerequisite. </span><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 15px;"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">The appointment is for one year initially but can be extended later on.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><span lang="EN-US">The net salary will range between 2 100 and 2 500 euros/month depending on qualifications.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><span lang="EN-US">Knowledge of French is not required as the team is international and verbal interactions are primarily in English. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 15px;">Please send a CV to Sid Kouider (sid.kouider at ens dot fr) and Cécile Girard (cecilegirard20 at gmail dot com).</span></p></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">Do not hesitate to contact us for further questions.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">Closing date: January 2016</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br></div></body></html>