Researcher in Language Agents (Agentic AI) for Intelligent Information Systems (PhD possible, 80 - 100 %)

School:

School of Engineering

Starting date:

September 2025, or by mututal agreement. Application deadline: 30.06.2025

Your role

• Contribute to research projects in the area of natural language processing and machine learning for structured and unstructured data, e.g. databases, texts and images.
• Collaborate with project partners both in academia and industry.
• Advance our research prototypes in the area of natural language interfaces for multi-modal data exploration (relational data, texts, images) based on advanced machine learning techiques.
• Establish a strong research track record as well as a successful footprint in data engineering.

Your profile

The successful candidate has completed a Master's degree in computer science or other relevant fields. She or he must have prior exposure to and strong interest in the fields of natural language processing, machine learning and database systems. We expect a good command as well as a passion for programming. Good communication skills in English are essential; a good command of German is a plus. The ideal candidate is passionate about identifying unsolved problems as well as proposing novel ideas for future activities. Emphasis is on developing prototypes, experimenting hands-on with data, scientific evaluation, and publication of results.

This is what we stand for

Zurich University of Applied Sciences ZHAW is one of Switzerland's largest multidisciplinary universities of applied sciences, with over 14'000 students and 3'400 faculty and staff.

As one of the leading Engineering Faculties in Switzerland, the ZHAW School of Engineering (SOE) emphasizes topics which will be relevant in the future. Our 13 institutes and centers guarantee superior-quality education, research and development with a focus on the areas of energy, mobility, information and health.

The position is located at the Insitute of Computer Science in the Intelligent Information Systems group . The Intelligent Information Systems group develops solutions for a changing, data-driven world. It performs research at the intersection of databases (DB), information retrieval (IR), data engineering (DE), natural language processing (NLP) and machine learning (ML).

The employment is usually limited to one year, with the option for extension.

ZHAW is committed to gender-mixed and diverse teams in order to promote equality, diversity and innovation. In order to increase the proportion of women in management positions, applications from women are particularly welcome.

What you can expect

We offer working conditions and terms of employment commensurate with higher education institutions and actively promote personal development for staff in leadership and non-leadership positions. A detailed description of advantages and benefits can be found at Working at the ZHAW . The main points are listed below:

Contact

Dr.Farhad Nooralahzadeh
Lecturer and Reasearcher Institue of Computer Science

Tanja Schmid
Recruiting Manager