Universität Hildesheim
Stiftung des öffentlichen Rechts

At the University of Hildesheim, the Institute for Information Science and Language Technology, Faculty of Language and Information Sciences, has a vacancy for a position as

Research assistant (m/f/d)
(TV-L E 13, 80%)

for 18 months.

The position is part of the project “ViFaPi: Image Analysis in historic prints and herbaria” and is a cooperation with the TU Braunschweig and the Herzog August Bibliothek in Wolfenbüttel. The ViFaPi project is funded by the MWK Niedersachsen within the program PRO*Niedersachsen – Kulturelles Erbe - Sammlungen und Objekte.

Further information on the project can be found here.

Your tasks:

Collaboration in the above-mentioned project, which is carried out on at the university with the following focal points

• Development and adaptation of machine learning methods for image recognition in historic publications
• Evaluation of datasets
• Cooperation with domain experts on historic publications
• Academic writing of publications

Your profile:

• University degree in Information Science or in a degree program with comparable content
• Willingness to work in an interdisciplinary team
• Knowledge in these areas:
  - Image analysis
  - machine learning (especially Deep Learning)
  - Use of Python Tools and Multimodal models or language models

As a family-friendly university, we offer a varied, interdisciplinary range of tasks, flexible working hours, regular further and advanced training, and a special annual payment within the framework of TV-L. In joining the university, you will become part of a dynamic, committed and open-minded team.

The University of Hildesheim has adopted a mission statement that places great importance on gender equality and diversity.

The University of Hildesheim particularly wants to promote the professional equality of women and men. Therefore, it aims to increase the proportion of employees of the gender that is underrepresented in the respective area.

In the case of equal qualification and suitability, applications from applicants with severe disabilities will be given preferential consideration.

For university degrees obtained abroad, a certificate evaluation by the Central Office for Foreign Education (ZAB) is required as proof of equivalence before you are hired. Please apply for this in good time if necessary. You can find more information at https://zab.kmk.org/de/zeugnisbewertung.

If you have any questions, please contact Prof. Dr. Thomas Mandl via email mandl@uni-hildesheim.de.

Please apply before February 26, 2026 using the reference no 2026/71 (english) via the online career portal. Click („online application“) on the bottom of the screen.

This is a translation. The original job posting in German is authoritative and available under https://bewerbung.uni-hildesheim.de/jobposting/bb236ad2f2f4057a74a86d3ea8dc9b45b2158e1e0