Five-year visiting professorship

[Juergen Jost]

Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences
Leipzig, Germany

Five-year visiting professorship


The Max Planck Institute invites applications for a distinguished
five-year visiting research professorship in the fields of 

Neural Networks and Mathematical Cognition Theory.

Applicants should have demonstrated outstanding research potential and
clear evidence of achievement. Applicants should be under the age of 35. 
The successful applicant is expected to carry out research in
cooperation with other interdisciplinary groups at our Institute. 

The Institute offers excellent research facilities including a large
visitor programme, see http://www.mis.mpg.de/ for further information.
Salary will be on the German C2/C3 scale (comparable to an Associate
Professorship in North America). 

Applications should be sent to: 
Prof. Dr. Eberhard Zeidler
Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences
Inselstrasse 22
D - 04103 Leipzig
Germany. 

The deadline for applications is December 31, 2002. Employment will
start on October 1, 2003, or at a mutually agreeable date. 

Handicapped applicants will be given preference in case of equal
qualification. The Max Planck Society as the employer aims at increasing
the number of female scientists in fields where underrepresented.
Therefore, women are particularly encouraged to apply.