[Corpora-List] Open Position - Associate Professor "Knowledge Mining and Assessment", Frankfurt/Darmstadt, Germany

[Torsten Zesch]

The German Institute for Educational Research and Educational
Information (DIPF) und the Computer Science Department of the Technische
Universität (TU) Darmstadt are jointly seeking to immediately fill the
position with the initially limited duration of 5 years as

Associate Professor Knowledge Mining and Assessment

50% of this position is attributed to the TU Darmstadt, and 50% of this
position is attributed to DIPF.

This professorship should strengthen and integrate the existing
competencies of the DIPF in the interdisciplinary area of the technology
based assessment and of the TU Darmstadt in the area of the knowledge
discovery in the Web. The prospective candidate should possess an
excellent track record in the Computer Science and should be
internationally known for his or her work in one or more research areas
of the Knowledge Mining and Assessment. He or she should be demonstrate
the ability to conduct research in innovative methods of Computer
Science and should be willing to apply and advance these methods in an
interdisciplinary setting.

Possible desired research topics are:
- Technology-based analysis of complex processes or assessments,
- Semantic content processing, text mining,
- Adaptive content-, user- or process modeling.

Research in innovative Computer Science methods, for example graph
mining, as part of the end-to-end technology-based systems for
assessment and the knowledge discovery in the Web is expected. Highly
scalable methods that adapt to a large number of domains and a large
amount of data are in the foreground. The candidate is expected to
actively contribute to the currently established research initiative Web
Research of the TU Darmstadt and the DIPF. It is desired to establish
connections to further areas of Computer Science and
scientific/educational information. The courses to be taught (4h per
week) are part of the basic programs and are part of the Data &
Knowledge Engineering teaching specialization area with a focus on
language processing at the TU Darmstadt.

The Technische Universität Darmstadt is an autonomous university with a
worldwide reputation in research and education, interdisciplinary
profile and a clear focus in the Engineering, Computer and Communication
Sciences. The Computer Science Department is one of the leading
departments of the TU Darmstadt in research and teaching and is ranked
as one of the top ones in regular German university rankings. The German
Institute for Educational Research and Educational Information is a
national research center in these areas and is located in Frankfurt am
Main. As a member of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Association, it is
jointly funded by the federal government and the federal states. DIPF is
actively involved in national and international technology-based
assessment as part of numerous studies and research projects. The
position is tenured with a remuneration package commensurate with
experience and qualifications, following the German "W-Besoldung". The
regulations for employment are specified under §§ 61 and 62 HHG
(Hessisches Hochschulgesetz).

Further questions about this position can be directed to Prof. Dr. Iryna
Gurevych: Tel.-Nr. 06151 165411 , Email: gurevych (at)
cs.tu-darmstadt.de. or Prof. Dr. Marc Rittberger: Tel-Nr. 069 24708327
, Email: rittberger (at) dipf.de.

Reference number: 515
Closing date for applications: 15.01.2012


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