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 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 Data Science (Prof. Dr. Jakob Runge)
Research area: Causal Inference, Statistics, Machine Learning, Time Series Analysis, Dynamical Systems
scientific research in at least one of the following areas of Causal Inference: Theoretical Foundations, Statistical Estimation Methods and Deep Learning, Scalable Implementation, Time Series Analysis, Dynamical Systems
collaboration in national and international research projects, possibly with industry partners
scientific teaching tasks (e. g. seminars; no regular teaching duties)
presentation of research results and prototypes.
The position comes with access to high performance computing resources and access to training opportunities within ScaDS.AI.
university degree (typically M.Sc.) in Mathematics, Theoretical Physics, Statistics, Theoretical Computer Science, or a related field - PhD is desirable
previous experience in Machine Learning, Causal Inference, Statistical Methods
strong interest in foundational research
very good written and spoken English skills
willingness to travel.
Excellent programming skills are desirable.