<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><b>Project researcher predoctoral</b><span style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><b> <br>(all genders welcome)</b></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Calibri Light"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;">Department of <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Calibri Light"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">University of Klagenfurt, Austria</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Calibri Light"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;">Scientific Staff | Full time</p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Calibri Light"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;">Application deadline: 01 August 2024</p><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Calibri Light"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 13px;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><b>Announcement</b></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 13px;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Calibri Light"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;">The University of Klagenfurt, with approximately 1,500 employees and over 12,000 students, is located in the Alps-Adriatic region and consistently achieves excellent placements in rankings. The motto “per aspera ad astra” underscores our firm commitment to the pursuit of excellence in all activities in research, teaching, and university management. The principles of equality, diversity, health, sustainability, and compatibility of work and family life serve as the foundation for our work at the university. </p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Calibri Light"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;">The University of Klagenfurt is pleased to announce the following open position at the <span style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><b>Department of</b></span> <span style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><b>Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity,</b></span> <span style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><b>Intelligent Systems and Business Informatics,</b></span> at the Faculty of Technical Sciences with an expected starting date of <span style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><b>September 1, 2024</b></span>:</p><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Calibri Light"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 13px;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><b>Project researcher predoctoral</b></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><b>(all genders welcome)</b></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Calibri Light"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 13px;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><b>Your personal sphere of influence</b></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 13px;"><b></b><br></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Calibri Light"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;">As a project researcher, you will join the research team around Prof. Gerhard Friedrich and Prof. Konstantin Schekotihin working on the project “<span style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><b>SAving Energy by Learning and ImproviNG logic-based optimization models (SAELING)”</b></span> funded by the Austrian Research Promotion Agency in the focus area “Artificial Intelligence for Green.” You will work in a multilingual research team with Siemens, Voestalpine, and KU Leuven, Belgium (Prof. Tias Guns). </p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Calibri Light"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;">The SAELING research project will use machine learning methods to generate prediction models that will be used for scheduling in multi-objective optimization problems to find energy- and resource-saving strategies for the industrial use case of metal processing. This project combines sub-symbolic and symbolic methods of artificial intelligence and, therefore, is closely connected to the Austrian cluster of excellence “Bilateral Artificial Intelligence,” in which the Department of Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity participates. Clusters of excellence are the Austrian flagships of basic research. </p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Calibri Light"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;">If you are open to new challenges and value teamwork in a successful research environment, you are welcome to join our team!</p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Calibri Light"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 13px;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Calibri Light"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><b>Level of employment: </b></span>100 % (40 hours/week)</p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Calibri Light"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><b>Minimum salary: </b></span>€ 50,103.20 per annum (gross); classification according to collective agreement: B1</p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><b>Limited to: </b><span style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Calibri Light"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;">3 years</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><b>Application deadline: </b><span style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Calibri Light"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;">by August 1, 2024</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 13px;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><b></b></span><br></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><b>Area of responsibility</b></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 13px;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><b></b></span><br></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Calibri Light"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;">Tasks and responsibilities:</p><ul><li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Calibri Light"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;">Autonomous scientific work, including the publication of research articles in the field of artificial intelligence, with a specific emphasis on symbolic AI, in particular logic, logic programming, and multi-objective optimization and its integration with machine learning based on artificial neural networks.<ul><li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;">Conduct theoretical and practical (empirical) research</li><li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;">Aim to submit a dissertation and acquire a doctoral degree</li></ul></li><li><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light";">Collaboration with industry partners</span><ul><li><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light";">Specification of application scenarios</span></li><li><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light";">Implementation and evaluation of proof-of-concept prototypes</span></li></ul></li><li><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light";">Contribution to organizational and administrative tasks</span></li><li><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light";">Participation in public relations activities</span></li></ul><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Calibri Light"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 13px;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Calibri Light"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;">The successful candidate is expected to pursue a PhD within the thematic doctoral program Informatics at the University of Klagenfurt. This position serves the purposes of the vocational and scientific education of graduates of Master’s or Diploma degree programs with the goal of completing a doctoral degree in Technical Sciences. Applications by persons who have already completed a subject-specific doctoral degree can, therefore, not be considered.</p><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Calibri Light"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 13px;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Calibri Light"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;">In research and teaching, the research group Intelligent Systems and Business Informatics works on knowledge representation and reasoning in intelligent systems with an emphasis on application in production. The research group focuses on logic-based/constrained-based problem-solvers, their integration with machine learning, and their applicability to large practical problem instances. The spectrum of the research activities ranges from developing new problem-solving methods in declarative languages and their combination with machine learning to the implementation of systems supporting such methods.</p><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Calibri Light"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 13px;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><b>Requirements</b></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Calibri Light"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 13px;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Calibri Light"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;">Prerequisites for the appointment:</p><ul><li><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light";">Master’s degree at a domestic or foreign higher education institution in computer science or a related field. This requirement must be fulfilled two weeks before the starting date at the latest; hence, the last possible deadline for meeting this requirement is August 18, 2024</span></li><li><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light"; text-align: justify;">Background in one or more of the following fields: symbolic artificial intelligence, such as logic programming, constraint programming, deep learning, or reinforcement learning</span></li><li><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light";">Solid communication and dissemination skills</span></li><li><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light";">Fluency in English (both written and spoken)</span><ul style="list-style-type: disc;"></ul></li></ul><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 36px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Calibri Light"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 13px;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><b>Desired skills</b></p><ul><li><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light"; text-align: justify;">Ability to work in a diverse team</span></li><li><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light"; text-align: justify;">Programming skills, preferably Python</span></li><li><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light"; text-align: justify;">Experience with answer set or constraint programming tools, e.g., clingo or OR-Tools</span></li><li><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light"; text-align: justify;">Knowledge of deep learning frameworks, like PyTorch or TensorFlow</span><ul style="list-style-type: disc;"></ul></li></ul><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Calibri Light"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 13px;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Calibri Light"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;">German language skills are not required, but successful applicants will be expected to acquire them during their appointment.</p><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Calibri Light"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 13px;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><b>Additional information</b></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 13px;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><b>Our offer</b></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Calibri Light"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;">The employment contract is concluded for the position as project researcher (predoctoral) and stipulates a starting salary of € 3,578.80 gross per month (14 times a year).</p><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Calibri Light"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 13px;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><b>The University of Klagenfurt also offers:</b></p><ul><li><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light";">Personal and professional advanced training courses, management and career coaching, including bespoke training for women in science</span></li><li><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light";">Numerous attractive additional benefits, see also </span><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light"; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><a href="https://jobs.aau.at/en/the-university-as-employer/">https://jobs.aau.at/en/the-university-as-employer/</a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light";">Diversity- and family-friendly university culture</span></li><li><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light";">The opportunity to live and work in the attractive Alps-Adriatic region with a wide range of leisure activities in the spheres of culture, nature and sports</span></li></ul><ul><ul style="list-style-type: disc;"></ul></ul><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Calibri Light"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 13px;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><b>The application:</b></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Calibri Light"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 13px;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Calibri Light"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;">If you are interested in this position, please apply in English providing the following documents:</p><ul><li><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light";">Letter of application explaining the motivation and including a statement of interest in research</span><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light";"> </span></li><li><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light";">Curriculum vitae (please do not include a photo)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light";">Copies of degree certificates (Bachelor and Master)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light";">Copies of official transcripts (Bachelor and Master) containing the list of all courses and grades</span></li><li><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light";">Master’s thesis. If the thesis is not available, the candidate should provide an explanation.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light";">Three references (contact details of persons who the university may contact by email or telephone for information purposes)</span><ul style="list-style-type: disc;"></ul></li></ul><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Calibri Light"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 13px;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Calibri Light"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;">To apply, please send your application to Petra Wiesner (<a href="mailto:petra.wiesner@aau.at"><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);">petra.wiesner@aau.at</span></a>).</p><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Calibri Light"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 13px;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Calibri Light"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;">If an applicant has not received the master’s degree by the application deadline, the applicant should provide a declaration, written either by a supervisor or by the candidate themselves, on the feasibility of finishing the master’s degree before August 18, 2024.</p><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Calibri Light"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 13px;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Calibri Light"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;">Candidates must provide proof that they meet the required qualifications <span style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><b>by August 18, 2024, at the latest</b></span>.</p><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Calibri Light"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 13px;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Calibri Light"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;">For further information on this specific vacancy, please contact Prof. Dr. Gerhard Friedrich (<span style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(47, 84, 150);"><a href="mailto:gerhard.friedrich@aau.at">gerhard.friedrich@aau.at</a></span>). General information about the university as an employer can be found at <a href="https://jobs.aau.at/en/the-university-as-employer/"><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);">https://jobs.aau.at/en/the-university-as-employer/</span></a>. </p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Calibri Light"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 13px;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Calibri Light"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;">The University of Klagenfurt aims to increase the proportion of women and therefore specifically invites qualified women to apply for the position. Where the qualification is equivalent, women will be given preferential consideration. People with disabilities or chronic diseases, who fulfill the requirements, are particularly encouraged to apply.</p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Calibri Light"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 13px;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Calibri Light"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;">Travel and accommodation costs incurred during the application process will not be refunded. Translations into other languages shall serve informational purposes only. </p><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i><br>This job offer can also be found at </i><a href="https://jobboerse.aau.at/job/project-researcher-predoctoral-all-genders-welcome/"><i>https://jobboerse.aau.at/job/project-researcher-predoctoral-all-genders-welcome/</i></a><i>.</i></span></p></body></html>