University Assistant (Doctorate/Ph.D.)

SPACE FOR YOUR TALENT

The world is changing at an ever-faster pace. At the Johannes Kepler University Linz, we work on technologies and the ideas of tomorrow on a daily basis. At the same time, we educate over 23,000 young people to meet the demands of today’s job market. In short, we are Upper Austria’s largest institution for education and research. Are you interested in being a part of shaping the future at Austria’s most attractive campus university? We currently have an immediate job opening for a:

University Assistant (must hold a Doctorate/Ph.D. degree) for a full-time, six-year position at the Institute of Computational Perception

Job Duties:

• Conduct independent research in the fields of recommender systems, information retrieval, web/social media mining, multimedia, machine learning, user modelling, and/or human-computer interaction
• Publish and disseminate research findings (in journals and at conferences)
• Actively take part in the institute’s fund-raising endeavours
• Actively take part in joint scientific and industrial partnership projects
• Independently hold university-level courses in accordance with the collective agreement
• Assist with educational and administration tasks at the institute
• Co-supervise Bachelor’s and Master’s students, and Ph.D. candidates
• Actively take part in academic administration (e.g. as part of selection committees for professorship positions, etc.)

Your Qualifications:

• The successful candidate must hold a Doctorate/Ph.D. degree in Informatics, Artificial Intelligence, Mathematics, Physics, or Psychology
• Extensive expertise and professional experience in a minimum of one of the following fields (preferably several): recommender systems, information retrieval, web/social media mining, natural language processing, multimedia, machine/deep learning, user modelling, human-computer interaction, algorithmic fairness, or transparency
• Strong publication record (in relation to “academic age”)
• Commitment, creativity, ability and aspirations to independently conduct scientific work as well as pursue publication and dissemination activities
• Proficiency in English (written and oral) – level C1+ 
• Proficiency in German (level B1) (those not proficient in German should demonstrate a willingness to learn and/or improve their German language skills)
• Ability and willingness to independently teach university-level courses and supervise students majoring in the fields mentioned above
• A strong set of social skills
• Ideally, experience in procuring external funding as well as executing and administrating international partnership projects

What We Offer:

• On the basis of full-time employment (40 hours/week) the minimum salary in accordance with the collective agreement is € 4,061.50 gross per month (14 x per year, CA Job Grade: B1)
• Stable employer
• Attractive campus environment with good public transportation connections
• Attractive continual educational opportunities
• State-of-the-art research infrastructure
• Dynamic research environment
• Broad range of on-campus dining services/healthy meals (organic food at the cafeteria)
• Exercise and sports classes (USI)
• …and much more

How to Apply:

Prospective applicants interested in the multifaceted position are requested to electronically send an application in adherence to the stated criteria together with the requested documentation via our online portal jku.at/application or to the Johannes Kepler University Linz, Department of Human Resource Management, Altenberger Straße 69, A-4040 Linz. Please include “Job Reference Number 5141“ in your application.

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