We are looking for student/scientific assistants (m/f/d) to join the Semantic Technologies team of the BibLabs program area in Cologne as soon as possible and contribute to research and development activities, an opportunity to improve skills in data analytics and scientific work. The position is limited to a 12-month period, 10 hours a week, with the option to be extended.
Your future responsibility:
- Improving metadata descriptions and annotations of machine learning models
- Analysis and application of the intersection between ontologies and GPT LLMs
- Improving metadata coverage for research artifacts based on the schema.org vocabulary and community-based extensions
- Analyzing and extending metadata capabilities in Dataverse Active participation in project, team and institutional meetings
Your professional qualifications and personal skills:
- You should be enrolled in a master or bachelor degree program in computer science, informatics, bioinformatics or similar areas
- Enjoy bringing ideas to the table and easily adapt to evolving requirements
- Good communication and teamwork skills
- Very good spoken and written English skills
- Good knowledge of Python
- Some experience with controlled vocabularies, GPT LLMs, and/or Knowledge Graphs would be an advantage
- Valid work permit
We offer:
- Interesting and challenging research tasks
- Collaboration in a committed and international team
- Collaboration and discussion with peers
- Academic exchange and training opportunities
- Flexible working hours and possibility of mobile working
- Online language learning tools
- Use of the cafeteria/canteen
- 20 days of holidays per year with a 5-day week
- A performance-related salary based on your degree
Your application:
Have we caught your interest? If you have any questions about the position, please Dr L. Jael Castro (ljgarcia@zbmed.de) in advance.
We are looking forward to your application! Please send an email with all relevant documents online only (max. 20 pages in one file):
- Cover letter
- Curriculum vitae
- Job references
- Proof of training/study qualification
- For degrees obtained abroad: Certificate evaluation by the Central Office for Foreign Education (ZAB) (www.kmk.org/zab)
until 21 April 2025 to personalabteilung@zbmed.de with copy to ljgarcia@zbmed.de; please include in the subject BL 04/25
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