Open Positions

8

Time Span

01 Sep 2025 for 3 years

Application Deadline

01 May 2025

Financing

yes

Areas of study

Computer Science, Engineering Informatics, Computer Engineering, Theoretical Computer Science, Software Engineering, Practical Computer Science

Description

The Graduate School CAUSE invites applications for eight openings for doctoral students who are employed full-time and fully funded until completion of their doctorate for three years plus a possible extension for a fourth year. The remuneration corresponds to E13 TV-L. The second group, comprising eight doctoral students, starts between September 1st and November 1st, 2025

The three universities Hamburg University of Technology, University of Bremen and Carl-von-Ossietzky-University of Oldenburg work jointly in CAUSE. While you, as the future job holder, work full-time at one of these three universities, you will participate in an intensive research, cooperation and exchange program jointly supervised by internationally renowned researchers from all three locations.

The acronym CAUSE stands for Concepts and Algorithms for - and Usage of - Self-Explaining Digitally Controlled Systems. Digitally controlled systems are ubiquitous in our everyday lives, from transportation to healthcare. CAUSE aims to make digitally controlled systems self-explaining for the benefit of developers, operators, interoperability and other systems. CAUSE is a research, education and networking hub for future researchers. Thematically, CAUSE covers all levels of digital systems, from system-of-systems over software stacks to digital hardware. PhD students in CAUSE will cooperate closely to investigate cross-level aspects of self-explanation, using a virtual wind farm as a demonstrator.

The eight topics for open positions can be found here. Applicants should explain their interest in one or more of these topics indicating one or more project numbers 11 to 18.

Among the prerequisites an outstanding Master of Science degree in Computer Science or a closely related field.

The application deadline is May 1, 2025.

See our official job ad for further information and to access the online application system.