Student Jobs
We currently have an opening for a
HiWi position in Computational Cognitive Science (m/f/d)
for 10 hrs/week in the first two months at a rate of 10.77€/h - 17.01€/h depending on your academic degree. After two months, we want to prolong the contract long-term (> 6 months).
We highly encourage applications from underrepresented groups, explicitly (but not exclusively) first-generation students, women, immigrants, parents, POC, LGBT*IQ.
The HiWi position is closely linked to the Institute for Visualization and Interactive Systems (VIS). You will also get the opportunity to join our lab-meetings and get training from experienced EEG researchers.
Potential tasks:
Short-term
- Improve online-materials for lectures
- Improve course homework tasks & solutions
- Prepare educational graphics for CC-by public license
Long-term
- Improve documentation
- Record EEG data
- Lab-manager duties
- Program recording & analysis pipelines (mostly python)
Your qualifications:
If you,
- are studying at the University of Stuttgart
- can think out of the box and have a clear practical thinking approach
- have an interest in empirical science
- enjoy working in a team while working independently is not a problem
- (not strictly necessary for all tasks) can program in Julia, Python or Matlab
- are fluent in English and (not necessary for all tasks) German
We want to get to know you!
This is what we offer:
If you work with us,
- you will enter into a team of motivated and supportive colleagues
- we will train you in EEG application and recording
- you will work in the inspirational state of the art research environment in the Cluster of Excellence SimTech
- you can write your research project and thesis based on your work with us, if it is suitable and if you wish to do so
We offer you the opportunity to gain experience in a motivated and cooperative team of interdisciplinary researchers!
The Cluster of Excellence “Data-Integrated Simulation Science” (EXC 2075) is an interdisciplinary research center with more than 200 scientists performing research towards a common goal: We target a new class of modeling and computational methods based on available data from various sources to take the usability, precision, and reliability of
simulations to a new level.
At the University of Stuttgart and the Cluster of Excellence EXC 2075, we actively promote diversity among our employees. We have set ourselves the goal of recruiting more women scientists and employing more people with an international background, as well as people with disabilities. We are therefore particularly pleased to receive applications from such people. Regardless, we welcome any good application.
Women who apply will be given preferential consideration in areas in which they are underrepresented, provided they have the same aptitude, qualifications and professional performance. Severely disabled applicants with equal qualifications will be given priority.
As a certified family-friendly university, we support the compatibility of work and family, and of professional and private life in general, through various flexible modules. We have an employee health management system that has won several awards and offers our employees a wide range of continuing education programs. We are consistently improving our accessibility. Our Welcome Center helps international scientists get started in Stuttgart.
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Please submit your application (your curriculum vitae, most recent grade transcript and ½ page motivation letter) in one single pdf file via e-mail benedikt.ehinger@vis.uni-stuttgart.de. The position will be filled as soon as possible. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact us.