Professor in the subject area Applied Artificial Intelligence

With over 15,500 students, four departments with more than 270 professors and more than 1,000 employees in teaching, research and central service units, Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences is one of the largest universities of applied sciences in Germany. "Opportunities through education" is our living motto. Practical relevance, interdisciplinary education, international orientation and regional integration characterize our profile. Diversity and social responsibility are our values. We are sustain­able in all dimensions. Excellent quality in teaching and research is our aspiration.

We are looking to fill the following position in Faculty 2: Computer Science and Engineeringby April 01, 2025.

Professor

(W2 salary scale HBesG, Hessian Federal Civil Service Remuneration Act)
in the following subject area:
Applied Artificial Intelligence
Job advertisement number P17/2024

We are looking for a committed individual with sound theoretical and practical knowledge in the field of artificial intelligence (AI), who has a strong track record in teaching and research in at least two of the following areas of AI:

• Cognitive robotics and human-robot interaction
• Autonomous systems
• Knowledge-based systems, automated reasoning

We expect:

• practice-oriented teaching of the course content in German and English language and in digital formats
• Content-related and strategic further development of the computer science degree programs (B.Sc./M.Sc.)
• Supervision of practical, Bachelor's and Master's theses, implementation of research and practical projects
• Involvement in acquiring third-party funding and establishing partnerships in academia and industry
• Active participation in academic self-administration and commitment on our way to becoming a European university and in the internationalization of our university

Your profile:

• You have a university degree in computer science, mathematics or a comparable subject and a relevant doctorate
• You have at least five years of professional experience, including at least three years outside of academia
• You can prove your scientific qualifications through publications at leading international AI conferences and/or journals
• You are committed, team-oriented and enjoy working in teaching and research

You may have already acquired your teaching skills through teaching assignments or didactic training courses.

We offer you:

• university-owned, high-performance AI hardware and your own doctoral rights in our doctoral center "Applied Computer Science"
• Support in the preparation of your national and international research proposals by our "Research, Innovation and Transfer - FIT" department
• A cooperative and collegial environment to carry out joint teaching and research projects
• structured onboarding by the department's "Professorship" service team and our university didactics week
• the compatibility of family and career through self-determined work with a great deal of freedom in terms of content and time
• a lively campus in the heart of Europe with an extensive sports and events program (CampusSport, CampusKultur)
• good transport links (public transport, underground parking) and bicycle-friendliness

Prof. Dr. Baris Sertkaya will be happy to provide you with further information.

The position is available for an unlimited period of time. When first appointed to a professorship, employment is initially on a probationary civil service basis or on a permanent employment basis with a three-year probationary period.

Conditions of employment, further duties and prerequisites result from §§ 67 - 69, 75 and 76 of the Hessian Higher Education Act; to be viewed at www.hmwk.hessen.de.

We value diversity and therefore welcome all applications - regardless of gender, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion/belief, disability, age, and sexual orientation and identity. People with dis­abil­ities are given preference in cases of equal personal and professional suitability. As a holder of the "Family-friendly University" certificate, the university will take your individual family situation into account when organizing your working hours.

Applications with the usual informative documents (incl. list of publications, projects, description of previous teaching and research activities) are requested by June 05, 2024, quoting the reference number, by e-mail to info-prof@hr.fra-uas.de (please send all documents in one PDF file):

To the President of the
Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences
Human Resources
Nibelungenplatz 1
60318 Frankfurt