Predoctoral assistant - Research Group Visualization and Data Analysis

within our group. The employment duration is 4 years. Initially limited to 1.5 years, the employment relationship is automatically extended to 4 years if the employer does not terminate it within the first 12 months by submitting a non-extension declaration.

Your future tasks:

You actively participate in research, teaching & administration, which means:

• You are involved in research projects and scientific studies.
• We expect you to finalize your dissertation agreement within 12-18 months.
• You work on your dissertation and its completion.
• You hold courses independently within the scope of the provisions of the collective bargaining agreement.
• You take on administrative tasks in research, teaching and administration.
• The research should focus on Human-Computer-Interaction, Visualization, Usability Research and Data Science.

This is part of your personality:

• Professional competence: Background in Computer Science; specifically Human-Computer Interaction, Data Visualisation, Data Science (Master’s level or equivalent professional experience)
• Masters degree in one of the following areas: Computational Science or a related field
• Methodological competence: First experience with qualitative research methods
• Didactic competence desired
• High ability to express yourself both orally and in writing
• Excellent command of written and spoken English
• IT user skills
• Ability to work in a team

Desirable qualifications are

• Experience abroad
• Basic experience in research methods and academic writing
• Experience with data analysis
• Experience with scale development, item response theory or similar
• Good programming skills (Python / javascript / D3 / C++)
• Tableau
• Background in or experience creating data visualizations
• Experience with quantitative research methods (e.g. in data science or statistical knowledge)
• First experiences of interdisciplinary collaborations