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<h1><span class="markedContent" id="page53R_mcid0"><span
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role="presentation" dir="ltr">Tenure-track Assistant Professor
in Deep Learning Methods & Applications</span></span><span
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<p><span class="markedContent" id="page53R_mcid2"><span style="left:
80.4px; top: 89.55px; font-size: 15px; font-family:
sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.01532);" role="presentation"
dir="ltr">We are recruiting a tenure-track assistant professor
who will establish a cutting-edge research program</span><br
role="presentation">
<span style="left: 80.415px; top: 108.345px; font-size: 15px;
font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.03313);"
role="presentation" dir="ltr">in deep learning methods &
applications. The successful candidate will join the Institute
of Artificial</span><br role="presentation">
<span style="left: 80.415px; top: 126.945px; font-size: 15px;
font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.991964);"
role="presentation" dir="ltr">Intelligence at the Medical
University of Vienna, with ample opportunities to integrate
into the European</span><br role="presentation">
<span style="left: 80.415px; top: 145.74px; font-size: 15px;
font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.992577);"
role="presentation" dir="ltr">research landscape, including
the European Lab for Learning and Intelligent Systems (ELLIS)
and Euro-</span><br role="presentation">
<span style="left: 80.415px; top: 164.535px; font-size: 15px;
font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.02991);"
role="presentation" dir="ltr">pean Health Data Space. This is
a university-funded tenure-track position with startup package
/ core</span><br role="presentation">
<span style="left: 80.43px; top: 183.33px; font-size: 15px;
font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.997762);"
role="presentation" dir="ltr">funding. The call is open to
candidates seeking to establish their first independent group
(~ERC Starting</span><br role="presentation">
<span style="left: 80.445px; top: 202.125px; font-size: 15px;
font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.0191);"
role="presentation" dir="ltr">Grant) as well as to candidates
who are already established group leaders (~ERC Consolidator
Grant).</span></span><span class="markedContent"
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<h2><span class="markedContent" id="page53R_mcid4"><span
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role="presentation" dir="ltr">The Goal</span></span><span
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<p><span class="markedContent" id="page53R_mcid5"><span style="left:
80.445px; top: 258.72px; font-size: 15px; font-family:
sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.01306);" role="presentation"
dir="ltr">Machine learning is transforming medicine, for
example by enabling physicians to incorporate vast amounts of
data and knowledge into each</span><span style="left: 80.46px;
top: 277.515px; font-size: 15px; font-family: sans-serif;
transform: scaleX(0.996981);" role="presentation" dir="ltr">
of their clinical decisions. Machine learning also advances
our understanding of the biology that underlies human
diseases, with future perspec</span><span style="left:
80.46px; top: 296.31px; font-size: 15px; font-family:
sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.037);" role="presentation"
dir="ltr">tives to identify molecular disease mechanisms in
each individual patient and to devise personalized therapies.
Researchers at the Medical</span><span style="left: 80.46px;
top: 315.105px; font-size: 15px; font-family: sans-serif;
transform: scaleX(0.995754);" role="presentation" dir="ltr">
University of Vienna, together with the CeMM Research Center
for Molecular Medicine and the Austrian Academy of Sciences,
are working to</span><span style="left: 80.46px; top: 333.9px;
font-size: 15px; font-family: sans-serif; transform:
scaleX(0.97821);" role="presentation" dir="ltr"> establish an
ambitious research program focusing on “Machine Learning in
Biology and Medicine”, with three pillars: (i) methodological
research</span><span style="left: 80.46px; top: 352.695px;
font-size: 15px; font-family: sans-serif; transform:
scaleX(1.00526);" role="presentation" dir="ltr"> in machine
learning, focusing on interpretable deep learning, causal
modeling, federated machine learning, and time series
analysis; (ii) proof-</span><span style="left: 80.46px; top:
371.49px; font-size: 15px; font-family: sans-serif; transform:
scaleX(1.00367);" role="presentation" dir="ltr">of-concept
applications in biology and medicine, including personalized
medicine and systems biology; (iii) dissemination and impact
through</span><span style="left: 80.46px; top: 390.285px;
font-size: 15px; font-family: sans-serif; transform:
scaleX(1.01822);" role="presentation" dir="ltr"> sustainable
clinical applications, contribution to international
consortia, creation of startup companies, and a commitment to
research-centric</span><span style="left: 80.445px; top:
408.885px; font-size: 15px; font-family: sans-serif;
transform: scaleX(1.00499);" role="presentation" dir="ltr">
teaching and public outreach. The successful candidate will
contribute creatively and proactively to one or more of these
directions.</span></span></p>
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<h2><span class="markedContent" id="page53R_mcid7"><span
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role="presentation" dir="ltr">The Candidate</span></span><span
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<p><span class="markedContent" id="page53R_mcid8"><span style="left:
80.445px; top: 465.885px; font-size: 15px; font-family:
sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.993693);" role="presentation"
dir="ltr">We are looking for candidates with strong expertise
in deep learning methodology & applications and the
ambition to lead an academic research</span><span style="left:
80.445px; top: 484.68px; font-size: 15px; font-family:
sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.0116);" role="presentation"
dir="ltr"> group that will pursue world-class research in this
area. The ideal candidates will have a strong publication
record in methodological research</span><span style="left:
80.46px; top: 503.475px; font-size: 15px; font-family:
sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.01315);" role="presentation"
dir="ltr"> (e.g., papers at leading machine learning
conferences, journals, widely cited preprints) and a current
or future interest in applying their exper</span><span
style="left: 80.46px; top: 522.075px; font-size: 15px;
font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.972614);"
role="presentation" dir="ltr">tise in medicine or biology, in
collaboration with biomedical and clinical researchers. A
typical background would be a PhD and some postdoctoral</span><span
style="left: 80.46px; top: 540.87px; font-size: 15px;
font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.998774);"
role="presentation" dir="ltr"> research in machine learning,
computer science, statistics, bioinformatics or another
quantitative field, ideally combining methodologically and</span><span
style="left: 80.46px; top: 559.665px; font-size: 15px;
font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.04531);"
role="presentation" dir="ltr"> applied research. We are open
to early-stage candidates who want to start their first
independent research group, and to established group</span><span
style="left: 80.46px; top: 578.46px; font-size: 15px;
font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.01899);"
role="presentation" dir="ltr"> leaders who are looking for new
challenges (e.g., moving closer to applications in medicine or
biology). Responsibilities and support will be</span><span
style="left: 80.46px; top: 597.255px; font-size: 15px;
font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.00434);"
role="presentation" dir="ltr"> commensurate with experience
and level of seniority. The position does not require any
undergraduate teaching but does provide opportunities</span><span
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font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.02178);"
role="presentation" dir="ltr"> to contribute to graduate-level
teaching and curriculum development. Prior experience in
teaching machine learning is therefore a plus. Ger</span><span
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font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.00761);"
role="presentation" dir="ltr">man-language skills are not
required (graduate-level teaching is in English), and both the
city and the university provide a highly international</span><span
style="left: 80.46px; top: 653.64px; font-size: 15px;
font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.01223);"
role="presentation" dir="ltr"> environment. Vienna as a city
and the university as an employer provide a family-friendly
environment with essentially free kindergarten and</span><span
style="left: 80.46px; top: 672.435px; font-size: 15px;
font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.0197);"
role="presentation" dir="ltr"> daycare for children aged 1 to
6, a high-quality public school system, and many international
schools. The university provides a tenure-track</span><span
style="left: 80.46px; top: 691.23px; font-size: 15px;
font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.01604);"
role="presentation" dir="ltr"> position with a highly
competitive personal salary, an excellent employee benefits
package, and a startup package / core funding.</span></span><span
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<h2><span class="markedContent" id="page53R_mcid10"><span
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role="presentation" dir="ltr">The Host Institution</span></span><span
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<p><span class="markedContent" id="page53R_mcid11"><span
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role="presentation" dir="ltr">The Medical University of Vienna
is Europe’s largest medical school and one of the oldest in
the world. It was founded in 1365 as the medical</span><span
style="left: 80.46px; top: 766.83px; font-size: 15px;
font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.03279);"
role="presentation" dir="ltr"> faculty of the University of
Vienna, and it has operated as an autonomous university since
2004. Physicians at the Medical University treat</span><span
style="left: 80.46px; top: 785.625px; font-size: 15px;
font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.05989);"
role="presentation" dir="ltr"> ~95,000 patients per year as
inpatients and ~500,000 as outpatients, creating major
opportunities for data-driven research. The Medical</span><span
style="left: 80.46px; top: 804.42px; font-size: 15px;
font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.989852);"
role="presentation" dir="ltr"> University has a dedicated
Department for Medical Data Science, with research in
statistics, medical informatics, complexity sciences, and
other</span><span style="left: 80.46px; top: 823.02px;
font-size: 15px; font-family: sans-serif; transform:
scaleX(0.997113);" role="presentation" dir="ltr"> areas. In
this department, the Institute of Artificial Intelligence (AI
Institute) seeks to advance biomedical research and clinical
practice through</span><span style="left: 80.46px; top:
841.815px; font-size: 15px; font-family: sans-serif;
transform: scaleX(1.00066);" role="presentation" dir="ltr">
methods development, applications, and teaching in machine
learning and artificial intelligence. The AI Institute is
directed by Christoph Bock</span><span style="left: 80.475px;
top: 860.61px; font-size: 15px; font-family: sans-serif;"
role="presentation" dir="ltr"> (</span></span><span
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86.475px; top: 860.61px; font-size: 15px; font-family:
sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.03275);" role="presentation"
dir="ltr"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://tinyurl.com/chrbock">https://tinyurl.com/chrbock</a></span></span><span
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255.675px; top: 860.61px; font-size: 15px; font-family:
sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.02246);" role="presentation"
dir="ltr">), who is Professor of Medical Informatics at the
Medical University of Vienna and Principal Investigator at the</span></span><span
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80.4px; top: 879.55px; font-size: 15px; font-family:
sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.969158);" role="presentation"
dir="ltr"> CeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the
Austrian Academy of Sciences. He is a member of the Human Cell
Atlas, Fellow of ELLIS,</span><span style="left: 80.4px; top:
898.345px; font-size: 15px; font-family: sans-serif;
transform: scaleX(0.994397);" role="presentation" dir="ltr">
and recipient of important research awards (Otto Hahn Medal,
ERC Starting Grant, ERC Consolidator Grant, Overton Prize,
Erwin Schrödinger</span><span style="left: 80.4px; top:
917.14px; font-size: 15px; font-family: sans-serif; transform:
scaleX(0.996829);" role="presentation" dir="ltr"> Prize). The
AI Institute currently hosts two additional group leaders and
their research groups: Georg Dorffner (</span></span><span
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749.79px; top: 917.14px; font-size: 15px; font-family:
sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.04841);" role="presentation"
dir="ltr"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://tinyurl.com/gdorffner">https://tinyurl.com/gdorffner</a></span></span><span
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929.985px; top: 917.14px; font-size: 15px; font-family:
sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.13314);" role="presentation"
dir="ltr">),</span></span><span class="markedContent"
id="undefined"></span><span class="markedContent"
id="page53R_mcid34"><span style="left: 80.4px; top: 935.95px;
font-size: 15px; font-family: sans-serif; transform:
scaleX(0.99333);" role="presentation" dir="ltr"> who is the
vice president of the Austrian Society for Artificial
Intelligence, and Matthias Samwald (</span></span><span
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676.395px; top: 935.95px; font-size: 15px; font-family:
sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.04775);" role="presentation"
dir="ltr"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://tinyurl.com/samwald">https://tinyurl.com/samwald</a></span></span><span
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853.2px; top: 935.95px; font-size: 15px; font-family:
sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.01469);" role="presentation"
dir="ltr">), who coordi</span></span><span
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80.4px; top: 954.75px; font-size: 15px; font-family:
sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.992217);" role="presentation"
dir="ltr">nates a major EU project that implements
computational methods in clinical practice. The Medical
University of Vienna hosts a rapidly growing</span><span
style="left: 80.4px; top: 973.545px; font-size: 15px;
font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.0177);"
role="presentation" dir="ltr"> cluster of machine learning
researchers in areas spanning radiology, dermatology,
bioinformatics, and synthetic biology. Many researchers at</span><span
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font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.975833);"
role="presentation" dir="ltr"> the Medical University of
Vienna have successfully applied for European Research Council
(ERC) and other high-profile grants (e.g., the Austrian</span><span
style="left: 80.4px; top: 1010.94px; font-size: 15px;
font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.00558);"
role="presentation" dir="ltr"> Excellence Initiative), and
extensive training and support is available in Vienna for
researchers preparing such grant proposals.</span></span><span
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<p><span class="markedContent" id="page53R_mcid19"><span
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role="presentation" dir="ltr">Please send your application by
e-mail to</span></span><span class="markedContent"
id="page53R_mcid20"><span style="left: 328.2px; top: 1048.53px;
font-size: 15px; font-family: sans-serif;" role="presentation"
dir="ltr"> </span><span style="left: 331.185px; top:
1048.53px; font-size: 15px; font-family: sans-serif;
transform: scaleX(1.01537);" role="presentation" dir="ltr"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:faculty-recruiting5@meduniwien.ac.at">faculty-recruiting5@meduniwien.ac.at</a></span></span><span
class="markedContent" id="page53R_mcid37"><span style="left:
566.985px; top: 1048.53px; font-size: 15px; font-family:
sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.986207);" role="presentation"
dir="ltr">. The application should include: cover letter,
curriculum vitae,</span></span><span class="markedContent"
id="undefined"></span><span class="markedContent"
id="page53R_mcid38"><span style="left: 80.4px; top: 1067.35px;
font-size: 15px; font-family: sans-serif; transform:
scaleX(1.02617);" role="presentation" dir="ltr"> list of
publication, five key publications with download links and a
brief statement about their relevance, summary of research and
teaching</span><span style="left: 80.4px; top: 1086.15px;
font-size: 15px; font-family: sans-serif; transform:
scaleX(1.0313);" role="presentation" dir="ltr"> activities
(~3-5 pages), concept of future research plans (~1-3 pages),
and contact details of at least three references – if possible
combined</span><span style="left: 80.43px; top: 1104.94px;
font-size: 15px; font-family: sans-serif; transform:
scaleX(1.02524);" role="presentation" dir="ltr"> into a single
PDF document attached to the e-mail. Please see</span></span><span
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sans-serif;" role="presentation" dir="ltr"> </span><span
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font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.03906);"
role="presentation" dir="ltr"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://tinyurl.com/4jvkmajh">https://tinyurl.com/4jvkmajh</a></span></span><span
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642px; top: 1104.94px; font-size: 15px; font-family:
sans-serif;" role="presentation" dir="ltr"> </span><span
style="left: 645.81px; top: 1104.94px; font-size: 15px;
font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.02266);"
role="presentation" dir="ltr">for additional details.</span></span></p>
<p><span class="markedContent" id="page53R_mcid39"><span
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font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.02266);"
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<span style="left: 80.4px; top: 1142.55px; font-size: 15px;
font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.00882);"
role="presentation" dir="ltr">All applications received by 1
October 2023 will be considered. Start dates are very
flexible. Please address questions about the application to</span><span
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role="presentation" dir="ltr"> Dalibor Mikic / Ana Mendes (</span></span><span
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257.19px; top: 1161.34px; font-size: 15px; font-family:
sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.02244);" role="presentation"
dir="ltr"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:sec-ai@meduniwien.ac.at">sec-ai@meduniwien.ac.at</a></span></span><span
class="markedContent" id="page53R_mcid27"><span style="left:
415.395px; top: 1161.34px; font-size: 15px; font-family:
sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.9893);" role="presentation"
dir="ltr">) and scientific questions to Christoph Bock (</span></span><span
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684.39px; top: 1161.34px; font-size: 15px; font-family:
sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.00346);" role="presentation"
dir="ltr"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:christoph.bock@meduniwien.ac.at">christoph.bock@meduniwien.ac.at</a></span></span><span
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sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.14514);" role="presentation"
dir="ltr">).</span></span></p>
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