Research Assistant - Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science 25/Sa33

University of Greifswald; Deutschland; Vor Ort; EUR 40.000 - 50.000; Teilzeit

Zusammenfassung

A prominent research university in Germany is seeking a part-time Research Assistant in Mathematics. The successful candidate will work on a machine learning project related to genome annotation, collaborating with leading researchers. Responsibilities include designing deep learning architectures and implementing new models. Ideal candidates should possess a Master's degree and solid programming skills. This position offers the opportunity to pursue a doctorate and is set to start in February 2026.

Qualifikationen

• Candidate should have experience handling genomic or transcriptomic data.
• Motivation to work in an interdisciplinary team with biologists and computer scientists.

Aufgaben

• Design, training and benchmarking of deep learning sequence-to-sequence architectures.
• Implementation of new machine-learning layers and model components.
• Application of tools for genome analysis and molecular evolution.

Kenntnisse

Solid programming skills in Python

Experience with Unix shell

Experience with Git

Experience with PyTorch

Experience with TensorFlow

Knowledge of sequence-to-sequence models

Command of the mathematical foundations of machine learning

English at level B2 or higher

Ausbildung

Master's degree in bioinformatics, biomathematics, computer science, biology or related field

Tools

SLURM

Jobbeschreibung

Organisation/Company University of Greifswald Department Human Resources Research Field Mathematics Researcher Profile First Stage Researcher (R1) Positions Master Positions Country Germany Application Deadline 15 Jan 2026 - 23:59 (Europe/Berlin) Type of Contract Permanent Job Status Part-time Hours Per Week 30 Offer Starting Date 1 Feb 2026 Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description

At the Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science, which belongs to the University of Greifswald’s Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, there is a job vacancy, subject tothe allocation of funds, expected to be available from 15 February 2026, for a part-time position (75%) as

Research Assistant.

The position on offer is limited to a period of 3 years. Payment will be made in accordance with pay group 13 TV-L Wissenschaft.

Deep learning is currently revolutionising genome annotation. For example, our new deep-learning-based gene finder Tiberius achieves an accuracy comparable to our BRAKER3 annotation pipeline, even without the use of RNA-seq data. Building on these results and codebases, the successful candidate will work on a bioinformatics and machine learning research projecton the inference of alternative splice forms using deep learning methods and PacBio long-read transcriptomic data, as well as the evolution of isoforms across insects. The work will be carried out in collaboration with Prof. Gregor Bucher (University of Göttingen) within the project“Alternative Splicing and the Evolution of Holometaboly”, which is part of the DFG Priority Programme“Genomic Basis of Evolutionary Innovations (GEvol)”.

Tasks:

• Design, training and benchmarking of deep learning sequence-to-sequence architectures
• Implementation of new machine-learning layers and model components
• Application of tools for genome analysis and molecular evolution
• The position offers the opportunity to pursue a doctorate on a topic in the above-mentioned research area.

Required:

• Master's degree in bioinformatics, biomathematics, computer science or biology, or a related field
• Solid programming skills in Python
• Command of the mathematical foundations of machine learning (linear algebra, calculus)
• English at level B2 or higher (the working language is English)
• Experience with Unix shell, Git, PyTorch, TensorFlow, SLURM
• Experience in handling genomic or transcriptomic data
• Knowledge of sequence-to-sequence models (hidden Markov models, attention mechanisms, recurrent neural networks)
• Motivation to work in an interdisciplinary team with biologists and computer scientists

This vacancy is open to all persons, irrespective of gender. Severely disabled applicants with the same qualifications will be considered with preference.

In accordance with § 68(3) PersVG M-V, the Staff Council will only be involved in staff matters of the academic or artistic staff on request.

Unfortunately, application costs (e.g. travel expenses for interviews) will not be reimbursed by the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

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Applications comprising all usual documents (including curriculum vitae, letter of motivation, copies of academic certificates, if applicable list of publications) must be sent with reference to the job advertisement number25/Sa33by 15 January 2026, preferably via email (one PDF file), to:

Number of offers available 1 Company/Institute Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science Country Germany City Greifswald Postal Code 17489 Street Walther-Rathenau-Str. 47 Geofield