The Postdoc-NeT-AI Tour 11/2020

What is the Postdoctoral Networking Tour in Artificial Intelligence?

Twice a year we select a group of outstanding international postdoctoral researchers to visit the German hotspots in artificial intelligence. During the visits our fellows will get a general overview of the German AI research landscape and learn about the current funding and career opportunities in specific research areas in German academia and industry. Our main goal is to connect you to researchers and other fellows to set the base for new collaborations, extend your personal network and to explore new career opportunities.

In these challenging times, where the Covid-19 pandemic impacts both our private and professional lives we are convinced that it has become even more important to connect researchers worldwide, to initiate new collaborations and to offer attractiv career perspectives. Therefore, we decided to modify our offer:

by adding a strong virtual component
by making the on-site visits so flexible that scholars can adjust their plans to the COVID-19 situation.

You will receive first-hand information by meeting top scientists during virtual visits at:
- universities;
- research institutes;
- private companies.
You will obtain insights into top notch research projects and opportunities for funding, employment and collaboration through individual talks with selected scientists:
- for details, check the detailed schedule for the next (soon here) and reports of earlier tours ().
Additionally, successful applicants will receive financial and organizational support for a one-week information visit to Germany with in on-sites to institutions of your choice.

All applicants will be invited to introductory information sessions on the German research system, funding opportunities and the host institutions of the forthcoming tour.

Furthermore, it is planned to provide scholars and alumni with frequently updated information on funding instruments, job openings and new developments in the German AI research landscape.
You should have
- an outstanding scientific track record with a focus on artificial intelligence and machine learning (preferably connected to one of the research areas of the host institutions);
- obtained a PhD/doctorate before the tour but no longer than 5 years ago;
- not been living in Germany or affiliated with a German institution within the previous 12 months.
Candidates for a PhD/doctorate may also apply if they expect to finalize their work within one year after the call opens, but high standards of quality will be applied in the selection.
- participation in a virtual tour program including presentations of various scientists at preeminent research institutions forwarding of the participants scientific profile to the scientists to these institutions and arrangement of one-on-one meetings;
- participation in various information sessions and other activities prior to the virtual tour and as follow-ups;
- financial and organizational support of a tailor-made individual on-site-tour to relevant institutions in Germany.

The Postdoctoral Networking Tour in Artificial Intelligence, April 2021

During the upcoming Postdoc-NeT-AI in November we will visit AI research hotspots in mainly in the fields of data science, databank systems, and data mining and retrieval throughout Germany. The participating institutions will cover a broad field of research and give you an overview of the the manifold possibilities of the German AI research landscape. Our hosts will span various actors from the different fields like the Berlin Big Data Center, the Competence Center for Scalable Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence or the Fraunhofer Institute for Intelligent Analysis and Information Systems IAIS covering research areas from cognitive perception, ML for Data Management and semantic retrieval. As participant you will not only get to know the work of the research teams through virtual visits but meet many of our researchers for1-to-1 meetings and share your work.

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What is the Postdoctoral Networking Tour in Artificial Intelligence?

What you can expect

What we expect from you

What we provide

The Postdoctoral Networking Tour in Artificial Intelligence, April 2021

The guest institutions

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