The duties include academic service in the area of new MSc programme development as well as research in intelligent systems. The successful candidate will – within a team – develop and manage a new international Master Programme in Computer Science and Intelligent Systems as well as contribute to its teaching. Furthermore, the candidate is expected to conduct research in the area of Knowledge Technology and Intelligent Systems. This post is open to Postdocs or PhD candidates. PhD candidates have the opportunity to advance their academic education through the completion of a doctoral dissertation.
Academic degree preferably in computer science qualifying the holder to carry out the above-mentioned responsibilities. In particular, an MSc or PhD in Artificial Intelligence or Computer Science is essential. Your demonstrated research interests should be in the areas of Knowledge Technology and Intelligent Systems (e.g. Machine Learning, Neural Networks, Robotics, Natural Language Processing, Vision, or Knowledge Representation etc). We are also looking for very good communication skills and teamwork, in particular a very good command of both German and English is a requirement. Experience or a keen interest in developing a new MSc programme and very good programming skills are a plus.
The position is fulltime (39 hours per week). This initial short-term contract will end after two years and can be extended for a further three years (see also §2 of the Academic Fixed-Term Contract Law.
The university intends to increase the number of women amongst its academic personnel and encourages qualified women to apply. In compliance with the Hamburg Equal Opportunity Law, if applicants are equally qualified, preference will be given to qualified female applicants or qualified disabled applicants.
Scholarship Application Deadline: 28.2.2011
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