University Assistant (post doc) [Austria]

 

The University of Vienna (20 faculties and centres, 184 fields of study, approx. 10.400 members of staff, about 90.000 students) seeks to fill the position as soon as possible of a

University Assistant (post doc)
at the Research Group Knowledge Engineering
to 30.09.2024.

Reference number : 13701

The Research Group Knowledge Engineering at the Faculty of Computer Science invites applications for a PostDoc position and expects applicants to take over full responsibility in research and industrial projects. The Research Group offers a highly collaborative research environment.


Extent of Employment: 40 hours/week
Job grading in accordance with collective bargaining agreement: §48 VwGr. B1 lit. b (postdoc) with relevant work experience determining the assignment to a particular salary grade.

Job Description:
Active participation in research, teaching and administration. This involves

• Developing and strengthening the independent research profile
• Involvement in research projects / research studies
• International publications and presentations
• Responsibility for project applications and the acquisition of third-party funding
• Preparing / writing a (publication-ready) habilitation thesis
• Independent teaching of courses as defined by the collective agreement
• Supervision of students
• Participation in evaluation measures and quality assurance
• Involvement in the department administration as well as in teaching and research administration

Profile:
- Doctoral degree/PhD degree in Computer Science, Business Informatics or a related area

• Professional competence: excellent knowledge of Ontologies, RDF, CPS, Digital Twins, and Machine Learning Techniques; good knowledge of conceptual Modelling, esp. Metamodelling, knowledge of ADOxx, C++ and/or Java.
• Didactic competence
• High ability to express yourself both orally and in writing
• Excellent command of written and spoken English
• IT user skills
• Ability to work in a team

In addition, we expect the successful candidate to have

• Teaching experience / experience of working with e-learning
• Experience of working on research projects
• Publications in renowned, subject-relevant media (peer-reviewed, depending on the professional standards)
• International presentation experience

Desirable qualifications are

• Knowledge of university processes and structures
• Experience abroad
• Experience of supervising students

Application documents

• Letter of motivation
• Academic curriculum vitae (including a list of publications, a list of courses and a list of talks given)
• Description of research interests and research agenda / of the intended habilitation project (if applicable)
• Contact details of people who could provide a letter of reference

Research fields:

Main research field

Special research fields

Importance

Computer Sciences

Knowledge engineering

SHOULD

Languages:

Language

Language level

Importance

German

Good knowledge

SHOULD

English

Very good knowledge

MUST

Applications including a letter of motivation (German or English) should be submitted via the Job Center to the University of Vienna (http://jobcenter.univie.ac.at) no later than 01.06.2023, mentioning reference number 13701.

For further information please contact Karagiannis, Dimitris +43-1-4277-78910.

The University pursues a non-discriminatory employment policy and values equal opportunities, as well as diversity (http://diversity.univie.ac.at/). The University lays special emphasis on increasing the number of women in senior and in academic positions. Given equal qualifications, preference will be given to female applicants.

Reference number: 13701
jobcenter@univie.ac.at

 

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