Senior PostDoc position available—apply now to join our team! (deadline extended 10/8/2025)

Created on June 18, 2025

2025

Within my research group at the Center for Scalable Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence (ScaDS.AI) at TU Dresden, the following position is available:

Senior Postdoc / Assistant Professor (m/f/d) – Deadline: August 10, 2025 (extended)

  • Assignment: Professorship for 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)
  • Location: ScaDS.AI, TU Dresden, Germany
  • Start date: As soon as possible; the initial contract is for up to 2 years (extension possible). A shorter contract term can be arranged if desired.
  • Remuneration: TV-L E14 (100%)
  • Habilitation: Possible upon request

Tasks:

  • Initiating, coordinating, and writing research grant proposals
  • Initiating and leading independent, high-impact research projects in the above areas, with the aim of publishing and presenting at top-tier (CORE A) conferences and journals
  • Fostering and managing collaborations within national and international research consortia, including with industry and interdisciplinary partners
  • Taking a leading role in supervising and mentoring PhD and Master’s students
  • Engaging in teaching activities, such as specialized and advanced seminars (no foundational lectures)

Requirements:

  • University and PhD degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Mathematics, Physics, Computational Linguistics, or a closely related field
  • A strong and proven publication record in top-tier venues (e.g., ACL, EMNLP, NAACL, NeurIPS, ICML, KDD, WWW, AAAI, etc.) in the above research areas
  • Proven success in securing research grants, with strong interest and experience in obtaining competitive grants
  • Solid experience in developing AI models (NLP/ML) on HPC systems
  • Experience in supervising PhD and Master’s students and in managing scientific research projects
  • Excellent communication skills in English, both written and spoken
  • Preferred qualification: Prior postdoctoral research experience

Apply Now (deadline: August 10, 2025)

Send your application in a single PDF file (CV, cover letter, other supporting documents) by August 10, 2025 via the TUD SecureMail Portal or directly by email to jobs-scads.ai@tu-dresden.de, quoting the job number “ScaDS.AI Färber E14”.

You can also send your application via post to TU Dresden, ScaDS.AI, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael Färber, Strehlener Str. 12-14, 01069 Dresden. Please submit copies only, as your application will not be returned to you.

Expenses incurred in attending interviews can be reimbursed. Feel free to reach out with questions: michael.faerber@tu-dresden.de

For full details, see the Postdoc E14 call.