Ref. 2941 Heraklion 15/10/2018
The Institute of Computer Science (ICS) of the Foundation for research and Technology Hellas (FORTH), in the framework of the project ARCHERS, aimed at reducing or even reversing the brain drain, which is funded by an exclusive donation of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, is seeking to recruit four (4) postdoctoral fellows.
Location: ICS‐FORTH, Heraklion Crete GREECE Desired Starting Date: 01/01/2019 Duration of appointment: 12 months (with possibility of extension according to the needs of the project).
Opening date: 15/10/2018 Closing date: 15/11/2018, 23:59 local time (Greece)
Job Description These Stavros Niarchos Foundation – FORTH fellows are expected to perform high quality research within one of the research areas, in which ICS‐FORTH excels both on the national and the international level (www.ics.forth.gr).
Eligibility criteria
1.PhD degree in Computer Science, Molecular Imaging, Medical Physics or related areas
2.Previous experience in one or more of the following:
o Human‐Computer Interaction, Affective Computing, Cognitive Psychology, Interaction Design
o Computer Vision, Robotics
o Internet of Things
o Cultural Information Systems, Data and knowledge management for cultural informatics
o Signal Processing, Sound Processing, Speech Processing
o Advanced hybrid molecular imaging techniques
o Medical Physics
o Computational techniques in medical imaging
o Clinical and Pre‐clinical Hybrid Molecular Imaging Techniques
o Bio‐inspired methods for deep learning technologies
o Computational methods for bio‐inspired machine learning
o Pattern recognition techniques for quantitative oncology
o Medical Image registration and fusion
o Deep learning methods for advancing cancer image analysis
o Computational medicine in psychiatry: predicting phenotypes of serious psychiatric conditions
3. Very good knowledge of Greek and English language
Desirable qualifications
Publications in high impact peer‐review journals and participation in national and international conferences (40%)
Quality of the proposed post‐doctoral project (30%)
Ability and motivation to perform independent research (20%)
Previous post‐doctoral research experience (10%)
Application Submission Interested candidates can submit their applications via http://www.ics.forth.gr/jobs/en/ using the link “Apply for the position” under the announcement. In order to be considered, the applications must include:
Filled‐in Application Form
Detailed curriculum vitae (CV) of the candidate
Statement of purpose with a proposed project in a specific sub‐area of research and a relation to the appropriate scientific contact person (maximum 2 pages)
Copies of academic titles/transcripts
Language certificates
At least one reference letter Any application received after the deadline will not be considered for selection
Contact Information
For information and questions regarding the application and selection procedure, please contact: webmaster@ics.forth.gr
For information and questions about the advertised positions, please contact Mrs. Chrysoula Iliaki (chrys@ics.forth.gr) Selection Announcement The result of the selection will be announced on the website of ICS‐FORTH. Candidates have the right to appeal the selection decision, by addressing their written objection to the ICS secretariat within five (5) days since the results announcement on the web. They also have the right to access (a) the files of the candidates as well as (b) the table of candidates’ scores (ranking of candidates results). All the above information related to the selection procedure will be available at the secretariat of ICS‐FORTH in line with the Hellenic Data Protection Authority.
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