TU-ID: 058 | 2025 | 28 | 255085
2 Student Employees (all genders)
in research and administration | 20 hours/week | limited to 6 months
The Department of Research Information Systems in cooperation with the Databases and Artificial Intelligence Research Unit, Institute of Logic and Computation, is offering two positions as student staff member in research/administration for 20 hours/week. Expected start: August 2025. The positions are limited to expected 6 months, but not longer than the completion of a master's or diploma degrees. The positions are offered within the project "Weiterentwicklung der TU Wien Forschungsmatrix zu Research Spheres."
TU Wien is improving its ability to leverage data for insights into institutional performance and to compare its research contributions in a global context. This involves combining data from TU Wien’s reposiTUm, external data and metadata, as well as full-text information, with data from platforms such as Scopus, CORE, and OpenAlex, and internal databases and knowledge graphs of people and research projects.
The successful candidates will contribute to this process by carrying out the following tasks:
Tasks:
- Engineering and integration of different advanced AI software components
- Design and development of different phases of data wrangling (cleaning, integration, etc.) for harmonizing different data sources
- Interlinking TU Wien’s data sources with online platforms to identify research trends and enable comparative analyses
- Navigation and extraction of information from Knowledge Graphs
- Construction of engineered scientific prototypes and proofs-of-concept to showcase successful approaches
- Regular consultation with and presentation of results to stakeholders
The development work will include interaction with leading reasoners and knowledge graphs management systems, including a Large Language Model component for information extraction and reasoning over full-text. The project will allow the candidates to join a dynamic network of researchers internationally active in the space of Knowledge Graphs.
It is possible to carry out research toward a Master’s thesis and prospective publications of the results as part of this employment.
Your profile:
Essential
- Enrolled in a relevant study program in the field of Informatics, Software Engineering, Business Informatics or Data Science; No completed Master- or Diplom Study in these fields
- Very good programming knowledge
- Team- and communication skills
- Independent and precise work
- Ability to explain and communicate the advancement of the Project
Desirable
- Experience in similar artificial intelligence or data science projects
We offer:
- Continuing personal and professional education and flexible working hours
- Central location of workplace with very good accessibility (U1/U4 Karlsplatz)
- A creative environment in one of the most liveable cities in the world
- Additional benefits for employees can be found at the following link: Fringe-Benefits
People with special needs are equally encouraged to apply. In case of any questions, please contact the confidant for disabled persons at the university, Mr. Gerhard Neustätter.
Entry level salary is determined by the pay grade C of the Austrian collective agreement for university staff. This is a minimum of currently EUR 1,349.60/month gross, 14 times/year for 20 hours/week.
We look forward to receiving your application until July 31st, 2025.
