Connectionists: Professor Position, Mathematical Data Analysis, Univ. Saarbruecken

[Joachim Weickert]

The Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science at Saarland
University (Saarbrücken, Germany) is inviting applications for the
following position (tenured full professorship, German salary scale
W3) commencing at the earliest opportunity:

   Professorship (W3) for Mathematics and Computer Science
   with a Focus on Mathematical Data Analysis
   (reference number W1731)

The successful candidate will have exceptional research and teaching
skills, international visibility, and a research direction in
mathematical data analysis, with a preferred focus on the mathematical
foundations of deep learning. Expertise in at least one of the
following areas should be demonstrated: continuous optimization,
applied harmonic analysis, compressed sensing, modelling and numerical
methods for differential equations, inverse problems, control theory,
and information geometry. Additional connections to analytic areas
such as convex analysis, differential geometry or Lie groups are
welcome. We expect a willingness to collaborate with other groups of
the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science as well as interest
in interdisciplinary co-operations, including within larger
collaborative projects.

Online application deadline:  August 16, 2020.

More information:  https://www.mia.uni-saarland.de/mda.pdf