German AI competence center for Big Data and Artificial Intelligence (AI)

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). For TUD Dresden University of Technology 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.

At the Center for Interdisciplinary Digital Sciences (CIDS), the Department for Scalable Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence (ScaDS.AI Dresden) offers a full-time position as Research Associate / PhD Student / PostDoc (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 24 months, with the option of extension. The period of employment is governed by the Fixed Term Research Contracts Act (Wissenschaftszeitvertragsgesetz - WissZeitVG). A shorter contract term is possible by arrangement. The position aims at obtaining further academic qualification.

Professional assignment: Chair of Scalable Software Architectures for Data Analytics (Prof. Dr. Michael Färber)

Research areas: Natural Language Processing, Large Language Models, Knowledge Graphs, and related fields (e.g., Graph Machine Learning)

scientific research in at least one of the following areas: Natural Language Processing, Knowledge Graphs, Machine Learning (e. g. combination of Language Models with Knowledge Graphs; development of truthful/citable Language Models) collaboration in national and international research projects, possibly with an industrial connection scientific teaching tasks (e. g. seminars; no basic lectures) presentation of research results and prototypes, university degree (typically M.Sc.) in Computer Science, Data Science, Machine Learning, Computational Linguistics or a related field, if applicable with PhD previous experience in Natural Language Processing, knowledge Graphs, Machine Learning or Recommender Systems strong interest in foundational research very good programming skills, preferably in Python good written and spoken English skills

TU Dresden Excellence - A matter close to our hearts Excellence? Elitism? Opportunity or risk? The Excellence Programme, initially launched in 2005 by the German government has aroused passionate debate right from the start and still has the potential to polarise opinion. TU Dresden (TUD) looks at it this way: excellence is all about performance and having the right attitude. For everyone here at TU Dresden - one of eleven Universities of Excellence in Germany since 2012 - it is also a matter very close to our hearts. Firstly because of the extra motivation and impetus generated, and secondly, because of the way we handle this role. Our vision for the future can be summed up as follows: "Let us become one of the leading centres for research and teaching, with our own individual character and a special talent for networking, able to attract the best minds in Germany and from further afield." After all, it is a well-known fact that excellence in research and teaching presupposes excellent conditions. Or, to put it figuratively, for excellent crop yields, you need the right soil and weather. TU Dresden is a comprehensive university with 18 faculties and works in close collaboration with its top performers: three Clusters of Excellence, including the "Centre for Tactile Internet" (CeTI), the Cluster "Complexity and Topology in Quantum Matter" (ct.qmat) and the Cluster "Physics of Life" (PoL). The guiding principle here is that strong individual elements become even stronger when they work together. The vision for the future takes this principle beyond the confines of the university: with the research network DRESDEN-concept (Dresden Research and Education Synergies for the Development of Excellence and Novelty), TU Dresden has been creating an alliance of research and cultural facilities in the city, an "excellent playground for excellent people". This bond is unique in Germany and has evolved over many years. It is not necessary to create anything new here, as it is simply a matter of building further storeys on top of an already solid structure. The measures envisaged as part of the DRESDEN-concept contribute to the overall development of TU Dresden and form an integral part of the university strategy. Excellence is understood and practised in Dresden as an opportunity for the entire university, and in this spirit, TU Dresden takes those measures that lead to excellence - by the university, for the university - in cooperation with colleagues here and all over the world. But at the same time neither elitist nor exclusive. TUD's excellence comes from the heart - from and for our about 32,400 students, 600 professors and about 8,400 members of staff. In this way, excellence becomes the basis, the objective, the approach and the driving force. And that's why being a top performer can also be so rewarding and enjoyable.