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Dean of the Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University announces an open competition for the position:

Associate Professor in Biomedical Image Processing

 

Number of open positions: 1

Application deadline: 31st January 2025

Working Hours: full-time (40 hours per week)

Expected start: March 2025, by mutual agreement

Employment: 3-year initial contract (with possible extension – tenure track)

Workplace: Faculty of Informatics – Department of Visual Computing, Masaryk University, Botanická 68a, Brno

EU Researcher Profile: Researcher 3

Salary: CZK 75 000 – 92 600/month, salary will be negotiated

 

Job description key points

The position is focused on both research and teaching. The candidates are expected to carry out research of excellent quality in biomedical image processing and take responsibility for selected courses included in the specialization Image Processing and Analysis within the Visual Informatics study program: https://www.fi.muni.cz/catalogue-current/?program=nmgr_viz_cz&lang=en. In particular, the candidates should be able to prepare and deliver lectures and tutorials at the bachelor as well as master level in the following areas:

  • Digital image processing;
  • Digital geometry;
  • Machine learning.

The candidates should show a large amount of flexibility in teaching subjects that are not directly related to their particular areas of research. They are expected to help with supervising undergraduate as well as graduate students and attract research projects to fund their research activities.

The successful candidate must have

  • PhD in Computer Science or a related discipline
  • Passion for problem solving and desire for working with students;
  • Existing track record in both education and research in the areas listed above;
  • Dynamic, flexible personality, able to work well in teams;
  • Fluency in English (both spoken and written); other language(s) welcome;
  • Experience from other countries than Czech and Slovak republics (at least half a year).

Desired skills and achievements:

  • PhD work related to biomedical image processing, machine learning, or computer vision;
  • Experience with research projects.

Applicants should submit:

  • CV, including a summary of work experience, publication activity, teaching, involvement in research grants, etc.;
  • copy of diploma from the highest level of education (notarial certification not required);
  • Cover letter explaining candidate’s motivation and interest in obtaining the position;
  • Title and abstract of a lecture that can be presented as a part of the application process;
  • The names and contact details of three professional and language referees.

We offer

  • an interesting job in a prestigious university environment with international overlap and cooperation with the application sphere;
  • career development and growth (e.g. university seminar series, courses provided by MU, participation in conferences, staff mobility training, participation in research projects, support of project department);
  • relocation support and help from the Welcome Office MU;
  • employee benefits such as 8 weeks of paid vacation per year, pension insurance contribution, Multisport card, vaccination allowance, childcare group at MU building (Komenského nám., Brno);
  • workplace close to the centre of Brno with parking directly on the faculty premises.

Please submit your application, including all required documents, preferably online via the MU e-application (Please use the link in the e-application section below). In case this way of submission would not be possible, we also accept a paper application with a declaration of the reason for such a submission.

The selection process is based on the Open Transparent Merit-based Recruitment Policy. Faculty of Informatics holds the HR Excellence in Research Award. The rules of the selection processes at the Faculty of Informatics MU can be found at Selection procedure | FI MU (muni.cz).

Once submitting your application successfully, you will receive an automatic confirmation email. Candidates successful in the first round of the selection process will be invited for an in-person interview or a video-conference interview. Candidates who succeed in the second round will be invited to present a public lecture.

Queries regarding the submission procedure can be sent to HR Department: pers@fi.muni.cz.

Queries regarding the position as such can be addressed to Assoc. Prof. Petr Matula, Head of Department of Visual Computing, pem@fi.muni.cz.

 

Further information is available:

Faculty of Informatics at https://www.fi.muni.cz/index.html.en
Brno at https://www.gotobrno.cz/en/

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