Research Associate

InstitutionHub of Computing and Data Science (HCDS)
- Salary levelEGR. 13 TV-L
- Start date01.05.2025, fixed for a period of 36 months (This is a fixed-term contract in accordance with Section 2 of the academic fixed-term labor contract act [Wissenschaftszeitvertragsgesetz, WissZeitVG]).
- Application deadline19.03.2025
- Scope of workfull-time position suitable for part-time

**Responsibilities**:
Duties primarily include research. Research associates may also pursue independent research and further academic qualifications. They may also pursue doctoral studies outside of working duties

Assessing and Understanding Changing Morphologies in an Era of Climate Change - Multi-Modal Analysis of Collections:
To understand the impact of climate change on species, scientific collections bear tremendous potential for novel insights. This project seeks to leverage this potential by using visual language models to increase the degree auf (semi-)automatized analysis. This encompasses a wide range of features ranging from color and size to hairiness of insects. As a large part of traditional assessment is a manual task, significant productivity gains are expected. Thus, enabling large scale comparisons and assessment of ecological environments on the development of species.

Further duties at the Hub of Computing and Data Science involve:

- consulting for scientists of all faculties about possibilities and implementations of data science solutions for research
- planning, implementation and maintenance of data science software
- development of all kinds of data-driven systems, all the way from advanced data analytics to multimodal transformer models
- requirements analysis with the prospective users (researchers of all fields)
- creation of user-friendly interfaces tied to expertise and needs of the users
- analysis and recommendation of state-of-the-art technologies for both models and infrastructure

**Profile**:
A university degree in a relevant field.
- experience in visual language models
- experience with data engineering and data modelling
- experience in one or more of the following areas:

- natural language processing
- Multi-Modal Machine learning
- training and finetuning of large language models
- conceptualization of retrieval augmented generation pipelines
- evaluation of complex software systems
- frontend development
- very good command of written and spoken English and German
- strong social and communication skills, initiative, motivation, high sense of responsibility, ability to work in an interdisciplinary team and very good organizational skills

We offer
- Reliable remuneration based on wage agreements
- Continuing education opportunities
- University pensions
- Attractive location
- Flexible working hours
- Work-life balance opportunities
- Health management, EGYM Wellpass
- Educational leave
- 30 days of vacation per annum

Universität Hamburg—University of Excellence is one of the strongest research educational institutions in Germany. Our work in research, teaching, educational and knowledge exchange activities is fostering the next generation of responsible global citizens ready to tackle the global challenges facing us. Our guiding principle “Innovating and Cooperating for a Sustainable Future in a digital age” drives collaboration with academic and nonacademic partner institutions in the Hamburg Metropolitan Region and around the world. We would like to invite you to be part of our community to work with us in creating sustainable and digital change for a dynamic and pluralist society.

Severely disabled and disabled applicants with the same status will receive preference over equally qualified non-disabled applicants.

Instructions for applying

Contact

Dr. Martin Semmann

+49 40 42883-2382

Prof. Dr. Chris Biemann

+49 40 42883-2386

Reference number
- 75

Location

Albert-Einstein-Ring 8-10
22761 Hamburg

Application deadline
- 19.03.2025
- cover letter
- CV
- copies of degree certificate(s)