With more than 26,000 students, three clusters of excellence and over 5,000 employees, Leibniz University Hannover (LUH) is one of Germany's leading technical universities. LUH offers an excellent infrastructure for innovative teaching and research at the highest level.
The following position is to be filled at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science:
University professorship (W2 with tenure track after W3) for Semantic Models in Medicine
This professorship will be filled as part of a joint appointment procedure with the German National Library of Science and Technology (TIB). The appointment is based on the Jülich model. The position is initially limited to five years. Following a positive evaluation, the position will be filled as a permanent W3 professorship.
Your tasks
- Research and teaching in the field of semantic models for medicine and other scientific fields
- Development of innovative methods in the following areas:
- Knowledge representation and scientific knowledge graphs
- Semantic research data management
- Natural language processing of medical information
- Human-computer interaction for scientific applications
- Scientific data management and analysis
- Information retrieval in digital libraries
- Scalable learning methods for large medical data
- Collaboration with existing research groups at the Lower Saxony Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Causal Methods in Medicine (CAIMed), the L3S research centre and TIB
- Active collaboration in the Joint Lab between TIB and L3S Research Centre
- Involvement in academic self-government
- Acquisition of third-party funds
- Involvement in university teaching and supervision of students
Your profile
An excellent research profile, active involvement in teaching computer science, commitment to academic self-administration and successful acquisition of third-party funding are expected. As part of the Lower Saxony Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Causal Methods in Medicine, active participation in projects with a medical focus (e.g. organisation and analysis of medical time series, omics data) is required.
The professorship will also work actively with TIB Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology as part of the joint lab between TIB and L3S Research Center at LUH. If suitable and interested, there is the possibility of taking on management tasks at the TIB in the future.
A solid knowledge of German and English is also required.
Our offer
- A full-time position, initially limited to 5 years, with one of the largest employers in Lower Saxony
- An excellently equipped professorship in an interdisciplinary research environment
- Opportunities for acquiring your own third-party funding and for further scientific development
- Integration into the renowned CAIMed network
- Wide range of training and development opportunities
- Flexible working models for a better work-life balance
- Dual Career Service to support partners
- Sports, counselling and preventive healthcare services
Have we piqued your interest? If so, we look forward to receiving your application!
Please send your application by 30 April 2025 via the Berufungsportal der Leibniz Universität Hannover.
Prof Dr Sören Auer will be happy to provide you with technical information by e-mail (auer@tib.eu).
Location
Hanover
Institution
Contact
Please send your application by 30 April 2025 via the appointment portal of Leibniz Universität Hannover:
Für fachliche Auskünfte steht Ihnen Herrn Prof. Sören Auer (E-Mail: auer@tib.eu) zur Verfügung.
