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We are hiring! 👩‍🎓🧑‍🏫👩‍⚕️🙋‍♂️ We are currently looking for several PhD students, postdocs, and student assistants with an interest in machine learning.

The current call for Postdocs and PhD applications is open until October 15th, 2023.

Note that due to state regulation this particular position needs you to be proficient at speaking German 🇩🇪.

Our Mission & Values

You will join a machine learning group in a beautiful city by the ocean with a strong global network, including Stanford University, UC San Diego, or UNC Chapel Hill, as well as local expertise. This provides you with direct access and collaborations with world-experts in machine learning, (bio-)medicine, and marine ecology. Joining us will give you the unique opportunity to help us shape a young, highly collaborative, and team-oriented group, that aims to impact real-world problem settings through cutting edge machine learning. We are particularly passionate about methods to understand the underlying processes of complex systems, domain knowledge integration into machine learning methods for accurate modeling, as well as human interaction with existing knowledge. For this we employ a multitude of approaches ranging from multi-modal learning, deep learning, Bayesian modeling, and exceptional model mining to explainable artificial intelligence, fairness, and human computer interaction.

We thrive to create a friendly, supportive, team-oriented, and inclusive work environment with highly motivated colleagues. Diversity across all dimensions is a core value for our lab and a key contributor to our innovative research. Applicants from groups traditionally underrepresented in computer science and machine learning are strongly encouraged to apply.

Our group has a strong commitment to translating research to actionable insights and applications with real-world impact and scalability. This is an excellent environment for candidates who are not only focused on participating in state-of-the-art academic research but are also interested in translating their work in industrial and entrepreneurial avenues.

Available projects and research directions

Our focus lies on developing and applying cutting-edge machine learning methods in high-impact application scenarios, e.g., in (bio-)medicine and environmental change. The developed methods will, for example, revolve around understanding complex systems by background knowledge extraction end exploitation in the context of the BMBF funded research group THEMIS. Nevertheless, we are always interested in your own project ideas, thus, don’t hesitate to contact us! We will support you as best as we can.

Prospective PhD students

We are looking for:

  • inherent curiosity and extraordinary drive to explore and learn
  • high engagement and ability to work independently
  • strong intrinsic motivation and interest in applying and developing machine learning methods in high-impact application scenarios like (bio-)medicine and environmental change
  • graduate degree (Diplom, master, etc.) in fields like computer science, mathematics, physics, computational biology, medicine, or comparable
  • affinity to coding or willingness to learn outside of regular working hours
  • optimally
    • experience in applying or developing statistics or machine learning methods
    • practical experience in project work and/or publishing academic papers

What you will be doing:

  • Research in data science, machine learning, and artificial intelligence in application settings like (bio-)medicine and environmental change with the goal to gain a doctorate/PhD
  • Application and development of methods ranging from multi-modal learning, deep learning, Bayesian modeling, and exceptional model mining to explainable artificial intelligence, fairness and human computer interaction
  • Collaborative work with international partners like Stanford, UC San Diego, oder UNC Chapel Hill
  • Publishing academic articles in national and international renowned venues
  • Engagement in academic self-governance, organizing and running academic events, support of student organizations, etc.
  • Involvement in teaching activities (seminars, tutorials, grading, etc); roughly 4 hours a week

Perks:

  • a friendly, supportive, team-oriented, and inclusive work environment with highly motivated colleagues
  • international network including universities like Stanford, UC San Diego, or UNC Chapel Hill
  • fully funded position (PhD students: temporary appointment for three years); TVL-E13, 40 hrs/week, this is far beyond international standards (> EUR 50k) and includes health insurance, a retirement plan, and more!
  • flexible work hours
  • 30 paid vacation days
  • health and family support provided by the university
  • a multitude of educational programs
  • discounted university sports

Application:

We are really looking forward to your application! The current application deadline is October 15th, 2023. The earliest start date is November 1st, 2023. Please apply via the application portal of the University of Rostock. Please including the following as a single PDF:

  • cover letter (max. 1-2 page) detailing
    • tell us how motivated you are and it will be awesome to have you around :)
    • why our lab is interesting to you
  • CV including
    • potential previous projects, industry experience, etc.
    • two contacts for potential recommendations (e.g., your bachelor and master thesis advisors)
  • grade transcript
  • anything else you would like to share 😄

Note: Please check the official call. Due to state regulation some position may require you to be proficient at speaking German 🇩🇪.

Postdocs

The Laboratory is most interested in candidates with expertise in methods development, mentoring experience, and a drive to help build an internationally competitive, team-oriented group. All candidates must have a strong record of independent research. Postdocs will be hired according to TVL-E13 or E14, 40 hrs/week depending on their experience.

For more information please see the official posting.

Application:

We are really looking forward to your application! The current application deadline is October 15th, 2023. The earliest start date is November 1st, 2023. Please apply via the application portal of the University of Rostock. Please including the following as a single PDF:

  • cover letter (max. 1-2 page) detailing
    • tell us how motivated you are and it will be awesome to have you around :)
    • why our lab is interesting to you
  • CV including
    • potential previous projects, industry experience, etc.
    • two contacts for potential recommendations (e.g., your bachelor and master thesis advisors)
  • grade transcript
  • anything else you would like to share 😄

Note: Please check the official call. Due to state regulation some position may require you to be proficient at speaking German 🇩🇪.

Students

Come talk to us! We have many interesting projects and problem settings. Also, if you have your own project ideas, don’t hesitate to contact us! We will support you as best as we can!