The CITEC (Center for Cognitive Interaction Technology) has the following job opening:
Research Position - Text Generation/Natural Language Processing
ID: Wiss25002
- starting: 01.06.2025
- Vollzeit
- salary according to Remuneration level 13 TV-L
- befristet
The Faculty of Engineering at Bielefeld University is looking for a research assistant to work on the EFRE project LLM4KMU. The project deals with the question of how smaller language models can be effectively adapted to specific application domains through fine-tuning, transfer, in-context learning, etc.. The aim of the project is to develop best practices for the use of LLMs in smaller companies.
The post holder should work in particular in the area of text generation and develop and evaluate new methods for smaller companies. Conceivable examples include methods for interacting with unstructured data or methods for improving and maintaining corporate language. In addition, the post holder will be responsible for leading and implementing the development of a benchmarking platform for LLMs. In research, questions of robustness, reliability, avoidance of hallucinations play an important role.
The post holder will have the opportunity to carry out their own doctorate. The pursuit of a doctoral project is expressly desired.
The job advertisement is subject to final project approval.
The post holder should work in particular in the area of text generation and develop and evaluate new methods for smaller companies. Conceivable examples include methods for interacting with unstructured data or methods for improving and maintaining corporate language. In addition, the post holder will be responsible for leading and implementing the development of a benchmarking platform for LLMs. In research, questions of robustness, reliability, avoidance of hallucinations play an important role.
The post holder will have the opportunity to carry out their own doctorate. The pursuit of a doctoral project is expressly desired.
The job advertisement is subject to final project approval.
Your Tasks
- research tasks (70 %)
- development of new approaches to text generation
- development of new methods for the domain adaptation of text generation
- design and implementation of a benchmarking platform for LLM models
- literature research
- publication of the results
- presentation of the results at conferences
- other tasks (30 %)
- public relations support for the LLM4KMU project
- work package coordination with external partners
- organization of project workshops
Employment is conducive to scientific qualification.
Your Profile
We expect
- completed university degree in computer science, computational linguistics, data science or a related field of study
- experiences in programming
- ability to work scientifically, proven by a relevant master's thesis
- experience in the field of natural language processing or natural language generation
- strong analytical and communication skills
- ability to cooperate and to work in a team
Preferred experience and skills
- experience in software development in a non-academic environment
We offer
- salary according to Remuneration level 13 TV-L
- befristet [limited until 31.05.2028 (end of project)] (§ 2 (1) sentence 1 of the WissZeitVG; in accordance with the provisions of the WissZeitVG and the Agreement on Satisfactory Conditions of Employment, the length of contract may differ in individual cases)
- Vollzeit
- internal and external training opportunities
- variety of health, consulting and prevention services
- reconcilability of family and work
- flexible working hours
- collegial working environment
- open and pleasant working atmosphere
- exciting, varied tasks
Application Procedure
We are looking forward to receiving your application. To apply, please preferably use our online form via the application button below.
application deadline: 20.03.2025
Contact
Prof. Dr. Philipp Cimiano
+49 521 106-12249
cimiano@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de
Postal Address
Universität Bielefeld
Technische Fakultät/AG Semantische Datenbanken
Prof. Dr. Philipp Cimiano
Postfach 10 01 31
33501 Bielefeld
Prof. Dr. Philipp Cimiano
+49 521 106-12249
cimiano@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de
Postal Address
Universität Bielefeld
Technische Fakultät/AG Semantische Datenbanken
Prof. Dr. Philipp Cimiano
Postfach 10 01 31
33501 Bielefeld
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