Job Opportunities

Researcher VZ3.3 – Assistant Professor

The Rector of the University of Ostrava is issuing a selection procedure to fill the position for Centre of excellence IT4Innovations (CE IT4I) – Institute for Research and Applications of Fuzzy Modeling (IRAFM)

  • Researcher VZ3.3 – Assistant Professor in project "Biography of Fake News with a Touch of AI: Dangerous Phenomenon through the Prism of Modern Human Sciences", reg. number: CZ.02.01.01/00/23_025/0008724.

Job description:

  • Participation/collaboration in the implementation of research tasks in accordance with the needs of other members of the research team and partner institutions.
  • Active involvement in basic and applied research in the field of AI and language models and its transfer to interdisciplinary studies in the social sciences and humanities, focusing on the detection, analysis, and dissemination of disinformation.
  • Contribution to outputs in the form of analyses, source codes, or scientific publications.

Starting work:

  • 1 May 2025, eventually based on an agreement. The contract with time limited validity 1-3 years and with the potential prolongation.

Systemized position:

  • Researcher I

Assumptions:

  • PhD in mathematics/computer science or a related field;
  • Minimal research level: R1 (PhD student level);
  • Field expertise: mathematics/computer science with the focus on deep learning, neural networks and language models;
  • Active knowledge of English (B2).

Benefits:

  • 6 weeks of vacation;
  • 5 sickness days (after the trial period);
  • Donated food card (Sodexo);
  • Partial workload 0.5 FTE with flexible working hours;
  • Possibility of using home office regime;
  • Space for creative ideas and their implementation;
  • friendly organizational policy and culture, pleasant working environment.

Language of the selection procedure:

  • Czech / English

Required documents:

  • Application with structured CV in PDF format including the applicant’s publication list and  documentation of the applicant's contribution to bearing/solving analogous research projects;
  • documents certifying the education (diplomas);
  • consent to data processing. soubor docx 4,03 MB

Applications:

Applications and the required documents should be sent to  by April 22, 2025.

The University of Ostrava reserves the right not to fill the job position or to cancel the selection procedure.

The position was opened with the financial support of the European Union under the project OP JAK "Biography of Fake News with a Touch of AI: Dangerous Phenomenon through the Prism of Modern Human Sciences" with reg. number: CZ.02.01.01/00/23_025/0008724.

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Contact:

Monika Javorská
University of Ostrava
Institute for Research and Applications of Fuzzy Modeling
Bráfova 7
701 03 Moravská Ostrava
Czech Republic
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