Postdoc / Senior Researcher in Search & Knowledge Graph Infrastructures at GESIS, Cologne

For the next possible date GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social 
Sciences, department Knowledge Technologies for the Social Sciences 
(WTS), located in Cologne, is looking for a

*Postdoc / Senior Researcher in the field of Research Knowledge Graphs*
*(**Salary group 13 TV-L, working time 100%, limited to September 2026**)*

GESIS is an internationally active research institute, funded by federal 
and state governments and member of the Leibniz Association.
The department Knowledge Technologies for Social Sciences (WTS) 
<https://www.gesis.org/en/institute/departments/knowledge-technologies-for-the-social-sciences> 
conducts research at the intersection of information retrieval, 
knowledge graphs, human information interaction and machine learning as 
foundation for innovative web portals
and platforms for the search and use of research data. WTS innovations 
are based on a state-of-the-art software stack and research-based 
innovations in the aforementioned fields.

In the context of the consortium NFDI4DataScience of the *National 
Research Data Infrastructure (**NFDI* <https://www.nfdi.de/en-gb>*)*
WTS develops innovative services with the goal to improve the 
reusability of research data for data science and artificial intelligence.

Your tasks will be:
* Research in the areas of Natural Language Processing, Knowledge Graphs 
and/or Machine Learning, in particular with respect to the integration 
of research data
* Engagement with partners in the NFDI research consortia and exchange 
with relevant communities (e.g. NFDI, GO FAIR, W3C, RDA, EOSC)
* Conceptual design, modeling and implementation of research-based 
services for the extraction and linking of knowledge graphs, evaluation 
with users
* Dissemination of project results through publications and workshops

Your profile:
* PhD in Computer Science, Data Science or comparable fields
* Good research track record in the areas of semantic technologies, 
knowledge extraction, NLP, knowledge graphs
* Solid experience in software development with Java, Web and DB 
technologies
* Good oral and written communication skills in English, knowledge of 
German desirable

We offer:
* Flexible working hours and home office arrangements
* A fast growing and international working environment with a lot of 
creative scientific freedom
* Excellent career opportunities in research as well as in software 
development and data engineering
* Access to unique research data, web archives and behavioral data
* Support of collaborations with international research labs and experts 
through an extensive international exchange programme

Find more information and how to apply here: 
https://www.hidden-professionals.de/HPv3.Jobs/gesis/stellenangebot/21752/Postdoc-Senior-Researcher-in-the-field-of-Research-Knowledge-Graphs?lang=en-US.
*Application deadline: Oct 13, 2021*.

For further information concerning the tasks please contact Prof. Dr.
Stefan Dietze via phone +49 (0221) 47694 - 421 or via *E-Mail*
<mailto:stefan.dietze@gesis.org>.

-- 
Prof. Dr. Stefan Dietze

Scientific Director Knowledge Technologies for the Social Sciences
GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences
Web: 
https://www.gesis.org/en/institute/departments/knowledge-technologies-for-the-social-sciences/ 


Professor of Data & Knowledge Engineering
Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf
Web: https://www.cs.hhu.de/en/research-groups/data-knowledge-engineering

Member at L3S Research Center
Web: http://www.l3s.de

Phone: +49 (0)221-47694-421
Web: http://stefandietze.net

Received on Tuesday, 28 September 2021 07:40:49 UTC