Assistant Professor, tenure track, qualification agreement

You want to understand how things are connected and make a fundamental impact? We offer an environment where you can realize your full potential. At one of Europe’s largest and most modern business and economics universities. On a campus where quality of work is also quality of life. We are looking for support at the

Institute for Data, Process and Knowledge Management
Fulltime, 40 hours/week
Starting April 01, 2025, and ending after 6 years

A qualification agreement can be concluded after a contract duration of two years (§ 27 of the Collective Bargaining Agreement). Pursuant to WU’s Personnel Development Plan, this position can only be fixed-term for up to six years. Once all objectives agreed upon in the qualification agreement have been fulfilled, the employment relationship can be made permanent. Employees who have successfully completed a qualification agreement are classified as associate professors. From an organizational regulation perspective they belong to the group of professors. Three years after successful completion of the qualification agreement, they are entitled to apply for promotion to full professor according to the By-Laws of WU § 43a.   At Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU - “Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien”), we see the enormous potential of

• recent advances of AI methods (Deep Learning, Large Language Models, Foundational Models, generative AI as such), paired with
• established and robust algorithmic methods in Information Systems and Operations Management (such as Data and Knowledge Engineering, Process Mining, Scheduling, Optimization, Data Science) 

to disrupt the ways that business and economics will function. Our team of world class researchers in the Department of Information Systems and Operations Management approaches these novel challenges from various interdisciplinary perspectives.   For building up a new and innovative research group in the field of AI and Machine Learning and in alignment with the 15th Vienna Research Groups for Young Investigators call by WWTF [1], the Department of Information Systems and Operations Management at WU Vienna announces an Assistant Professor tenure track position with a qualification agreement for a group leader in the area of fundamental scientific advancement in the area of AI/ML. A special emphasis is to link AI theory with data and knowledge of other research fields and application areas represented at WU Vienna.

What to expect

• the challenge to build up your own research group in an excellent and supportive environment
• the opportunity to obtain a long-term, tenure-track perspective 
• the opportunity to contribute to, shape and further develop teaching programs in AI, Data Science, and Digital Economy in our university
• Habilitation as part of the qualification agreement in accordance with the Department’s habilitation criteria [2]
• the potential to proceed to a full professorship after successful completion of the qualification agreement
• fulfillment of the contractual teaching obligations in accordance with your career stage (4 hours per week prior to fulfillment of the qualification agreement and 8 hrs per week after fulfillment of the qualification agreement)
• independent supervision of PhD students in the topic area outlined in your research proposal
• a modern campus with spectacular architecture in the heart of Vienna

1. https://wwtf.at/funding/programmes/vrg/index.php?lang=EN#VRG24 2. https://www.wu.ac.at/fileadmin/wu/d/ipm/web_files/HRL_IPM_v2016_en_fin.pdf

What you have to offer

• Doctoral degree/PhD in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence or related fields such as  Information Systems with a focus on AI.
• two to eight years post-doctoral research experience (care duties may extend this period up to four years) with experience in research fields such as Information Extraction, Natural Language Processing, Machine Learning, Knowledge Graphs
• Employment at a foreign research institution for at least two years in the last three years
• Excellent publication record in the mentioned fields of research
• Experience in acquiring and participating in third party funded research projects
• You are prepared to use multimedia teaching and learning formats.

  The following documents must be submitted (in English):

• academic curriculum vitae
• a complete Research Proposal, in line with the guidelines of WWTF’s 15th Vienna Research Groups for Young Investigators call [1]
• List of publications and research projects
• List of teaching experiences and courses

1. https://wwtf.at/funding/programmes/vrg/index.php?lang=EN#VRG24

What we offer you

• Inspiring campus life with over 2,400 employees in research, teaching, and administration and approxima