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            <td>[Members] [General] Max Planck Institute for
              Informatics: Junior Research Groups Leaders</td>
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            <th valign="BASELINE" align="RIGHT" nowrap="nowrap">Date: </th>
            <td>Fri, 8 Nov 2013 10:42:32 +0100</td>
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            <th valign="BASELINE" align="RIGHT" nowrap="nowrap">From: </th>
            <td><a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:eurographics@eg.org"><eurographics@eg.org></a></td>
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            <th valign="BASELINE" align="RIGHT" nowrap="nowrap">To: </th>
            <td><a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:general@eg.org"><general@eg.org></a></td>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
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            lang="EN-US">Max Planck Institute for Informatics<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
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            lang="EN-US">The Max Planck Institute for Informatics, as
            the coordinator of the Max Planck Center for Visual
            Computing and Communication (MPC-VCC), invites applications
            for<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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            lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
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            lang="EN-US">Junior Research Groups Leaders <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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            lang="EN-US">in the Max Planck Center for Visual Computing
            and Communication<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
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            lang="EN-US">The Max Planck Center for Visual Computing and
            Communications offers young scientists in information
            technology the opportunity to develop their own research
            program addressing  <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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            lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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            lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">-<span
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              </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""
            lang="EN-US">important problems in areas such as <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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              </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""
            lang="EN-US">image communication <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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            lang="EN-US">computer graphics <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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            lang="EN-US">imaging systems <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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            lang="EN-US">computer vision <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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            lang="EN-US">human machine interface <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""
            lang="EN-US">distributed multimedia architectures <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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            lang="EN-US">multimedia networking <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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            lang="EN-US">visual media security<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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            lang="EN-US"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
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            lang="EN-US">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""
            lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""
            lang="EN-US">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""
            lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""
            lang="EN-US">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. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""
            lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""
            lang="EN-US">Reviewing of applications will commence on 01
            Jan 2014. The final deadline is 31 Jan 2014. 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:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
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            lang="EN-US">                <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""
            lang="EN-US">                Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Seidel <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""
            lang="EN-US">                Max Planck Institute for
            Informatics, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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            lang="EN-US">                Campus E 1 4, 66123
            Saarbrücken, Germany; <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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            lang="EN-US">                Email: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:mpc-vcc@mpi-inf.mpg.de">mpc-vcc@mpi-inf.mpg.de</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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            lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""
            lang="EN-US">The Max Planck Center is an equal opportunity
            employer and women are encouraged to apply.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""
            lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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            lang="EN-US">Additional information is available on the
            website <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.mpc-vcc.org">http://www.mpc-vcc.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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