The
Max Planck Center for Visual Computing and Communication (MPC-VCC) was
established as a joint program by the Max Planck Society for the
Advancement of Science (MPG) and Stanford University in 2003
(http://www.mpc-vcc.org).
With this call the Max Planck Center for Visual Computing and Communication (MPC-VCC) invites applications for its
Junior Research Group Program
Our
Junior Research Group program offers young scientists in information
technology the opportunity to develop their own research program
addressing important problems in areas such as
- image communication
- computer graphics
- geometric computing
- imaging systems
- computer vision
- human machine interface
- distributed multimedia architectures
- multimedia networking
- visual media security.
The
center includes an outstanding group of faculty members at Stanford’s
Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Departments, the Max Planck
Institute for Informatics, and Saarland University.
The program begins with a preparatory 1-2 year postdoc phase (Phase P)
at the Max Planck Institute for Informatics, followed by a two-year
appointment at Stanford University (Phase I) as a visiting assistant
professor, and then a position at the Max Planck Institute for
Informatics as a junior research group leader (Phase II). However, the
program can be entered flexibly at each phase, commensurate with the
experience of the applicant.
Applicants to the program must have completed an outstanding PhD. Exact
duration of the preparatory postdoc phase is flexible, but we typically
expect this to be about 1-2 years. Applicants who completed their PhD
in Germany may enter Phase I of the program directly. Applicants for
Phase II are expected to have completed a postdoc stay abroad and must
have demonstrated their outstanding research potential and ability to
successfully lead a research group.
Reviewing of applications will commence on 01 Jan 2019. The final
deadline is 31 Jan 2019. Applicants should submit their CV, copies of
their school and university reports, list of publications, reprints of
five selected publications, names of 3-5 references, a brief description
of their previous research and a detailed description of the proposed
research project (including possible opportunities for collaboration
with existing research groups at Saarbrücken and Stanford) to:
Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Seidel
Max Planck Institute for Informatics,
Campus E 1 4, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany;
The Max Planck Society is an equal opportunity employer, committed
to increasing the number of individuals with disabilities in its
workforce, and therefore encourages applications from such qualified
individuals. Furthermore, the Max Planck Society seeks to increase the
number of women in those areas where they are underrepresented and
therefore explicitly encourages women to apply.
Additional information is available on the website www.mpc-vcc.org
