Professor/ Associate Professor/Lecturer in Audio and Video Technology

The German University in Cairo- GUC (Cairo Campus)
Faculty of Media Engineering and Technology

The German University in Cairo invites applications for the following vacancies to be filled at the beginning of winter semester 2019/2020 (September 2019)

Position Description:

The German University in Cairo is looking for highly able and motivated applicants wishing to join the Media Engineering and Technology faculty. Successful candidates will be responsible for the fundamental education of information representation by different media, structuring, processing, storing, transmission and presentation of media data, digital signal processing, video and audio technologies and multimedia systems. Specialized courses are expected to be in audio and video communication, compression techniques, storage and display technologies and retrieval and intelligent processing of multimedia. Successful candidates will also be responsible for the cooperative participation in courses of the media and advanced media laboratory of the Bachelor and Master programs. In research, various possibilities exist such as source coding of media streams, hypermedia documentation, media analysis, design and application of multimedia systems and machine learning.

Qualifications:

Candidates should hold a doctorate/PhD in related areas and should demonstrate a track record or potential for conducting and super vising leading research projects.

The German University in Cairo is an Egyptian Private University, established in cooperation with the German State Universities of Ulm and Stuttgart, under the patronage of the Egyptian Ministry of Higher Education, the Ministry of Science, Research and Arts, State of Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, and supported by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), the German Embassy in Cairo, the Arab/German Chamber of Industry and Commerce (AHK), the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, the Universities of Stuttgart, Ulm, Mannheim, and Tübingen. Situated at the ancient city of Cairo, the GUC's mission is to achieve excellence in teaching and research.

Application Instructions:

Interested applicants are invited to submit their curriculum vitae including employment history, a statement outlining research and teaching interests, list of publications and projects undertaken and names of at least three referees. Applications to be submitted online through the GUC website: http://www.guc.edu.eg/.

Submissions will be reviewed starting on 5^th of January, but applications are welcome until the position is filled

For further information, please contact the Human Resources Department (hr@guc.edu.eg)