Universität Bonn

Data Science & Intelligent Systems

Research Associate (Ph.D. Student)

The Data Science & Intelligent Systems (DSIS) research group at the Department of Information Systems and Artificial Intelligence led by Professor Elena Demidova is recruiting:

Research Associate (Ph.D. Student) 

in Machine Learning and Spatio-Temporal Data Analytics

(Duration: 3 years, full-time, starting at the earliest date possible)

The University of Bonn is a university of excellence and one of the leading universities in Germany. 

The DSIS research group conducts research in spatio-temporal data analytics, machine learning, knowledge graphs, and various application areas, including mobility, security, and neuroscience. Furthermore, we address the usability, explainability, and traceability of data analysis.

 
Your responsibilities:

  • You develop innovative solutions for real-world problems that require the analysis of very large spatio-temporal datasets.
  • Your research is linked to the Rushmore and MoToRes projects and provides an essential contribution to the development of data analysis methods, machine learning models and knowledge graphs for spatio-temporal data.
  • You are involved in the research and teaching in data science and machine learning.
  • You contribute to student supervision.

Your profile:

  • University degree (master) in computer science or related fields of study
  • Very good knowledge of one or more of the relevant areas
  • Practical experience with current machine learning libraries, data management systems, as well as distributed data processing
  • Very good written and spoken English, German knowledge is desirable
  • Good communication and team skills

We offer:

  • A varied and demanding job in a group of excellent scientists at one of the leading universities in Germany
  • A salary at the government pay-scale TV-L E13
  • The contract duration of 3 years, full-time
  • Financial support to attend related conferences
  • Very good transport links 
  • Numerous offers of university sports

Application:

If you are interested in this position, please send your complete application documents, including a motivation letter, curriculum vitae, certificates and transcripts, and the names of two referees, as one PDF file per email to Prof. Dr. Elena Demidova. 

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