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

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 1, 2025

  • 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 1, 2025)

Send your application in a single PDF file (CV, cover letter, other supporting documents) by August 1, 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.