Junior Professorship for Visual Computing (with Tenure-Track to University Professorship)

Initially temporary; tenured if the junior professor will have fulfilled the requirements of the university’s internal quality assurance concept.

Organisation/Company: University of Würzburg

Department: Institute of Computer Science

Research Field: Computer science » Other

Researcher Profile: Recognised Researcher (R2)

Positions: Postdoc Positions

Country: Germany

Application Deadline: 16 Mar 2025 – 23:59 (Europe/Berlin)

Type of Contract: Other

Job Status: Full-time

Hours Per Week: 40

Offer Starting Date: 1 Jul 2025

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme

Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description

The applicant (m/f/d) should represent the field of Visual Computing in research and teaching. The aim is to attract a high-profile academic and to strengthen the faculty’s potential for third-party funding. The following areas of specialization are advantageous:

• Real-time Physics Simulation (e.g. GPU-based Fluid Dynamics)
• Efficient Data-driven Physics Simulation/Surrogate Models
• Data-driven 3D-Reconstruction or Graphical Asset Generation
• Efficient Visualization and Animation

The Institute of Computer Science and the Center for Artificial Intelligence and Data Science (CAIDAS) at the University of Würzburg offer good opportunities for joint research.

Teaching responsibilities include contributions to the bachelor’s and master’s programmes offered by the University of Würzburg’s Institute of Computer Science, particularly in the areas of ‘Games Engineering’ and ‘Computer Science & Sustainability’. The professorship is expected to be involved in setting up English-language master’s programmes in these areas.

#J-18808-Ljbffr