3 Open Research Positions on Explainable AI in Semantic Computing Group at Bielefeld Unviersity

The Semantic Computing Group [1] at Bielefeld Unviersity has three open 
positions at the intersection of artificial intelligence, machine 
learning and semantic technologies with the goal of developing new 
methods for explaining decisions to end users in an interactive manner.

All the positions are available immediately and are associated to the 
collaborative research center "Constructing Explainability" involving 
the universities of Bielefeld and Paderborn in Germany and funded by the 
German Science Foundation (DFG).

Position 1 (Reference Wiss 21666, [2]) is concerned with developing a 
new approach to dialog management that allows users to understand how a 
machine learned model works. The dialog system will answer specific 
questions about a learned classifier. The project is carried out in 
cooperation with the Department of Computer Science of Paderborn 
University (Prof. Axel Ngonga) and with the faculty of sociology at 
Bielefeld University (Prof. Esposito). The tasks comprise of the 
development of a protocol for the dialog system, its implementation, and 
its validation with end users.

Position 2 (Reference Wiss 21670, [3]) is concerned with the 
investigation of criteria that determine the success of an explanation. 
For this purpose, the project will develop an ontology that describes 
the relevant dimensions and criteria that correlate with the success of 
an explanation. This ontology will be developed in cooperation with 
other projects in the research center and will serve as a basic 
vocabulary to describe explanation phenomena across projects.

Position 3 (Reference Wiss 21673, [4]) is concerned with the development 
of new methods supporting informed decision making by supporting users 
in the exploration of the space of alternatives for a given decision to 
be taken. The goal is to apply methods from the field of probabilistic 
and statistical modelling and inference, counterfactual reasoning in 
particular. From a methodological point of view, the focus of the 
position is on the development of new approaches that combine 
statistical reasoning with knowledge bases available as knowledge 
graphs. The project is carried out in cooperation with Prof. Stefan Kopp 
(Faculty of Technology, Bielefeld University).

All positions are available for four years and offer the possibility to 
work towards a PhD degree. The group offers an intellectually 
stimulating and international environment with sufficient freedom to 
perform own research interests. There is no teaching involved. Knowledge 
of German is not required, but a plus. All positions require a MSc 
degree in computer science, data science, computational linguistics or 
related subject.

The application deadline has been extended to the 7th of July. Please 
send your applications directly to Prof. Dr. Philipp Cimiano at 
cimiano@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de

The application texts can be found below. Please indicate the reference 
in your application.

[1] http://www.sc.cit-ec.uni-bielefeld.de/home/

[2] 
https://uni-bielefeld.hr4you.org/job/view/553/research-position-for-the-sfb-trr-318-subproject-b01-pc?page_lang=en

[3] 
https://uni-bielefeld.hr4you.org/job/view/567/research-position-for-the-sfb-trr-318-subproject-inf-pc?page_lang=en

[4] 
https://uni-bielefeld.hr4you.org/job/view/561/research-position-for-the-sfb-trr-318-subproject-c05-pc?page_lang=en

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Prof. Dr. Philipp Cimiano
Head of Semantic Computing Group
Cognitive Interaction Technology Center (CITEC)
Faculty of Technology
Bielefeld University
Phone: +49 (0) 521 106 12249

Received on Wednesday, 23 June 2021 22:00:51 UTC