| | Several Open Positions at KUIS AI Center
Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey
https://ai.ku.edu.tr/
Koç University & ?? Bank Artificial Intelligence Center (KUIS AI) was established in March 2020 with a generous donation from ?? Bank. With its 15 core and 20 affiliated faculty members from engineering, medicine, science and other fields, and over 100 graduate students and research staff, it targets to be a leading research institution in artificial intelligence research, education, and industrial collaboration. Research areas in the center are computer vision, computational biology and medicine, human-computer interaction, machine learning, multimedia signal processing, natural language processing, robotics, and systems and AI. Located in Istanbul, Turkey, Koç University is a non-profit, research-intensive, selective admissions university that provides a world-class education in English. It offers top-quality undergraduate and graduate programs in Engineering, Social Sciences, Humanities, Business and Medicine to the best students from Turkey and abroad. Koç University has been ranked 1st in Turkey by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2021 and the QS World University Rankings 2021 and is among the top 250 universities worldwide for Engineering (THE Subject Rankings 2021).
There are currently several open positions at KUIS AI, which are listed below:
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Research Faculty Positions (2 positions)
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Responsibilities: Conducting independent research, advising graduate students, collaborating with the AI faculty members, supporting industrial projects, acquiring research funding, publishing research articles in high impact journals/conferences
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Eligibility: PhD degree from a reputable university, research experience in AI/ML/DL, strong publication record, post-doctoral research experience
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Key position benefits
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1-year contract with possibility of 2-years extension
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Starting salary is 15K TL/month (net): can be higher depending on the qualifications of the candidate
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Financial and logistic support for accommodation within defined limits
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Monthly meal card covering 2 meals per day in the cafeteria
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Health insurance coverage for the researcher
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Full travel support for attending top-tier conferences
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A high-end laptop computer, access to our state of the art GPU cluster, and additional cloud support as needed.
How to apply: send your CV, Research Statement, and names of two references to ai-admissions@ku.edu.tr. For enquiries please contact ai-admissions@ku.edu.tr.
2)Open Post-Doc Positions (3 positions)
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Responsibilities: Working on a specific research project under the supervision of an AI faculty member, supervising day-to-day activities of graduate students, acquiring research funding, publishing research articles in high impact journals/conferences
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Position Details: we seek fellows in the research areas of computer vision, computational biology and medicine, human-computer interaction, machine learning, multimedia signal processing, natural language processing, robotics, and systems and AI.
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Eligibility: PhD degree from a reputable university, research experience in AI/ML/DL, strong publication record
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Key position benefits
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1-year contract with the possibility of a 1-year extension
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Starting salary is 10K TL/month (net): can be higher depending on the qualifications of the candidate
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Financial and logistic support for accommodation within defined limits
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Monthly meal card covering 2 meals per day in the cafeteria
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Health insurance coverage for the researcher
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Full travel support for attending top-tier conferences
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A high-end laptop computer, access to our state of the art GPU cluster, and additional cloud support as needed.
How to apply: send your CV, Research Statement, and names of two references to ai-admissions@ku.edu.tr. For enquiries please contact the individual faculty member of your interest (https://ai.ku.edu.tr/positions/)
3)Open Research Engineer Positions (2 positions)
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Responsibilities: Working under the supervision of AI faculty members to support industrial/academic projects in data science and AI, provide technical and software development support for the computational infrastructure of AI Center, good personal skills: the ability to work in industrial projects and interact with the industrial partners to understand their needs
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Eligibility: B.S/M.S. degree from a reputable university, strong computational skills in AI/ML/DL
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Key position benefits
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1-year contract with possibility of 2-years extension
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Starting salary is 10K TL/month (net), but may be higher depending on the qualifications of the candidate
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Opportunity for applied research with industry partners
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Financial and logistic support for accommodation within defined limits
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Monthly meal card covering 2 meals per day in the cafeteria
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Health insurance coverage for the researcher
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A high-end laptop computer, access to our state of the art GPU cluster, and additional cloud support as needed.
How to apply: send your CV and the names of two references to ai-admissions@ku.edu.tr. For enquiries please contact ai-admissions@ku.edu.tr. |
