The "FZI Forschungszentrum Informatik an der Universität Karlsruhe (TH)" is since more than 20 years the technology transfer institute of Karlsruhe University - Germany's oldest technical university - in Information Technology and related areas. In application-oriented, interdisciplinary research projects funded by regional, national and international funding programmes (like the European Commission's IST programme), and in commissioned research for private industries, we explore new ways of using IT for better or novel products and services.

As part of the FZI department "Information Process Engineering (IPE)", Prof. Rudi Studer's team is currently investigating the topics of semantic search and ontology-based recommenders in several projects, such as the European IST project TEAM - [Link] (about Knowledge Management in Software Engineering) or the national German lighthouse project THESEUS [Link]

In this project context, we will hire as soon as possible a scientific researcher.

We are looking for creative people, being able to integrate fundamental scientific research and the ability to pragmatically implement ideas for practical use. You should have an excellent, outstanding degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Information Science, Cognitive Science, Computer Linguistics, Computational Intelligence, etc. Good communication and team-working skills, as well as fluent English are expected, some job experience after studies may be a plus.

You should be experienced in one or more of the following topics: Information Retrieval & Recommender Systems, Ontologies and Semantic Technologies, Knowledge-Based Systems and AI. Additional, useful topics may be: Machine Learning or Business Intelligence, Databases, Knowledge Management, Software Engineering. Java is mandatory, Eclipse knowledge would be useful.

We offer:

• The opportunity to get a Ph.D. from Karlsruhe University (AIFB institute)

• Work in a highly motivated, interdisciplinary team, visible at an international level

• Contacts to the research and communication networks of FZI, several Karlsruhe University chairs, and a number of innovative spin-off companies

• An interesting mix of research and application-oriented industry projects

• A modern working environment and a lovely, medium-sized University city to live in

• A fulltime job paid according to the German public service tariff (TV-L E13)


Please send your application as soon as possible, preferrably in electronic form to: