The largest educational institution of the six Central Swiss cantons, the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts offers state-of-the-art jobs and programmes. We share knowledge in Switzerland and abroad, we are forward-looking, creative, and committed to interdisciplinarity. Help us to shape and become a part of our shared, sustainable future.
The Lucerne School of Computer Science and Information Technology is the country's first department at a university of applied sciences dedicated to computer science. We offer bachelor's and master's programs whose graduates are highly sought-after in the business and science communities, state-of-the-art continuing and executive education programs, applied research into cutting-edge topics, and services of high practical relevance.
We are looking for an individual to join our team with immediate effect or by mutual agreement as a
PhD Candidate in Natural Language Processing (NLP) 70%
Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts – Computer Science and Information Technology
70%
Tasks and job requirements
- Develop creative solutions to challenging applied research problems
- Collaborate with industry partners to improve products with a real-world impact
- Run experiments with large language models (LLM) on our GPU cluster
- Design new evaluation techniques for a better understanding of your algorithms
- Communicate your research findings internally, to industry partners and the broader research community
- Publish results in peer-reviewed proceedings
- Attend and present at international conferences
- Work closely with academic supervisors and contribute to joint publications
- Stay up to date with relevant literature and technological developments
- Supervise student theses and projects and potentially teach classes or exercise sessions
Your profile
- Master's degree (completed) in Computer Science, Computational Linguistics, Data Science, or related field
- Strong software engineering skills
- Proficiency in Python and PyTorch/TensorFlow
- Background in NLP and machine learning
- Strong problem-solving skills paired with critical, constructive and logical thinking
- High level of curiosity for advancing science in NLP
- Independent and structured working style
- Excellent written and spoken English
- Proven ability to work collaboratively in a team
- Current residence in and knowledge of the Swiss/European economic, research, and education systems is advantageous
Our offer to you
- competitive salary and benefits
- have flexible working hours, and combine home office with modern on-site offices. Read more on our website.
Our group within the Information Systems Research Lab focuses on applied research in NLP. In industry collaborations we improve search in retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), build robust question answering systems, or compress models to solve tasks more efficiently while retaining high accuracy. We are an international research team with access to GPU infrastructure and a focus on publishing in *ACL venues.
Submit your CV, research proposal (max. 1 page, what research would you like to do?), Transcript of Records, and contact info for 2 referees. For further questions contact me directly via email.
Application deadline is May 31, 2025.
Location
Lucerne School of Computer Science and Information Technology
Suurstoffi 1
6343 Rotrkeuz
Inquiries
Dr. Andreas Marfurt
Lecturer
T +41 41 349 31 25
andreas.marfurt@hslu.ch