FIZ Karlsruhe – Leibniz Institute for Information Infrastructure is a leading international provider of scientific information and services. Our mission is to supply scientists and companies with professional research and patent information as well as to develop innovative information services. We collect tremendous quantities of information from a wide range of sources, and we assure that this information can be accurately and reliably searched and analyzed at all times. Our clients include international market leaders from the pharmaceutical and chemical industries as well as large patent offices and research institutes.

As a key player in the information infrastructure we pursue our own research program and also cooperate with leading universities and research associations.

We are a non-profit corporation and the largest non-academic institution for information infrastructure in Germany.

Our annual budget is over 45 million Euros, more than three-quarters of which is earned through the private-sector sale of our products and services. FIZ Karlsruhe has over 330 employees at three locations in Germany as well as a subsidiary in the United States.

We are seeking a research assistant to start at the earliest possible date.

Your Future Responsibilities

Within a public funded project and in co-operation with the University of Hildesheim, methods for trend mining shall be tested and applied on patent texts. Your future tasks will comprise the generation of the required text corpora, adapting text analysis methods for clustering, implementing trend analysis procedures including statistical methods, and the evaluation of the implemented prototype.

The position includes the possibility for doing a PhD.

Your Qualifications

• A university degree in computer science or information science
• Very good knowledge of two or more of the following areas: information retrieval, text mining, computer linguistics, statistics, and patents
• Very good knowledge of software engineering and object oriented development
• Good knowledge of DBMS like Solr/Lucene, good experience with Java and Eclipse
• Excellent conceptual and analytic skills
• Very good communications skills and the ability to work in a team
• Excellent written and verbal command of German and English

At FIZ Karlsruhe, you´ll have an opportunity to design cutting-edge information services in a scientifically and technologically innovative and high-growth environment. We offer interesting work assignments as part of international cooperative projects, as well as performance-oriented advancement options. Our working time models (flextime, part-time, work from home) enable an optimal balance between professional and family life. FIZ Karlsruhe is an equal-opportunity employer and committed to being a family-friendly company (http://www.fiz-karlsruhe.de/jobs). For our commitment to equal opportunity we have received several awards. Applications from severely handicapped individuals who have comparable qualifications will receive preferential consideration.

Compensation is set according to the Wage Agreement for Public Service (TVöD). The initial employment contract is limited to a three-year period. Conversion of this contract to a permanent position is expressly foreseen provided certain requirements are met.

Please send your application until 28.05.2013, stating the reference number 04/2013, to:

FIZ Karlsruhe
Leibniz Institute for Information Infrastructure
Human Resources Department
Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1
76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen
Germany

E-mail: bewerbung(at)fiz-karlsruhe(dot)de
Homepage: www.fiz-karlsruhe.de