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Announcement of an open competition for the position of the Director of the Institute of Information Theory and Automation of the Czech Academy of Sciences

2022-02-28

The Board of the Institute of Information Theory and Automation of the Czech Academy of Sciences (Ústav teorie informace a automatizace AV ČR, v. v. i.) announces an open competition for the position of the Director of the Institute.

Requirements:

  • legal capacity and moral integrity;
  • fulfillment of the statutory conditions according to Section 17 of (Czech) Act No. 341/2005 Coll., as later amended;
  • completed higher education;
  • PhD. degree or equivalent;
  • scientific activity in one of the main fields of the Institute, substantiated by significant publications or other outputs with a demonstrable impact on an international scale;
  • organizational and communication skills and management experience;
  • university teaching experience is an advantage.

The expected term of office is from May 1, 2022, to April 30, 2027.

Written applications with contact information should include:

  • a structured professional CV (in Czech or English);
  • an outline of a five-year concept for the development of the Institute (in Czech or English);
  • evidence of qualifications and achieved scientific and scientific-teaching degrees;
  • a list of important publications and other outputs, including the number of citations or other measures of significance;
  • other relevant information and annexes, if any;

and be sent in electronic form (pdf format), addressed to the Board of the Institute at podatelna@utia.cas.cz, or to the UTIA data box (tx7nvin) on or before February 28, 2022.

 

The selected candidate shall later provide an extract from the Criminal Register when specifically requested by the Board of the Institute.

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