A competition for the position of postdoctoral position (assistant professor) in the NCN OPUS grant no 2024/53/B/ST6/03852 entitled: Algorithmic challenges of molecular evolution.

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A competition for the position of postdoctoral position (assistant professor) in the NCN OPUS grant no 2024/53/B/ST6/03852 entitled: Algorithmic challenges of molecular evolution. Sintesi in italiano (traduzione automatica): L'Università di Varsavia cerca un Ricercatore postdoc per un progetto finanziato dal National Science Centre, focalizzato sulle sfide algoritmiche dell'evoluzione molecolare. Il candidato selezionato lavorerà presso la Facoltà di Matematica, Informatica e Meccanica, con un contratto a tempo pieno della durata di 8 mesi, a partire dal 1 settembre 2026. Le principali mansioni includono la conduzione di ricerche, la pubblicazione dei risultati e lo sviluppo di algoritmi innovativi, in particolare nel campo del machine learning. È richiesta una laurea di dottorato in scienze esatte o naturali, con significative esperienze scientifiche e un piano per attività di ricerca future. Non sono previste obbligazioni didattiche e il ruolo offre un generoso budget per viaggi. COMPETITION ANNOUNCEMENT The dean of the Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Mechanics, with the consent of the Rector of the University of Warsaw, announces a competition for the position of postdoctoral position (assistant professor) in the NCN OPUS grant no 2024/53/B/ST6/03852 entitled: Algorithmic challenges of molecular evolution. The masculine personal nouns used in the advertisement apply to people of all genders. About the programme/project/undertaking Title of programme/project/ undertaking: Algorithmic challenges of molecular evolution. Type of programme/project/ undertaking: OPUS 27 Funding institution: National Science Centre Duration of programme/project/undertaking: 09.01.2025 – 08.01.2029 Head of programme/project/undertaking: prof. dr hab. Anna Barbara Gambin Description of programme/project/undertaking Recent developments in biotechnology, including the enormous progress in sequencing technologies and public accessibility to many bioinformatic data, create new avenues for exploring mechanisms of evolution. In this project, our aim is to develop algorithms that will help to expand existing knowledge about evolution by analyzing data from cutting-edge biotechnological methods. Our prior experience in analyzing sequencing data, research concerning the stability of the human genome perturbed by structural variants and assembling most difficult regions of genome will enable us to propose new procedures for extracting biological and medical insights from the analysis of differences in genome architecture, at both intra- and interspecies level and its role in the evolution. Our project will contribute to the development of novel algorithms, especially in the field of machine learning. Position details Position title: assistant professor (postdoctoral position) Organisational unit: Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Mechanics Employment group: research Position profile: R2 Academic discipline: Informatics Number of positions: 1 Form of employment and length of working time: contract of employment - full-time position (proportionally to full-time employment) Expected date of commencement of work and employment period: no sooner than on 1 September 2026; starting date to be set between the candidate and principal investigator the duration of employment: for 8 months Remuneration: around PLN 12 500 gross/month Other working conditions workplace: Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Mechanics, University of Warsaw, Banacha 2, 02-097 Warsaw the position comes with no teaching obligations and generous travel budget During the period in which this compensation is received, the employee: will not receive any other compensation from funds allocated as direct costs under research projects funded through National Science Center of Poland (project requirement) will not receive compensation from another employer under an employment contract, including an employer based outside Poland; (project requirement) shall not receive retirement benefits from the social security system (project requirement) Basic responsibilities and obligations conducting research within the scope of research tasks in the project; publishing results of research Conditions for entering the competition the competition may be entered by candidates who meet the conditions set out in art. 113 of the Law on Higher Education and Science of July 20, 2018 (Journal of Laws of 2024, item 1571, as amended); at the moment of employment, the candidate must hold a doctoral degree in exact and natural sciences (or an equivalent qualification obtained abroad); obtained at an institution other than the University of Warsaw or have completed at least a 10-month, continuous, and documented postdoctoral fellowship at a foreign institution (project requirement); doctoral degree obtained during the 7-year period preceding January 1 of the year of employment on the project significant scientific achievements; plan for future research activities; international experienc An