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Senior Researcher and PhD Positions at the University of Bonn in Question Answering

Country/Region : Germany

Website : http://sda.cs.uni-bonn.de/jobs

Description

We are looking for Postdoctoral Researchers (German: Wissenschaftliche(r) Mitarbeiter(in)) at the Computer Science Institute at the University of Bonn.
Requirements:
A completed PhD and Master degree in a relevant field (Computer Science or related).
Proficiency in spoken and written English.
Experience in “one of” (not necessarily more) the following areas:
Big Data, Machine Learning, Data Mining, Statistics, Mathematics
Semantic Technologies and Linked Data, Knowledge Representation, Theoretical Computer Science
Geospatial data modeling and analysis
Natural language processing, in particular Question Answering
We expect:
Keen interest in top level conference and journal publications
Co-supervision of PhD, Master- and Bachelor thesis
Interest in acquiring and running research and industry projects
Experience in software development and project management
Interest in transferring research results into practice and commercializing them
We offer:
You will work at one of the leading [1] German Universities and have the opportunity to build your own research team. The goal is to perform internationally leading research which can be applied in high impact use cases.
You will enjoy a close collaboration with Fraunhofer IAIS [2] as a leading research institute for large scale machine learning and data mining.
The payment will be between 50% and 100% TV-L 13 and the contract duration between 2 and 4 years depending on previous experience and involvement in projects.
You will get financial support to attend related conferences and the possibility to obtain a discounted public transport ticket.
To apply, please send a mail to Martina Doelp (martina-AT-iai.uni-bonn.de) and Prof. Jens Lehmann (jens.lehmann-AT-cs.uni-bonn.de) including a CV, a master certificate, a motivation letter including a short overview of previous research activities, two letters of recommendation and a writing sample (e.g. prior publication or master thesis excerpt). Applications are possible until all positions have been filled. Please do not send mails larger than 10MB.
Please direct administrative questions to Martina Doelp (martina-AT-iai.uni-bonn.de) and all other questions to Prof. Jens Lehmann (jens.lehmann-AT-cs.uni-bonn.de).
The University of Bonn is an equal opportunities employer.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Bonn#R...
[2] http://www.iais.fraunhofer.de

Last modified: 2016-12-21 11:54:55