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Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing at UC Berkeley
invites applications for Research Fellowships for academic
year 2018-19.</span></p>
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style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Simons-Berkeley
Research Fellowships are an opportunity for outstanding
junior scientists (at most 6 years from PhD by Fall 2018) to
spend one or both semesters at the Institute in connection
with one or more of its programs. The programs for 2018-19
are as follows:</span></p>
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Foundations of Data Science (Fall 2018)</span></p>
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Lower Bounds in Computational Complexity (Fall 2018)</span></p>
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Data Privacy: Foundations and Applications (Spring 2019)</span></p>
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Geometry of Polynomials (Spring 2019)</span></p>
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style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Applicants
who already hold junior faculty or postdoctoral positions
are welcome to apply. In particular, applicants who hold, or
expect to hold, postdoctoral appointments at other
institutions are encouraged to apply to spend one semester
as a Simons-Berkeley Fellow subject to the approval of the
postdoctoral institution.</span></p>
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details and application instructions can be found at </span><a
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Information about the Institute and the above programs can
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style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Deadline
for applications: 15 December, 2017.</span></p>
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style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Peter
Bartlett</span></p>
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Director, Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing</span></p>
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