Research Assistant

The position is offered until 31st December 2027. The starting date is as soon as possible, subject to approval of funds. The position is fulltime with salary and benefits commensurate with a public service position in the state Hesse, Germany (TV-H E 13).

The position has a focus on research software engineering and is part of the project „VABiKo – Visual Analytics for the Image Collection of the German Colonial Society”, funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) within the program „Scientific Library Services and Information Systems“ (LIS). In the project, you will develop innovative solutions for analyzing and searching historical images. The project is carried out in cooperation with the University Library of the Goethe University Frankfurt.

Tasks:

• implementation of state-of-the-art computer vision and NLP methods for image and text analysis
• implementation of state-of-the-art methods for content-based search in historical image data
• implementation of interactive visualization forms for spatiotemporal data
• literature research on current research work on the above-mentioned topics
• integration of the developed software components into the web-based image search system
• preparation of / collaboration on scientific publications

This is a project position that is not limited according to § 2, 1 WissZeitVG.

Profile:

• MSc-degree or equivalent in a relevant field such as computer science, mathematics, or a comparable degree in a related discipline
• strong programming skills, excellent knowledge of one or more modern programming languages (particularly Python, JavaScript), modern web technologies and databases
• strong knowledge of machine learning methods (particularly deep learning), ideally in computer vision, alternatively natural language processing or information retrieval
• extensive experience in software development, e. g. of web applications
• experience with deep learning frameworks (Pytorch, TensorFlow)
• excellent command of written and spoken German and English

We offer:

• outstanding career development opportunities, e. g. towards becoming a research software engineer, including mentoring and support for planning your professional career
• an excellent and dynamically evolving research environment in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, including three newly established AI professorships
• connection to hessian.AI (Hessian Center for Artificial Intelligence) with exceptional collaboration opportunities and high-performance computing resources for training large-scale AI models
• an excellent international and national research network (including connections to various institutes of the Leibniz Association and Fraunhofer Society) funding for conference participation
• ticket for free use of public transport in the state Hesse, Germany

Contact for more Information

Prof. Dr. Ralph Ewerth

+49 6421-28 21585 (Secretary‘s Office)

rewerth@informatik.uni-marburg.de

We support women and strongly encourage them to apply. In areas where women are underrepresented, female applicants will be preferred in case of equal qualifications. As a certified family-friendly university, we support our employees in balancing family and career. Sharing a full-time position (§ 8 Abs. 2 S. 1 HGlG) as well as a reduction of working time is possible. Applicants with a disability as discribed in SGB IX (§ 2 Abs. 2, 3) will be preferred in case of equal qualifications. Application and interview costs can not be refunded.

Please apply by 27th April 2025 using the application-button below.