Research Assistant - salary grade E13 TV-L Berliner Hochschulen- 1st qualification phase (PhD candidate)

The Berlin Institute for the Foundations of Learning and Data (BIFOLD) at TU Berlin is looking for a doctoral researcher in the field of machine learning for the research group headed by Director Prof. Dr. Klaus-Robert Müller.

Research at the intersection of machine learning and mathematical modeling; learnability of structured data and networks with neuronal networks, particularly with Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) and tranformers; Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) on structured data and data from physical systems such as quantum chemical processes; mathematical recapitulation and formalization of neural networks in terms of model specific dynamics; implementation of machine learning and XAI methods. Teaching tasks. The opportunity to do a doctorate is given.

• Successfully completed university degree (Master, Diplom or equivalent) in Computer Science, Physics, Engineering or Mathematics.
• Profound knowledge in machine learning, Explainable AI, graph theory, differential equations and quantum chemistry.
• Practical experience in the development and application of machine learning algorithms, as well as parallel computing on GPUs.
• Solid programming skills, especially experience with ML and linear algebra libraries (Python, PyTorch, JAX, etc.).
• The ability to teach in German and/or English is required; willingness to acquire the missing language skills.
• Experience in the field of mathematical modeling is an advantage.

Please send your written application, stating the reference number, with the usual application documents (i.e. cv, motivation letter, bsc and msc certificates together with grades reports; possibly recommendation letter) to the Technical University of Berlin - The President - Faculty IV, Institute for Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science, Machine Learning Group, Prof. Dr. Müller, MAR 4-1, Marchstr. 23, 10587 Berlin or by e-mail (a PDF file, max. 5 MB) to: jobs@bifold.berlin.

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