<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii">
<meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)">
<style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:#0563C1;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:#954F72;
text-decoration:underline;}
span.EmailStyle17
{mso-style-type:personal-compose;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:windowtext;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
/* List Definitions */
@list l0
{mso-list-id:881215226;
mso-list-template-ids:1571091932;}
@list l0:level1
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0B7;
mso-level-tab-stop:.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l0:level2
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0B7;
mso-level-tab-stop:1.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l0:level3
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0B7;
mso-level-tab-stop:1.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l0:level4
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0B7;
mso-level-tab-stop:2.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l0:level5
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0B7;
mso-level-tab-stop:2.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l0:level6
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0B7;
mso-level-tab-stop:3.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l0:level7
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0B7;
mso-level-tab-stop:3.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l0:level8
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0B7;
mso-level-tab-stop:4.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l0:level9
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0B7;
mso-level-tab-stop:4.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l1
{mso-list-id:1613249313;
mso-list-template-ids:1577867222;}
@list l1:level1
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0B7;
mso-level-tab-stop:.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l1:level2
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0B7;
mso-level-tab-stop:1.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l1:level3
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0B7;
mso-level-tab-stop:1.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l1:level4
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0B7;
mso-level-tab-stop:2.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l1:level5
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0B7;
mso-level-tab-stop:2.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l1:level6
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0B7;
mso-level-tab-stop:3.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l1:level7
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0B7;
mso-level-tab-stop:3.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l1:level8
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0B7;
mso-level-tab-stop:4.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l1:level9
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0B7;
mso-level-tab-stop:4.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
ol
{margin-bottom:0in;}
ul
{margin-bottom:0in;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]-->
</head>
<body lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72">
<div class="WordSection1">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background:white"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">The IVUL group (<a href="http://ivul.kaust.edu.sa/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC">ivul.kaust.edu.sa</span></a>)
at KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology) is looking for top postdoctoral researchers with expertise in computer vision and deep learning. The researchers for this opening will work at KAUST to investigate and develop principled methods
for one of the following topics: <b>activity understanding in video </b>(e.g. activity detection or video-language grounding), <b>visual computing for automation </b>(e.g. Sim2Real transfer or reinforcement learning using simulation), or <b>understanding deep
networks </b>(e.g. network robustness and certification, training strategies, and general learning theory). The researchers will also lead interdisciplinary research projects to deploy the basic research in various domains of science and engineering. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background:white;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px">
<span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background:white;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px">
<span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The scope of the advertised position includes:</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:47.25pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#222222"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">publishing high impact work in top-tier conferences and journals in order to build a substantial resume and strong international
collaborations<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:47.25pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#222222"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">engaging with researchers in related and interdisciplinary fields <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:47.25pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#222222"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">mentoring and collaborating with KAUST grad students and visiting students/researchers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:47.25pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#222222"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">excellent total compensation, including accommodation, family health benefits, moving expenses, and a substantial tax-free annual
salary<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:47.25pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#222222"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">living in a vibrant, multi-cultural campus town on the Red Sea<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:47.25pt;text-align:justify;background:white;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px">
<span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background:white"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Applicants must have:</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:47.25pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;background:white">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#222222"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">a PhD degree with excellent academic credentials<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:47.25pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;background:white">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#222222"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">relevant research skills and experience in computer vision or machine learning, demonstrated by high quality publications (e.g.
CVPR, ECCV, ICCV, NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, etc.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:47.25pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;background:white">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#222222"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">good English communication skills (oral and written)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:47.25pt;text-align:justify;background:white;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px">
<span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background:white"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Applications are being accepted on a rolling basis until the positions are filled. Anyone interested in this position should </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">send
a full CV with a complete list of publications and projects to Prof. Bernard Ghanem (<a href="mailto:bernard.ghanem@kaust.edu.sa" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC">bernard.ghanem@kaust.edu.sa</span></a>). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">-- <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sincerely Yours,<br>
Bernard Ghanem<br>
<br>
Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) and Computer Science (CS)<br>
Visual Computing Center<br>
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)<br>
Building 1, Room 2125<br>
Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia<br>
<br>
Email: <a href="mailto:bernard.ghanem@kaust.edu.sa" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">bernard.ghanem@kaust.edu.sa</span></a><br>
Homepage: <a href="http://ivul.kaust.edu.sa/" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">ivul.kaust.edu.sa</span></a>;
<a href="http://www.bernardghanem.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">www.bernardghanem.com<br>
</span></a>Phone: +966 (0) 12 808-0261<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
</body>
</html>