Junior Research Group Leader at ScaDS.AI (Centre for Scalable Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence) Dresden/Leipzig (m/f/d)

Junior Research Group Leader at ScaDS.AI (Centre for Scalable Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence) Dresden/Leipzig (m/f/d)

Stellenangebot

• Anstellung: Vollzeit
• Verfügbarkeit: nach Vereinbarung
• Befristung: unbefristet
• Führungsverantwortung: Ja

Standort

Universität Leipzig
Humboldtstraße 25
04105 Leipzig
Sachsen

About us

Founded in 1409, Leipzig University is one of Germany’s largest universities and a leader in research and medical training. With around 30,000 students and more than 5000 members of staff across 14 faculties, it is at the heart of the vibrant and outward-looking city of Leipzig. Leipzig University offers an innovative and international working environment as well as an exciting range of career opportunities in research, teaching, knowledge and technology transfer, infrastructure and administration.

The Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics/ScaDS.AI seeks to fill the above position at the earliest opportunity.

ScaDS.AI (Center for Scalable Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence) Dresden/Leipzig is one of the permanently established national center for artificial intelligence at the University of Leipzig and the TU Dresden, which is financed by the federal government and the Free State of Saxony. The Leipzig sub-center will be established as a central facility of Leipzig University and in the medium term will bring together more than 200 staff members at the Leipzig site alone. In ScaDS.AI, various research topics will be worked on within the framework of a graduate school on the fundamentals and applications of data science and artificial intelligence. In addition, service-oriented solutions are developed and there is close cooperation with a large number of partner organizations from science and industry. The center offers an excellent working environment with access to state-of-the-art technologies and an outstanding high-performance computing infrastructure.

A junior research group consists of a junior research group leader (m/f/d) and one research assistant (m/f/d; salary group 13 TV-L) funded by ScaDS.AI at Leipzig University. In exceptional cases for a research concept of outstanding quality an additional research assistant position can be provided.

About the position and duties

• Fixed term in accordance with the qualification planning (initially planned for 2 to 3 years, with the possibility of extension by up to 3 years after positive evaluation)
• 100% of a full-time position
• Planned remuneration: salary group 15 TV-L

Duties:

• Establishment and management of a junior research group for methodological basic research which strengthens and complements the research focus of ScaDS.AI
  • in scalable data management and engineering for AI/Data Science such as in data cleaning, data integration, knowledge management, high-performance database systems, data streaming, time series, data analysis

OR

• in artificial intelligence (e.g., in the field of machine learning, computer vision, language models, robotics and explainability)
• Independent and internationally visible research on DataScience and AI methods with publication of research results at TOP conferences and in journals of the AI and Data Science communities, respectively
• Scientific support for the development of international excellence
• Exchange of competencies and research results with national AI centers and interdisciplinary cooperation with non-university research partners

Requirements

• Successfully completed university studies in computer science, data science, statistics, mathematics or another relevant field of study
• completed doctorate
• proven research success in the field of data management and engineering OR in AI and Machine Learning with publications at international top venues
• Ability to conduct creative, independent research on complex problems and to open up new research areas and knowledge
• Very good knowledge of English (oral and written)

We offer

• Work in an interdisciplinary team consisting of PhD students, post-docs, application researchers, transfer and industry experts as well as internationally renowned AI and data science researchers
• an innovative environment, supported by modern workstations and an open experimental field for ML and AI technology in the ScaDS.AI Living Lab
• an innovative environment, supported by modern workstations and an open experimental field for data science and AI technology in the ScaDS.AI Living Lab
• A modern workplace and attractive working conditions (mobile working)
• Flexible working hours and work-life balance
• Goal-oriented staff development throughout your working life, with opportunities for continuing professional development Pension plan
• a discounted local public transport ticket (JobTicket)

Please send your application with the usual documents and your own research concept for the establishment of a junior research group (max. 4 pages), quoting reference number 329/2023 to: Leipzig University, Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics, Dean Prof. Bernd Kirchheim, Augustusplatz 10, 04109 Leipzig by no later 5 December 2023. You are also welcome to email your application as a single PDF file to fmi@uni-leipzig.de. Please note that it is not possible to guarantee confidentiality and rule out unauthorised access by third parties when communicating by unencrypted email. We kindly request that you submit copies only, as we are unable to return application documents. Interview expenses will not be reimbursed. Leipzig University aims to increase the proportion of women in positions of responsibility and therefore expressly invites qualified women to apply. Severely disabled persons – or persons deemed legally equal to them under Book IX of the German Social Code – are encouraged to apply and will be given preference in the case of equal suitability. Privacy information If you choose to apply and send us your documents, you do so voluntarily. Any personal data contained within your application documents, or obtained during an interview, will be processed by Leipzig University – as the advertiser of the position – exclusively for the purposes of the selection process for the position advertised. It will not be passed on to third parties without your consent in the individual case. The legal basis for such data processing is Sect. 11(1) of the Saxon Data Protection Implementation Act (SächsDSDG) in conjunction with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The controller for the application process within the meaning of the GDPR is the addressee of the application, specified in the advertisement. Your personal data will be stored for six months after the end of the recruitment process and then erased or destroyed in accordance with data protection regulations. You may refuse or withdraw your consent with effect for the future without giving reasons. In these cases, Leipzig University will not or no longer be able to process and consider your application. Under the GDPR, subject to the relevant statutory requirements you have the following rights vis-à-vis the addressee of the application with regard to your personal data: right of access (Art. 15 GDPR); right to rectification of inaccurate personal data (Art. 16 GDPR); right to erasure (Art. 17 GDPR); right to restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR); and right to object to processing (Art. 21 GDPR). If you have any questions, please contact the Data Protection Officer at Leipzig University (office: Augustusplatz 10, 04109 Leipzig). You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Saxon Commissioner for Data Protection.

Kontakt

If you have any questions, please contact the director of ScaDS.AI Leipzig, Prof. Dr. Erhard Rahm (Tel. +49 341 97-39300; e-mail: scads@uni-leipzig.de).

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