🚀 I am hiring!
The newly founded Chair of Intelligent Language Systems at FAU Erlangen–Nürnberg is looking for fully funded PhD and postdoctoral researchers to join our team.
🔍 Research focus
Reasoning, interpretability, neuro-symbolic methods, memory, and multilinguality — with a shared goal of advancing LLMs/VLMs for the long tail: unseen languages, tasks, and domains, through novel ML / NLP / RL methods.
🏛 Why FAU Erlangen–Nürnberg?
* Strong interdisciplinary collaboration across Computer Science and beyond (linguistics, digital humanities, medicine, and applied research)
* Excellent industrial and applied research ecosystem (e.g., Siemens, adidas, Fraunhofer IIS)
* Access to powerful GPU clusters via FAU’s HPC Center
💼 Positions
* PhD and Postdoc
* Fully funded TV-L E13 (100%)
* English working environment (no German required)
📅 Timeline
* Full consideration for applications received by 01.03.2026
* Preferred start date: 01.05.2026 (or shortly after)
* Position remains open until filled
📧 How to apply
Please send your application as a single PDF to goezde.sahin [at] fau.de
1. Cover letter (max. one page)
2. A research statement with a concrete research agenda you plan to
develop during your PhD or PostDoc (up to two pages including references).
3. Curriculum vitae (including your publication list (if available))
4. Bachelors and Masters diplomas
5. Transcripts
6. Name and contact details of 2 referees
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