Facts

Number of employees
8000
Category
Graduate position, Research assistant
Location
Germany, Saxony, Dresden
Area of responsibility
Support, Research, Computer science, Teaching (university), Mathematics
Start date (earliest)
Earliest possible
Duration
limited to three years
Full/Part-time
Full-time
Remuneration
subject to personal qualification employees are remunerated according to salary group E 13 TV-L
Working language and expected level
  • German (Fluent in speech and writing)
Homepage
http://www.tu-dresden.de/

Requirements

Qualification
university degree (typically M.Sc.)
Language skills
  • English (Fluent in speech and writing)

Apply

Application deadline
12.02.2025
Application documents
detailed application with the usual documents (Cover letter, CV, copies of your references and certificates), quoting the job reference „ScaDS.AI Prof. Razniewski”
By post

Technische Universität Dresden
ScaDS.AI,
Herrn Prof. Dr. Wolfgang E. Nagel, Helmholtzstr. 10,
01069 Dresden,
Germany

By email
scads.ai@tu-dresden.de

Research Associate / PhD Student (m/f/x)

At the Center for Interdisciplinary Digital Sciences (CIDS), the Center for Scalable Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence (ScaDS.AI Dresden) offers two positions as

Research Associate / PhD Student (m/f/x)
(subject to personal qualification employees are remunerated according to salary group E 13 TV-L)

starting at the earliest possible date. The position is limited to three years. The period of employment is governed by the Fixed Term Research Contracts Act (Wissenschaftszeitvertragsgesetz - WissZeitVG). The position aims at obtaining further academic qualification (usually PhD).
Professional assignment: Chair of Knowledge-Aware Artificial Intelligence (Prof. Dr. Simon Razniewski)
Research area: Large language models (LLMs), knowledge graphs (KGs), commonsense knowledge

Technische Universität Dresden

TUD Dresden University of Technology, as a University of Excellence, is one of the leading and most dynamic research institutions in the country. Founded in 1828, today it is a globally oriented, regionally anchored top university as it focuses on the grand challenges of the 21st century. It develops innovative solutions for the world's most pressing issues. In research and academic programs, the university unites the natural and engineering sciences with the humanities, social sciences and medicine. This wide range of disciplines is a special feature, facilitating interdisciplinarity and transfer of science to society. As a modern employer, it offers attractive working conditions to all employees in teaching, research, technology and administration. The goal is to promote and develop their individual abilities while empowering everyone to reach their full potential. TUD embodies a university culture that is characterized by cosmopolitanism, mutual appreciation, thriving innovation and active participation. For TUD diversity is an essential feature and a quality criterion of an excellent university. Accordingly, we welcome all applicants who would like to commit themselves, their achievements and productivity to the success of the whole institution.
As part of the German government's artificial intelligence (AI) strategy, the successful Saxon competence center ScaDS.AI Dresden/Leipzig (Center for Scalable Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence) is being expanded into a leading German AI competence center for Big Data and Artificial Intelligence (AI).

Tasks

  • foundational or applied research in at least one of the following areas: LLMs, KGs, knowledge extraction, knowledge integration, KG completeness, commonsense-reasoning or similar
  • preparation of publications for submission to top-tier NLP or AI venues
  • contribution to teaching and/or local BSc./MSc. thesis supervision
  • collaboration in national or international research projects (optional)

Requirements

  • university degree (typically M.Sc.) in Computer Science, Computational Linguistics, Mathematics or a related field
  • solid knowledge in one of the relevant research areas
  • excellent programming skills are desired
  • strong interest in basic research
  • very good written and spoken English skills
    The position comes with access to high performance computing resources and access to training opportunities within ScaDS.AI.

How to apply

TUD strives to employ more women in academia and research. We therefore expressly encourage women to apply. The University is a certified family-friendly university and offers a Dual Career Service. We welcome applications from candidates with disabilities. If multiple candidates prove to be equally qualified, those with disabilities or with equivalent status pursuant to the German Social Code IX (SGB IX) will receive priority for employment.

Please submit your detailed application with the usual documents (Cover letter, CV, copies of your references and certificates), quoting the job reference „ScaDS.AI Prof. Razniewski”, by February 12, 2025 (stamped arrival date of the university central mail service or the time stamp on the email server of TUD applies) to: TU Dresden, ScaDS.AI, Herrn Prof. Dr. Wolfgang E. Nagel, Helmholtzstr. 10, 01069 Dresden, Germany or via the TUD SecureMail Portal https://securemail.tu-dresden.de by sending it as a single pdf file to scads.ai@tu-dresden.de. Please submit copies only, as your application will not be returned to you. Expenses incurred in attending interviews cannot be reimbursed.

Reference to data protection: Your data protection rights, the purpose for which your data will be processed, as well as further information about data protection is available to you on the website: https://tu-dresden.de/karriere/datenschutzhinweis.

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