About Parasma
Replacing GPUs with human brain cells. Backed by Y Combinator.
About the role
Parasma is hiring a Founding Scientist in San Francisco, CA, US / Remote. The full description is on Parasma's site.
What they're looking for
- Scientific roadmap for training biological substrates
- Design, execute, and analyze closed-loop training experiments
- Develop learning protocols for biological neural systems
- Define reward structures, stimulation policies, feedback loops, and evaluation metrics
- Build theoretical frameworks and benchmarks around learning, control, and information transfer in biological substrates
- Identify and solve core bottlenecks in biological training, including noise, variability, non-stationarity, and limited observability
More about this role
About this Role
- Scientific roadmap for training biological substrates
- Design, execute, and analyze closed-loop training experiments
- Develop learning protocols for biological neural systems
- Define reward structures, stimulation policies, feedback loops, and evaluation metrics
- Build theoretical frameworks and benchmarks around learning, control, and information transfer in biological substrates
- Identify and solve core bottlenecks in biological training, including noise, variability, non-stationarity, and limited observability
- Work with engineering to build the software, hardware, and ML infrastructure required for real-time training
- Well published in information theory or related fields
- Deep understanding of learning systems, optimization, exploration, credit assignment, and adaptive control
- Experience designing experiments for complex biological, neural, or adaptive systems
- Understanding of the challenges involved in training biological substrates
- Currently or previously a professor, PI, or senior research scientist at a top institution
- Proven ability to lead an independent research agenda
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