New Professorship (W3) in Language Technology at Saarland University and DFKI, Germany
Saarland University and the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) in Germany are inviting applications for a permanent public sector appointment as a Professor (W3) in Language Technology. The successful candidate will be an experienced researcher in the field of language technology with extensive knowledge of natural language processing and machine learning/AI methodologies. Experience with dialogue systems, reinforcement learning, foundation models, and trustworthy Artificial Intelligence is desirable. The appointee will head a research department at DFKI and teach courses within language technology study programmes at the M.Sc./M.A. and B.Sc./B.A. levels at Saarland University.
The position offers excellent working conditions in a lively and international scientific community, with access to an extensive worldwide network of industrial and other research partners. Saarland University is one of the leading centres for language science and computational linguistics in Europe and offers a dynamic and stimulating research environment. The Department of Language Science and Technology (LST) employs about 100 research staff across nine research groups in the fields of computational linguistics, natural language processing, psycholinguistics, phonetics and speech science, speech processing, and corpus linguistics.
To apply, submit a letter of application and CV/résumé, a complete list of academic publications, a complete list of external funding, your proposed research concept, your teaching concept, copies of degree certificates, complete copies of your five most significant publications, the names of three academic references, and proof of equivalence from Germany’s Central Office for Foreign Education (ZAB) if applicable. Applications must be received no later than May 30, 2024. Saarland University is an equal opportunity employer and actively seeks to increase the proportion of women in this field. Preferential consideration will be given to applications from disabled candidates of equal eligibility. We welcome applications regardless of nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion/belief, age, sexual orientation and identity.