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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EL link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Three <span style='color:#222222'>Deep learning and Computer Vision</span> Postdoc Positions Jointly Supervised in Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece and Henan University, China<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Position Description</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Three postdoctoral positions are immediately available at the Data Science and Artificial Intelligence Team/Lab, Henan University; the postdoc fellows will be co-supervised by Prof. Ioannis Pitas from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>The postdoc fellows can stay 4-5 months with Prof. Ioannis Pitas at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece; but they should stay in China for at least 7-8 months per year. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Position Location<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>The postdocs will be paid by Henan University, China. They will stay in Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (4-5 months), Thessaloniki, Greece, and Henan University (7-8 months), Kaifeng, China<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Subject Areas<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222'>Deep learning and Computer Vision, including but not limited to Object Detection/Recognition, Region Segmentation and related topics.</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Salary<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>1800~2200 EUR net per month. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Application Deadline<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>December 31st, 2022<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Duration of the contract<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>The duration of the contract is 24~36 months, and can be extended up to 48 months.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Salary<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>a) The monthly net income of the Postdoctoral researcher is around<b> 1800~2200 EUR</b> (after taxes being deducted), paid by Henan University. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>b) Additionally, the University will provide a total amount of 100,000 RMB as the candidate's research funding, which can be used for research purposes such as conferences, traveling, meetings, etc. Note: This research funding is once for all, not per year. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Note: The Living expenses in Kaifeng is relatively low. For instance, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Accommodation cost (two bedrooms, one living room) in Kaifeng is about 150~200 EUR per month. Food cost in KaiFeng is about 100-150 EUR per month. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Requirements/Qualifications<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>1. The successful candidates should hold a PhD degree in machine learning, or computer vision/pattern recognition, or other related fields. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>2. At the time of appointment, the applicants must be no more than 35 years old in age.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>3. The applicants should have good publication records in the above-mentioned fields.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>About Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Artificial Intelligence and Information Analysis Lab (</span><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://aiia.csd.auth.gr/"><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>https://aiia.csd.auth.gr/</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>) Aristotle at University of Thessaloniki (AUTH) has one the best R&D records in Europe (72+R&D projects, mostly EC funded). <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>The Department of Informatics at AUTH is ranked 1st among the Greek Universities and 106th internationally in the field of Mathematics & Computer Science for 2019 in the Leiden Ranking list, which mainly depends on the scientific impact and staff publications. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>It is also ranked 1st among the Greek Universities in the international ranking list Guide2Research, for 2021, having 5 faculty members in the list of top scientists in the scientific area of Computer Science and Electronics. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH), established in 1925, is among the most prestigious universities in Greece. Its computer science discipline is ranked #335 in the world in the US News University Ranking 2021.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Prof. Ioannis Pitas (34100+ citations, h-index 87) is an IEEE Fellow, EURASIP fellow and a world-renowned professor in multimedia systems and computer vision. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Homepage: </span><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://aiia.csd.auth.gr/computer-vision-machine-learning/#people"><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>https://aiia.csd.auth.gr/computer-vision-machine-learning/#people</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://scholar.google.gr/citations?user=lWmGADwAAAAJ&hl=en"><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>https://scholar.google.gr/citations?user=lWmGADwAAAAJ&hl=en</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>About Henan University and KaiFeng, China<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Henan University has a history of 109 years, and has been selected as the ''Double First Class'' University by the Ministry of Education of China, see <a href="http://en.henu.edu.cn/">http://en.henu.edu.cn/</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>KaiFeng is a historical city (capital of Song Dynasty) and a famous tourist destination, see <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaifeng">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaifeng</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>How to apply<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Applications are only accepted via Email. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>All the following documents should be sent to Prof. Ioannis Pitas and Prof. Chongsheng Zhang simultaneously, at <a href="mailto:pitas@csd.auth.gr">pitas@csd.auth.gr</a> and <a href="mailto:chongsheng.zhang@yahoo.com">chongsheng.zhang@yahoo.com</a>, with the email subject ''Postdoc application'': <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> - 1. A cover letter<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> - 2. Full CV and list of publications<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:22.5pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>- 3. Two reference letters. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:22.5pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact Prof. Ioannis Pitas and Prof. Chongsheng Zhang via Email.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div><div id="DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><br />
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