Project Staff Member (PhD position)

at  Wirtschaftsuniversitt Wien

Vienna University of Economics and Business
Research, development, teaching
Part time
published till: 2024-12-11
You want to understand how things are connected and make a fundamental impact? We offer an environment where you can realize your full potential. At one of Europe’s largest and most modern business and economics universities. On a campus where quality of work is also quality of life. We are looking for support at the

INSTITUTE FOR DATA, PROCESS AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT

Part-time, 30 hours/week
Starting January 01, 2025, and ending after 4 years
We are seeking highly motivated and talented individuals to join our dynamic research team for combining symbolic and sub-symbolic AI. The successful candidates will conduct research at WU in collaboration with our partner institutes Johannes Kepler University Linz, AAU Klagenfurt, ISTA, TU Graz, and TU Vienna.
The vision of Bilateral AI is to educate a new generation of top-quality AI scientists with a holistic view on symbolic and sub-symbolic AI methods. Training and mentoring of young researchers is a central activity, which combines groundbreaking research work with an education program. The training will be distributed over the six participating institutions.
The successful candidate will work at the Institute for Data, Process, and Knowledge Management under the main supervision of Prof. Axel Polleres. Our institute (cf. https://ai.wu.ac.at) provides a worldwide research network in the area of Graph-based AI, Data and Knowledge Management, where our research provides valuable starting points for each of the three directions outlined above. Moreover, the PhD has is expected to collaborate on a broader level under the co-supervision of another key researcher from the BILAI network, cf. https://www.bilateral-ai.net/consortium/.
What to expect

BY SUBMITTING YOUR APPLICATION, YOU AGREE WITH YOUR APPLICATION BEING SHARED ALSO WITH MEMBERS OF THE BILAI ADMISSION COMMITTEE FROM OTHER PARTNER UNIVERSITIES IN THE BILAI NETWORK.

We are looking forward to hearing from you! If you have any questions regarding the position or application documents prior to application, don’t hesitate to contact me for further information at Prof. Axel Polleres axel.polleres[at]wu.ac.at with the subject: “[BILAI Praedoc position]”.

What we offer you

• Inspiring campus life with over 2,400 employees in research, teaching, and administration and approximately 21,500 students
• A modern campus with spectacular architecture in the heart of Vienna
• Excellent accessibility by public transportation
• Meaningful work in an open-minded, inclusive, and family-friendly environment
• Flexible working hours
• A wide range of benefits, from an in-house medical officer to athletic activities and a meal allowance to a variety of employee discounts

The minimum monthly gross salary amounts to €2,684.10 (14 times per year). This salary may be adjusted based on job-related prior work experience. In addition, we offer a wide range of attractive social benefits.

DO YOU WANT TO JOIN THE WU TEAM?

Then please submit your application by December 11, 2024 (ID 2257).
We are looking forward to hearing from you

Please refer the Job description for details