The Ruhr area, one of Europe’s largest metropolitan regions, offers
attractive career opportunities for excellent scientists and scholars
from around the world. In 2021, Ruhr University Bochum, TU Dortmund
University and the University of Duisburg-Essen established
the Research Alliance Ruhr to bundle their cutting-edge international
research on the most urgent challenges facing humankind. There
are four research centers and a college. This is just the latest chapter
in our long-standing collaboration as the University Alliance Ruhr
(UA Ruhr), a community of 14,000 researchers and 120,000 students
in the heart of Germany.
As part of the Research Alliance Ruhr, the Research Center Trustworthy
Data Science and Security (RC Trust) is seeking to fill the
following position at the Department of Computer Science of
TU Dortmund University as soon as possible:
Professorship (Open Rank: W3 tenured
or W2 with W3 tenure track) for
Human-AI Interaction
Your Responsibilities
The person selected to hold the new professorship will specialize
in research and teaching in the field of user-centered artificial
intelligence. The teaching load is reduced to four weekly hours per
semester. The successful candidate is expected to contribute to
English-taught courses in Computer Science.
Your Qualifications
We are seeking an outstanding scientist who holds an excellent
PhD in Computer Science or related disciplines, has experience in
applying for third-party funds and has published in relevant and
highly-ranked international venues with peer review. In particular,
we welcome applications of candidates who have conducted excellent
research in one or more of the following areas:
- Human-AI collaboration
- User control of machine learning
- Auditing intelligent systems
- Design of interactive natural language systems
- AI-assisted software engineering
- User-centric voice and text assistants
- Transparent and explainable artificial intelligence
- AI-aided data exploration and visualization
- Reinforcement learning from human feedback
- Personalization, recommendation and adaptation of algorithms
- Human-Computer interaction for intelligent systems
- Generative AI and content co-creation
- Hybrid intelligence
Applicants should complement the research activities of the RC
Trust and the Department of Computer Science and be willing to
contribute to interdisciplinary collaborative research projects and
collaborations within and outside the RC Trust and the Universities
of the Research Alliance Ruhr. Willingness to acquire third-party
funds is expected. Potential applications include but are not limited
to life sciences, social sciences, health, economics, logistics
or engineering. For the W3 professorship, continuous publication
activities in relevant and highly ranked international venues with
peer review, especially in the recent years, the successful and independent
acquisition of research projects or competitive third-party
funds, including cooperative joint research collaborations, and a
track record in excellent international or interdisciplinary academic
collaborations are mandatory.
Strong social and leadership skills and willingness to participate
in academic self-administration complete your profile. Moreover,
the recruitment requirements in Sections 36 and 37 of the North
Rhine-Westphalia Higher Education Act
(HG NRW, Gesetz über die
Hochschulen des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen) apply.
In the case of the W2 professorship with W3 tenure track, the
successful candidate will initially be appointed as a temporary civil
servant for five years. At the end of this five-year period at the latest,
the tenure track will lead to continued employment as a
tenured W3 university professor, provided that the necessary
aptitude, competence and academic performance have been
demonstrated and that the legal requirements pertaining to
Section 38 of the HG NRW are met.
Attractive Environment
The professorship will be part of the newly established Research
Center Trustworthy Data Science and Security. The Center enables
research that connects psychology, computer science, statistics and
cyber security in order to empower humans to understand, control
and verify artificial intelligence technology as well as modern
machine learning in (semi-)automated decision making.
Our institute’s language is English.
The Research Center is linked to all three member universities
of the University Alliance Ruhr. We offer an excellent scientific
environment and attractive opportunities for collaboration with
renowned international, national and regional partners. The professorship
advertised here will be closely associated with the Departments
of Computer Science and Statistics as well as the Dortmund
Data Science Center (DoDSc) at TU Dortmund University.
These institutions enjoy an excellent international reputation in the
fields of basic and applied machine learning research. These core issues
have been consolidated in numerous interdisciplinary research
collaborations among more than 30 data science professors. All
involved departments have a strong track record of acquiring major
extramural support for collaborative research funds in the area of
data science and machine learning (SFB 823: Statistical modelling
of nonlinear dynamic processes, SFB 876: Providing Information by
Resource-Constrained Data Analysis, Lamarr Institute).
Research Alliance Ruhr
The Research Alliance Ruhr is a joint
undertaking of the three major universities
in the Ruhr area and was initiated
by the Ruhr Conference. The four
research centers will focus on “One
Health,” “Chemical Sciences and Sustainability,”
“Trustworthy Data
Science and Security,” and “Future
Energy Materials and Systems.” In addition,
the Research Alliance Ruhr is establishing
a “College for Social Sciences
and Humanities”.
The Research Alliance Ruhr will appoint
up to 50 research professors in the
next few years and also offer numerous
positions for research assistants. Join us
now to create innovations for the world
of tomorrow in Europe’s densest
university landscape, where you can
find a wide range of scientific and industrial
partners right on the doorstep.
Your Application
If you are interested in the position,
please send your application in a single
PDF file by 21.06.2023 to:
bewerbung@cs.tu-dortmund.de/
Details on the application process and
the preparation of application
documents can be found here:
berufung.tu-dortmund.de/en/application
Please address any questions to
Professor Dr. Daniel Neider,
Department of Computer Science:
Tel: +49 231 755 - 7729
daniel.neider@cs.tu-dortmund.de
Our Welcome Services
Our Welcome Services are happy to
assist especially international applicants
and their families with relocating
to the Ruhr area, an up-and-coming
metropolitan region. We can advise you
on housing in urban or more rural areas
and help you find childcare if needed.
Our Dual Career Service can help your
partner with their own professional
development in the region.
Diversity
The UA Ruhr promotes diversity and
equal opportunities. We strive to
significantly increase the percentage of
women in research and teaching and
therefore welcome applications from
female academics. We give preference
to severely disabled applicants if their
qualifications meet the requirements.
Further Information
Further information about the Research
Center Trustworthy Data Science can be
found at:
www.rc-trust.ai
There you will also find the advertisements
for other open professorships of
the RC Trust.
Please refer to the following website
for further information about the
Research Alliance Ruhr:
www.uaruhr.de/researchallianceruhr