Assistant Professorship

09/02/2023

**Job Information**:
**Organisation/Company**
- Vienna University of Technology**Department**
- Faculty of Informatics**Research Field**
- Mathematics » Other**Researcher Profile**
- Recognised Researcher (R2)**Country**
- Austria**Application Deadline**
- 13/04/2023 - 23:59 (Europe/Vienna)**Type of Contract**
- Temporary**Job Status**
- Full-time**Hours Per Week**
- 40**Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?**
- Not funded by an EU programme**Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?**
- No**Offer Description**:
**Database Theory**:
TU Wien is Austria's largest institution of research and higher education in the fields of technology and natural sciences. With over 26,000 students and more than 4000 scientists, research, teaching and learning dedicated to the advancement of science and technology have been conducted here for more than 200 years, guided by the motto "Technology for People". As a driver of innovation, TU Wien fosters close collaboration with business and industry and contributes to the prosperity of society.

**Tasks**:
Our data and knowledge-driven society crucially depends on innovative solutions to data management problems. Database Theory aims to provide a solid formal and algorithmic framework of methods, techniques, and solutions for data management.
- Database design: data models, query languages, schemas, constraints
- Database processing: query evaluation, query optimization, query decomposition, approximate data processing
- Query processing in knowledge bases and knowledge graphs
- Rule-based query languages and extensions
- Database access: data structures, access methods, concurrency, transactions
- Interaction of databases and machine learning; knowledge discovery from databases and/or knowledge graphs; rule learning
- Interoperability: mappings and views, data integration, data exchange, ontology-based data access using rule-based languages
- Logical foundations of databases; databases and logic programming; extension of databases beyond classical logic

Besides research, the duties of an Assistant Professor at TU Wien include graduate and undergraduate teaching (in English and German) as well as contributing to usual management and faculty service tasks.

**Requirements**:
**Research Field**
- Mathematics » Other**Education Level**

PhD or equivalent

**Skills/Qualifications**

**Your profile**:
**Essential**
- Post-doctoral experience at a university or other research institution
- An outstanding research and publication record
- Excellent in written and spoken English
- Excellent in written and spoken German or willingness to quickly acquire German language skills
- Experience with scientific project collaborations
- Experience in university teaching as well as supervision or co-supervision
- Pedagogic and didactic skills
- Administrative and organizational skills
- Gender sensitivity and social skills
- Experience with raising research funds and managing scientific research projects
- An excellent reputation as an active member of the international scientific community

**Desirable**
- Leadership skills
- Industrial experience and/or collaborations

**Languages**
- ENGLISH**Level**

Excellent

**Languages**
- GERMAN**Level**

Good

**Research Field**
- Computer science » Other**Additional Information**:
**Benefits**

**We offer**:

- Excellent working conditions in an attractive research environment
- An attractive salary, including additional contributions to a pension fund
- Support for relocating to Vienna (if required)
- A position in a city with an exceptional quality of life
- Central location of workplace with very good accessibility (U1/U4 Karlsplatz)
- Additional benefits for employees can be found at the following link: Fringe-Benefit Catalogue of TU Wien

The employment starts as University Assistant with a minimum salary of EUR 4.351,90 gross (14 x per year) according to the collective bargaining agreement for a PostDoc. After signing the qualification agreement, the employment continues as Assistant Professor with a minimum salary of EUR 5.124,20 gross (14 x per year).

**Selection process**

**Applications have to include the following documents**:

- A **detailed curriculum vitae**:

- A **letter of motivation**:

- A** teaching statement**: 2 pages maximum
- A **research statement**: brief summary of **past research activities, as well as **a convincing outline of **planned research activities,** and an explanation of their contribution to the scientific profile of the Faculty of Informatics; 4-6 pages maximum; incl. abstract
- Certificates of **doctoral and diploma degrees **should be uploaded under the category: _+add more documents_
- A list of publications and copies of the applicant’s** three most important publications** related to the position together with an explanation of their relevance should be also uploaded under the category: _+add more documents_

**Additional comments**

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