The Scientific Council of the Vladimir Chavchanidze Institute of Cybernetics of the Georgian Technical University announces an open competition for filling the following scientific positions:

• Optically Controlled Anisotropic Systems Department: Senior Researcher – 1 staff unit

• Optically Controlled Anisotropic Systems Department: Researcher – 1 staff unit

• Nanocomposites Laboratory: Researcher – 1 staff unit

Applications will be accepted from February 24th to February 26th, 2025, inclusive, from 10:00 a.m. to 05:00 p.m., at the address: Tbilisi, Zurab Anjaparidze Street No. 6, First turn (formerly Sandro Euli Street), Vladimir Chavchanidze Institute of Cybernetics, first floor, room No. 130, contact person, Giorgi Mumladze, tel.: 598 42 98 33.

The competition will be held on February 28th, 2025. The initial results will be published no later than that date. The competition commission will post them prominently and on the institute’s website.

The Competition Commission will accept applications/complaints regarding violations of the competition rules on March 5th, 2025, inclusive.

The Institute’s website will publish additional information about participating in the competition (e.g., the contestant’s application and statement, and the time and place of the competition).

II. Competition Terms

Main conditions of the competition:

a) A person with a doctoral or an equivalent academic degree can hold the position of a senior researcher;

b) A person with a master's degree or an equivalent academic degree can hold the position of a research worker.

A person is elected to the position of a research worker (senior researcher, research worker) for a five-year term. 

A person wishing to participate in the competition must personally (or through a representative) submit: 

a) A duly completed and signed application and questionnaire (the forms will be published on the institute’s website, as well as documentation confirming the information presented in them: diploma, certificate, deed, reference, etc. (original and copy);

b) Document confirming scientific/academic degree (original and copy);

c) Document(s) confirming scientific research experience certified by the seal of the relevant organization/institution;

d) List of scientific and educational-methodical works, certified by the signature and seal of a competent person of the relevant institution/organization or its structural unit (if any);

e) Identity card (original and photocopy);

f) 2 photographs 3X4;

g) Certificate of conviction for committing a crime against sexual freedom and inviolability and certificate of deprivation of rights.

Note: A person who has already submitted the mentioned certificates to the University’s Human Capital Management Department is exempt from submitting the certificates.

III. Competition Rules

• The competition will be held according to the Law of Georgia “On Higher Education”, the University Regulations, and the “Rules for Hiring Scientific Personnel of the Vladimir Chavchanidze Institute of Cybernetics”, which the contestant will familiarize themselves with in the competition commission, on the university and institute websites.

• The competition commission will take into account the correspondence of the contestant’s qualifications and competence to the competitive position, including scientific research, practical and other activities, achievements, qualifications, experience, and merits relevant to the profile of the competitive position; as well as (by decision of the commission) the results of the interview conducted with the contestant(s).

• The results of the competition may be appealed in the court, according to the applicable legislation.