Job advertisement / Chat4Data

Organization: TU Dresden, Chair of Geoinformatics
Location: Dresden / Germany

The Chair of Geoinformatics at the Faculty of Environmental Sciences offers a full-time position as

Research Associate / PhD Student (m/f/x)
Conversational Geographic Question Answering
(subject to personal qualification employees are remunerated according to salary group E13 TV-L)

starting on June 1, 2026 (or as soon as possible afterwards) limited to three years. The period of employment is governed by the Fixed Term Research Contracts Act (Wissenschaftszeitvertragsgesetz – WissZeitVG). The position offers the chance to obtain further academic qualification (usually PhD).

Tasks:

• scientific research in the DFG-funded project "Chat4Data"
• creation and maintenance of a data corpus for scientific geographic question answering
• design and implementation of automated test strategies for (conversational) geographic question answering systems on geographic knowledge graphs
• user-centered evaluation of conversational (geographic) question answering systems

Requirements:

• university degree (Master of Science or Diploma) in Informatics, Geoinformatics, Human-Computer Interaction, or a related field
• familiarity with at least one programming language (Python, R, Java, ….)
• familiarity with Semantic Web Standards (RDF, SPARQL) is an advantage
• good command of written and spoken English
• good command of German language is advantageous but not a requirement.
• a reliable, proactive and structured way of working is desirable

Application:

https://www.verw.tu-dresden.de/StellAus/stelle.asp?id=12661&lang=en