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<font style="font-size:13pt" size="3"><b>PostDoctoral and Doctoral Researcher Open Positions in </b></font>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:115%;background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><font style="font-size:13pt" size="3"><b>Artificial
Intelligence, Computer Vision, and Machine Learning</b></font></p>
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(<span>Apologies for cross-posting</span>s.)
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</font></span><p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:100%;background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%" align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">Computer
Vision Laboratory led by <b><a href="https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=u3MwH5kAAAAJ" target="_blank">Prof.Dr. Radu Timofte</a></b>, from the newly
established <font color="#1155cc"><u><b><a href="https://www.uni-wuerzburg.de/caidas/home/" style="color:rgb(0,0,128);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Center
for Artificial Intelligence and Data Science</a>, University of
Wurzburg</b></u></font>, is looking for outstanding candidates to
fill several postdoctoral and doctoral researcher fully-funded
positions in the AI, computer vision, and machine learning fields.</font></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">
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</font></span><p style="margin-bottom:0.17in;line-height:100%;background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%" align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2"><b>Julius
Maximilians University of Würzburg (JMU), </b>founded in 1402, is
one of the leading institutions of higher education in Germany and
well-known on the international stage for delivering research
excellence with a global impact. The University of Würzburg is proud
to be the home of outstanding researchers and fourteen Nobel Prize
Laureates. Würzburg is a vibrant city in Bavaria, Germany’s
economically strongest state and home base to many international
companies. We look forward to welcoming you to the University of
Würzburg!</font></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">
</font></span><p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:100%;background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%" align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2"><b>Computer
Vision Laboratory</b> and University of Würzburg in general are an
exciting environment for research, for independent thinking. Prof.
Radu Timofte’s team is highly international, with people from about
12 countries, and the members have already won awards at top
conferences (ICCV, CVPR, ICRA, NeurIPS, ...), founded successful
spinoffs, and/or collaborated with industry. Prof. Radu Timofte is <a href="https://www.humboldt-foundation.de/en/explore/newsroom/press-releases/international-research-stars-receive-awards-in-berlin" style="color:rgb(0,0,128);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><font color="#1155cc"><u>a
2022 winner of the prestigious Humboldt Professorship for Artificial
Intelligence Award.</u></font></a> Prof. Radu Timofte also leads the
<a href="https://people.ee.ethz.ch/~timofter/" style="color:rgb(0,0,128);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><font color="#1155cc"><u>Augmented
Perception Group</u></font></a> at ETH Zurich.</font></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">
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</font></span><p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:115%;background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">Depending on the position, the
successful candidate will focus on a subset of the following
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</font></span><p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:115%;background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2"><b>Research Topics:</b></font></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">
</font></span><p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:115%;background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">• deep learning</font></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">
</font></span><p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:115%;background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">• computational photography</font></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">
</font></span><p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:115%;background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">• domain translation</font></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">
</font></span><p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:115%;background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">• learned image/video compression</font></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">
</font></span><p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:115%;background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">• image/video super-resolution</font></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">
</font></span><p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:115%;background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">• learning paradigms</font></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">
</font></span><p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:115%;background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">• 3D</font></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">
</font></span><p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:115%;background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">• image/video understanding</font></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">
</font></span><p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:115%;background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">• augmented and mixed reality</font></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">
</font></span><p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:115%;background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">• edge inference and mobile AI</font></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">
</font></span><p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:115%;background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">• super-resolution microscopy</font></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">
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</font></span><p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:115%;background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%" align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2"><b>The tasks</b> will
involve designing, developing, and testing novel ideas and solutions
in cutting-edge research, as well as coordinating and conducting data
collection for their evaluation when necessary. The successful
candidate will conduct research on deep learning machines and a new
cluster with hundreds of GPUs.</font></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">
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</font></span><p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:115%;background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2"><b>Profile</b></font></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">
</font></span><p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:115%;background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%" align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">• Master's degree in
AI, computer science, electrical engineering, physics or applied
mathematics/ statistics.</font></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">
</font></span><p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:115%;background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%" align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">• Good programming
skills, experience with Python / C++ and deep learning frameworks
(PyTorch/TensorFlow).</font></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">
</font></span><p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:115%;background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%" align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">• Interest, prior
knowledge and experience in one or more of the following is a plus:
computer vision, deep learning, machine learning, image processing,
artificial intelligence.</font></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">
</font></span><p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:115%;background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%" align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">• Enthusiasm for
leading-edge research, team spirit, and capability of independent
problem-solving.</font></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">
</font></span><p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:115%;background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%" align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">• Fluent written and
spoken English is a must.</font></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">
</font></span><p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:115%;background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%" align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">• Postdoctoral applicants
are expected to have a strong track of published research, including
top, high impact, journal (such as PAMI, IJCV, TIP, NEUCOM, JMLR,
CVIU) or conference (such as ICCV, CVPR, ECCV, ICRA, NeurIPS, ICLR,
AAAI) papers.</font></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">
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</font></span><p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:115%;background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2"><b>Timeline</b></font></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">
</font></span><p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:115%;background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%" align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">The positions are open
immediately, fully funded, the salaries of the doctoral students and
postdocs are competitive on the German scales TV-L E13 and E14, up to
70k euros per year, before tax.
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</font></span><p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:115%;background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%" align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">Typically a PhD takes
~4 years to complete and a postdoc position is for at least 1 year.</font></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">
</font></span><p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:115%;background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%" align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">The applications
received by 15.07.2022 will be reviewed by 31.07.2022. Only the
selected applicants will be contacted by email for interviews.</font></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">
</font></span><p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:115%;background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%" align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">After 15.07.2022 the
applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until all positions
are filled.</font></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">
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</font></span><p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:115%;background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2"><b>Application</b></font></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">
</font></span><p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:115%;background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%" align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">Interested applicants
should email asap their PDF documents (including full CV, motivation
letter, diplomas, transcripts of records, links to master or PhD
thesis, referees / recommendation letters, etc.) to Prof. Dr. Radu
Timofte at <a href="mailto:radu.timofte@uni-wuerzburg.de" style="color:rgb(0,0,128);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><font color="#1155cc"><u>radu.timofte@uni-wuerzburg.de</u></font></a>
or <a href="mailto:radu.timofte@vision.ee.ethz.ch" style="color:rgb(0,0,128);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><font color="#1155cc"><u>radu.timofte@vision.ee.ethz.ch</u></font></a></font></span>
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