Fall Internship of Data Science in Neuroscience 

(Application open)

The SNU Connectome Lab in the Department of Psychology at Seoul National University (https://sites.google.com/connectomelab.net/snu) is now accepting applications for part-time fall internships for Data Science in Neuroscience. This research opportunity is for those who have strong interests in scalable data science and its application to human neuroscience.

We are interested in computational learning  to extract knowledge from the complex genomic, brain, cognitive, and behavioral data in humans. We value the utility and salience of the knowledge; these qualities can be evaluated by testing the extent to which a knowledge is predictive of the outcomes that matter to the human society. That is, when patterns of data (eg, neuroimaging) can predict an important outcome (eg, responses to drugs in patients), we think those patterns useful and salient. 

Our data of interest include human brain imaging, electronic health records, and genomics; outcomes of interest include cognitive, behavioral, psychological, developmental, and health outcomes. 

Example short-term tasks for the internship: 

• representational transfer learning of human brain connectome
• deep neural networks to predict phenomes using genomes
• outcome prediction using genomes, connectomes, or their combination. 

As the lab has recently moved from Columbia University to SNU, students will have opportunities to put the first footprints on the research projects!

 

We are most interested in students with:

1. Intent to apply for the graduate programs (Dept of Psychology, Brain and Cognitive Sciences) in the SNU Connectome Lab in 2021
2. great personality: self-motivated, curious, proactive, tenacious, flexible, mature, and independent
3. Scholarship: reasoning, experimentation, creative, and communication
4. Teamwork spirit: kind, generous, collaborative, and contributing. 

 

Plus, below are additional expectations:

-Candidates with backgrounds of Psychology, Education, or any other Arts and Sciences will be welcome--if they are equipped with some skill sets of data science including programming (Python or R) and statistics. If there are no prior experiences of the quantitative data analysis, we expect the highest level of non-quantitative science backgrounds (eg, biology, medicine, or other arts and sciences)

-Candidates with quantitative science backgrounds (computer science, statistics, physics, or other engineering) will be welcome--if they show a high degree of interest in human neuroscience.

 

• Duration of internship: September 1st - December 18th, 2020 (17 weeks)
• Commitment: part time (10 hours/week or more)
• Stipend: no 

If interested in, please contact us with your statement of interests (in English) and CV via email: application@connectomelab.net

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis between late July and early August.