Two Independent Research Group Leaders in the Cyber Valley Initiative

CYBER VALLEY | TV-L E14
The University of Stuttgart, Germany, invites applications for positions of two Independent Research Group Leaders in the Cyber Valley Initiative. Cyber Valley is a new center for AI research in the Stuttgart/Tübingen region, bringing together partners from science and industry to create a world-leading hub for research in intelligent systems and to establish an ecosystem for startups in the field of artificial intelligence. Two Cyber Valley Research Groups will be established as a part of the Cyber Valley initiative at the University of Stuttgart and will be funded by the Christian Bürkert Stiftung and the Vector Foundation. We are seeking two young, highly motivated and emerging researchers, who will each take the lead in building up a new group and a competitive research program.The ideal candidate should have an excellent international early-career track record.The research groups are expected to engage actively with the existing research environment, including the Cyber Valley partners. Applicants from all fields of engineering and science who develop new technologies, methodologies and concepts and who combine theory and experiment, simulation or work with Big Data are encouraged to apply.This includes, but is not limited to, those whose research interests concern one or more of the following:

• manufacturing systems,
• microsystems,
• robotics,
• automation and control,
• or big data science.

It is planned that one of the positions is oriented towards research in connection to medical engineering and minimally invasive technologies. The second position is preferably oriented towards modern manufacturing systems. Researchers with interests in these areas are particularly encouraged to apply. The research groups will be located at the Institute of Physical Chemistry and the Institute of SystemsTheory and Automatic Control respectively. Interested candidates may contact Frank Allgöwer (allgower@ist.uni-stuttgart.de) or Peer Fischer (p.fischer@ipc.uni-stuttgart.de) for further information. The funding of each group includes the group leader position (TV-L E14), two additional PhD positions as well as startup and running budgets for up to four years. The group will be embedded into the above named institutes at the University of Stuttgart and benefit from its infrastructure and support structures. Applications should submit a description of past and planned research activities (up to three pages), a CV, the names and addresses of at least three potential references as well as PDF-files of up to 5 key publications. Applications should be submitted as a single PDF-file to search@ist.uni-stuttgart.de. The closing date for applications is October 7^th, 2018.