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            <td>[Members] [General] Max Planck Center for Visual
              Computing and Communication: Junior Research Group Program</td>
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            <th nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE" align="RIGHT">Date: </th>
            <td>Wed, 8 Nov 2017 15:56:58 +0100</td>
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            <th nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE" align="RIGHT">From: </th>
            <td><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:eurographics@eg.org">eurographics@eg.org</a></td>
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            <th nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE" align="RIGHT">To: </th>
            <td><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:general@eg.org">general@eg.org</a></td>
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            lang="EN-US">Max Planck Institute for Informatics<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">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
            (<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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            style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"
            lang="EN-US">With this call the Max Planck Center for Visual
            Computing and Communication (MPC-VCC) invites applications
            for its<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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        <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"
            lang="EN-US">Junior Research Group Program<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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            lang="EN-US">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</span><span
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              lang="EN-US">image communication <o:p></o:p></span></li>
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              lang="EN-US">human machine interface <o:p></o:p></span></li>
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              lang="EN-US">distributed multimedia architectures <o:p></o:p></span></li>
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              lang="EN-US">multimedia networking <o:p></o:p></span></li>
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              lang="EN-US">visual media security.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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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 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" style="text-autospace:none"><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" style="text-autospace:none"><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" style="text-autospace:none"><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"
            lang="EN-US">      Reviewing of applications will commence
            on 01 Jan 2018. The final deadline is 31 Jan 2018.
            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" style="text-autospace:none"><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"
            lang="EN-US">      <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><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" style="text-autospace:none"><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>
        <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span
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            lang="EN-US">      Campus E 1 4</span><span
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            lang="EN-US">The Max Planck Center is an equal opportunity
            employer and women are encouraged to apply.</span><span
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