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

Created on May 24, 2025

2025

The Center for Scalable Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence (ScaDS.AI Dresden) offers a position as

Senior Postdoc / Research Associate (m/f/d)

starting at the next possible date in full time for a period of up to two years, with the option of extension. The period of employment is governed by the Fixed Term Research Contracts Act (Wissenschaftszeitvertragsgesetz-WissZeitVG). A shorter contract term is possible by arrangement.

  • Remuneration: Remuneration will be based on the employee’s qualifications: those who meet the criteria for salary group E 14 TV-L will be classified accordingly. If only the formal requirements for salary group E 13 TV-L are fulfilled, classification will be in E 13 TV-L.
  • Research areas: Natural Language Processing, Large Language Models, Knowledge Graphs, and related fields (e.g., Graph Machine Learning)

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:

  • Excellent 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 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

How to Apply: Please submit your detailed application including the usual documents (e.g., Cover letter, CV, other supporting documents) with the subject “ScaDS.AI Färber E14” to 📧 michael.faerber@tu-dresden.de. Feel free contact me if you need further information.