Senior PostDoc position available; apply now to join our team!

Created on November 01, 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)

  • 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

Send your application in a single PDF file (CV, cover letter, other supporting documents) via email to michael.faerber@tu-dresden.de, quoting job number “ScaDS.AI Färber E14”. Feel free to reach out with any questions.