Job Description
The Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn is an international research university with a wide range of subjects. 200 years of history, around 31,500 students, more than 6,000 employees and an excellent reputation at home and abroad: The University of Bonn is one of the most important universities in Germany and has been recognized as a university of excellence.
The Institute of Computer Science of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at the University of Bonn and the Fraunhofer Institute for Algorithms and Scientific Computing (Fraunhofer SCAI) is looking for a
W2 Professorship for Data Engineering for AI
to be filled as soon as possible according to the Berlin model within the framework of cooperation between faculties and chairs of the university and institutions of the Fraunhofer Society. This is a temporary W2 professorship (5 years) with tenure track. After successful interim and final evaluations, the position will be changed to a permanent W2 professorship.
Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
Application time:
30.09.2024
Start of activity:
As soon as possible
Documents to be provided:
- Motivation letter,
- CV,
- Publication list,
- Third-party funding,
- Research concept (max. 2 pages) and
- Teaching concept (max. 1 page)
We expect applicants to demonstrate academic excellence in at least one of the following areas:
- Scalable data management,
- Data governance and data integrity,
- Data stewardship,
- Data visualization and interactive data exploration.
The focus should be on industry-relevant applications, for example in medicine, pharmaceuticals, the materials industry or manufacturing.
The post holder represents the field in research and teaching at the University of Bonn and at the same time assumes corresponding scientific and economic responsibility at Fraunhofer SCAI, where he/she will set up and lead a new working group. The post holder is expected to acquire third-party funding for research projects, acquire and process industrial contracts and maintain cooperative relationships with industry; proven experience is beneficial.
Teaching in the Bachelor's and Master's programs in computer science at the University of Bonn in German and/or English is an integral part of the professorship.
Young researchers who are still in the early stages of their careers are encouraged to apply.
The employment requirements are based on Section 36 HG NRW.
Applications received by September 30, 2024 are guaranteed to be considered. The appointment committee reserves the right to consider applications received after this date. Please apply with the usual documents [letter of motivation, CV, list of publications, third-party funding, research concept (max. 2 pages) and teaching concept (max. 1 page)] via our online portal:
https://berufungsportal.uni-bonn.de.
