Student research assistants (HiWis) in data science and its applications
Want to work in AI & data science research? Here at the German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence, we are looking for enthusiastic student research assistants (HiWis) to join our growing department: Data Science and its Applications, led by Prof Sebastian Vollmer.
Full Job Title - DE
Studentische Hilfskraft (m/w/d) in Data Science und ihren Anwendungen
Full Job Title - EN
Student research assistant (HiWi) in data science and its applications
Department
Data Science and its application
Email
David_Antony.Selby@dfki.de
Employment Category
Part time
Type of Contract
Temporary
Department Description - DE
4107
Department Description - EN
4108
The Data Science and its Applications research department is looking to expand its team with several student research assistants (HiWis) contributing to our current research topics. Initial employment will be for 3 months with the possibility of extension. For suitable candidates we offer the possibility to write their bachelor's or master's thesis in our department.
Your tasks
As part of the Data Science and its Applications group, you will contribute to one or more of our research projects, including in the areas of personalized medicine, bioinformatics, spatiotemporal event modeling, trustworthy AI, and knowledge-intensive machine learning.
Your tasks will include one or more of the following:
- Collaborate with our team of data scientists to develop reproducible and extensible data science workflows leveraging prior knowledge and information from heterogeneous data sources
- Conduct research to accelerate the scientific discovery process through efficient implementation and comparison of data analysis pipelines
- Critically assess the availability and accessibility of useful datasets from open databases and large biobanks
- Assist in the development of tools and frameworks for modeling, integrating or extracting knowledge from various sources
- Exploring the challenges and opportunities of various methods from the scientific literature
Your qualifications
- Demonstrable interest in and understanding of data science, machine learning, statistical modelling or scientific reproducibility
- Proficiency in Python, including frameworks such as PyTorch
- Familiarity with machine learning concepts, e.g. active learning, reinforcement learning, transfer learning
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and ability to work independently
- Good communication skills in English
Your benefits
- Insights into data science and scientific research
- Flexible working hours with consideration for lectures and exam periods
- Long-term employment possible
- Potential for bachelor/master thesis
The German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) has operated as a non-profit, Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) since 1988. DFKI combines scientific excellence and commercially-oriented value creation with social awareness and is recognized as a major "Center of Excellence" by the international scientific community. In the field of artificial intelligence, DFKI has focused on the goal of human-centric AI for more than 35 years. Research is committed to essential, future-oriented areas of application and socially relevant topics.
DFKI encourages applications from people with disability; DFKI intends to increase the proportion of female employees in the field of science and encourages women to apply for this position.
