With around 35,000 students, around 350 professorships, and around 7,000 employees, the Technical University of Berlin is a university of excellence within the Berlin University Alliance. We value the diversity of our members, pursue the goals of equal opportunity, and are certified as a family-friendly university.

The Zuse Institute Berlin (ZIB) is a leading research institute in applied mathematics, artificial intelligence, data-driven methods, and high-performance computing (AI+HPC). Its strategy is to combine modeling, machine learning, and computing to enable innovation in science, technology, and society. To this end, the ZIB offers an internationally recognised research environment with access to state-of-the-art HPC and AI infrastructure and, as a member of the National High-Performance Computing Alliance (NHR), is a key player in the German research landscape.

At the Zuse Institute Berlin, the position includes heading a newly established research group corresponding to the denomination of the professorship. At TU Berlin, the successful candidate will represent the field of “Mathematics, with a Focus on Artificial Intelligence in Mathematics (AI4Math)” in teaching. The teaching load is 2 hours per semester week; courses should be taught in both German and English.

Responsibilities include research in the field of artificial intelligence in mathematics, teaching primarily in mathematics degree programs as well as in the Mathematics Service for non-mathematics degree programs, supervising students in the preparation of final theses (Bachelor’s and Master’s) and doctoral candidates, promoting early-career researchers, women, and social diversity, knowledge and technology transfer, participation in committees and commissions, initiatives for internationalization, as well as gender- and diversity-sensitive and sustainability-oriented actions.

Active participation in existing collaborative projects is expected, particularly in the Cluster of Excellence Math+ (including the Berlin Mathematical School) and the Interdisciplinary Center for Modeling and Simulation (IMoS). In addition, the professor is expected to actively help shape new initiatives.

The appointment requirements set forth in § 100, paragraphs 1 and 2, of the Berlin Higher Education Act must be met. In addition to the general civil service requirements, these include at least

• a completed, relevant university degree in mathematics or a comparable field,
• special aptitude for academic work, usually demonstrated by the quality of a doctorate
• additional academic achievements, usually acquired in the context of a junior professorship; alternatively, they may be acquired, in particular, through work as a lecturer or research assistant at a university or a non-university research institution, or through academic work in the private sector or another sector of society, either in Germany or abroad; proof through a habilitation is also acceptable.
• pedagogical aptitude, usually demonstrated by teaching experience and must be documented in your teaching portfolio; see https://www.tu.berlin/go209650/

An internationally recognised profile is expected in at least one of the following research areas:

• Generative models for mathematical structures
• Proof assistants and automated theorem proving
• AI-accelerated algorithms in algebra, geometry, optimisation, or combinatorics
  In particular, the profile should meaningfully complement the existing directions and fields represented at the Institute of Mathematics and at ZIB.

Previous research achievements must be demonstrated through relevant publications in internationally recognised peer-reviewed journals or conference proceedings. Relevant teaching experience, experience supervising theses (bachelor’s and master’s), experience in academic self-governance, and experience in acquiring and carrying out externally funded and collaborative projects are expected.
TU Berlin and the ZIB expect their professors to be able to take responsibility for the leadership and strategic development of their field and their staff. This also includes a commitment to promoting early-career researchers and women, gender and diversity competence in the sense of creating diversity-sensitive working and study conditions, providing substantive impetus in research and teaching, and participating in academic self-governance. This requires a respectful and professional approach toward all employee groups, including—and explicitly—staff in technical, service, and administrative roles.
Interdisciplinary collaborations, initiatives in science communication, and knowledge and technology transfer are desirable. As an internationally profiled university and research institution, we require good English-language skills and expressly welcome applications from non-German-speaking researchers who are willing to learn German soon.

The Technical University of Berlin und Zuse Institute Berlin are seeking to increase the proportion of women in research and teaching and therefore strongly encourages qualified female applicants to apply. Severely disabled applicants will be given preferential consideration if equally qualified. Applications from people of all nationalities and with a migrant background are welcome.

Please send your application by 14.09.2026, quoting reference number II-290/26 with the usual documents (cover letter, resume, certificates, research concept, teaching portfolio, list of publications, the 5 most important publications, and proof of completed or applied-for third-party funded projects, the form for equal opportunity in the appointment process) by email in PDF format to the dean of Faculty II, Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Stannat at appoint@naturalsciences.tu-berlin.de.

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