[Job-offers-cs] Postdoc and Group Leader positions in Algorithms and Complexity at MPII, Germany

[Pekka Orponen]

M A X   P L A N C K   I N S T I T U T E   for   I N F O R M A T I C S

seeks several

POSTDOCS and GROUP LEADERS

for the Algorithms and Complexity Department 
[https://www.mpi-inf.mpg.de/departments/algorithms-complexity/> directed 
by Danupon Nanongkai.

We are looking for applicants from all areas of algorithms and 
complexity as well as related areas (such as mathematical optimization, 
algorithm engineering, high-performance computing, and quantum 
computing). Researchers of several nationalities work in the Algorithms 
and Complexity Department, and our working language is English. The 
department is a part of the Max Planck Institute for Informatics, 
located on the campus of Saarland University in Saarbrücken, Germany. We 
maintain close collaborations with algorithms and complexity researchers 
in other institutes on the campus, including the Department of Computer 
Science, CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security, and Max Planck 
Institute for Software Systems. The group has high international 
visibility, and its members collaborate with multiple leading research 
institutions in Europe and the U.S. There is generous travel support 
available for all group members. Postdocs are free in their choice of 
research topics and collaborators. Group leaders are expected to 
independently build and lead research groups with internal and external 
funding. The initial contract is for two years for postdocs and up to 
five years for group leaders. There are possibilities for extensions, 
promotions, and permanent employments. The starting dates for the 
positions are flexible.

The Max Planck Society is committed to employing more individuals with 
disabilities and expressly welcomes these to apply. The Max Planck 
Society seeks to increase the percentage of women in the areas where 
they are underrepresented and expressly encourages these to apply.

Applications should be submitted via our web form at

http://www.mpi-inf.mpg.de/d1postdoc>

by uploading a single PDF file containing

* a curriculum vitae,
* a complete list of publications, and
* a research plan (1 page suffices).

Moreover, we ask for the names and email addresses of three references 
we may contact. These should be ready to submit a letter of 
recommendation by 31 December 2023.

The submission server is online now, with applications reviewed as they 
arrive. All applications submitted by 15 December 2023 will receive full 
consideration. Simultaneous applications for a Lise Meitner Award 
Fellowship or a Simons-MPI joint fellowship are possible. (Separate 
applications need to be submitted through our server and the system of 
the Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing. Applications to Simons 
Institute are due by 1 December 2023.)