The Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing is pleased to announce Simons-Berkeley Research Fellowship. The fellowship is open for exceptional young scientists (within at most six years of the award of their Ph.D. at the start of the academic year 2019-2020).
In its seventh year, 2019-2020, the Institute will host four further research programs on the following topics: in Summer 2019, “Foundations of Deep Learning,” in Fall 2019, “Proofs, Consensus, and Decentralizing Society,” and in Spring 2020, “The Quantum Wave in Computing” and “Lattices: Algorithms, Complexity and Cryptography.”
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Who May Eligible:
To eligible, the candidates must be following all the eligibility criteria:
- Simons-Berkeley Research Fellowships are intended for exceptional young scientists (within at most six years of the award of their Ph.D. at the start of the academic year 2019-2020).
- Applicants who already hold junior faculty or postdoctoral positions are welcome to apply.
- In particular, applicants who hold, or expect to hold, postdoctoral appointments at other institutions are encouraged to apply to spend the duration of one program as a Simons-Berkeley Fellow subject to the approval of the postdoctoral institution.
- The Institute particularly encourages applications from women and minority candidates.
How to Apply & Competition Rules:
To participate, the applicants must submit an online application form through the given link: https://simons.berkeley.edu/research-fellowship-application-2019-2020
Rules:
- Each applicant for summer 2019, fall 2019 or spring 2020, or more than one of these, should prepare the following documents in a single PDF file:
- Cover letter, briefly describing your interest in the Institute and its programs
- Curriculum vitae, including a full list of publications
- Research statement
- In addition, applicants must submit the names and email addresses of three recommenders.
Benefits:
Salaries and benefits are competitive and assistance with visas and housing will be provided.
Application Deadline:
The application deadline is November 15, 2018.
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For questions, contact our Senior Program Coordinator Uta Lorenzen at +1-510-664-9852 or via email at uta@berkeley.edu.
