Job: 2007 Josef Raviv Memorial Postdoctoral Fellowship

  2007 Josef Raviv Memorial Postdoctoral Fellowship

IBM is proud to announce the 2007 Josef Raviv Memorial Postdoctoral
Fellowship in Computer Science and Computer Engineering in memory of Dr.
Raviv, the founder and director of IBM's Haifa Research Laboratory. Dr.
Raviv had a distinguished research career in Information Theory and was a
pioneer in the Israeli high-tech industry.

IBM will offer one postdoctoral fellowship to a recent Ph.D. who shows
exceptional promise for a research career in computer science or computer
engineering. The fellowship will be for one year, with an opportunity for
IBM to renew for an additional year. The stipend will be at least $95,000
(depending on experience of the recipient) plus reasonable moving and
travel expenses. A candidate must have received the Ph.D. degree between
January 2003 and August 2007.

Depending on proposed collaborations, the Fellow will spend most of his/her
time at a lab of  his/her choice from one of the following  IBM Research
labs: Almaden Research Center (California), Austin Research Lab (Texas),
Thomas J. Watson Research Center (Yorktown or Hawthorne, New York), Zurich
Research Lab, Tokyo Research Lab. The Fellow will be free to follow his/her
own research interests, but is expected to work closely with other IBM
researchers. Applicants are encouraged to identify IBM Research groups
working in the area of their interest.

To apply, please submit the following documents by April 4th, 2007:
      - Resume (include contact email, postal address, and phone number)
      - Thesis summary  (one page maximum)
      - Research proposal  (no more than two pages, if possible)
      - Indicate the proposed lab and the specific group which you would
like to join.
            Also, if possible, indicate a researcher from within that
group.  If there are multiple groups, list at most three.
      - Reprint of applicant's most significant research publication
      - 3 Reference letters from PhD thesis advisor and two other
professional colleagues.
            Letters should be sent directly by recommenders to the email
address listed below.

The applicant is responsible for ensuring that all required materials
arrive by April 4th, 2007. All documents must contain the applicant's name
and email address (we prefer information as PDF or Word documents) and sent
to:

            [email protected]

If information is only available as hard copy, please mail (tagged with
applicant name and email address) to:
     Tal Rabin -- Josef Raviv Fellowship Committee
     IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, Room 3S-D36
     19 Skyline Drive
     Hawthorne, NY 10532-1596 USA

 A committee of IBM researchers will select the Fellow. This year's
committee is: Peter Franaszek, Arun Iyengar, Sridhdar Iyengar,Guenter
Karjoth, Moidin Mohiuddin, Toshio Nakatani, Harold Ossher, Tal Rabin
(chair) and Avi Ziv.

Applicants will be notified by mid May,  2007.  The fellowship will start
on September 4th, 2007, unless another date is agreed upon.

IBM has long pursued major research programs in Computer Science and
Computer Engineering. More than 1200 CS/CE researchers work in IBM Research
labs in six countries, pursuing topics in almost all disciplines of
computer science. Last year, our researchers published more than 1000
journal, conference, and workshop papers. For more information about the
breadth of our activities (and for any postdoctoral fellowship program
updates), please see www.research.ibm.com/compsci and
www.research.ibm.com/disciplines/electrical_eng.shtml .

IBM is committed to creating a diversified environment, and proud to be an
equal opportunity employer.