Job opportunity Project staff member (pre-doc) at Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien Jobportal

You want to understand how things are connected and make a fundamental impact We offer an environment where you can realize your full potential. At one of Europes largest and most modern business and economics universities. On a campus where quality of work is also quality of life. We are looking for support at the

Institute for Data Process and Knowledge Management

Part-time 30 hours / week

Starting February 01 2026 and ending after 35 years

Do you want to dive into state-of-the-art research on large language modeling and information retrieval

We are seeking two highly motivated prospective PhD students to join the newly established Vienna Research Group funded by WWTF and led by Dr. Svitlana Vakulenko. The objective of the group is to develop novel approaches to modeling knowledge specifically designed for use by an LLM. The group is positioned within the Institute for Data Process and Knowledge Management which boasts world-class excellence in reasoning data management and knowledge representation research. We offer an environment where you can accelerate your learning outcomes receive guidance and support to realize your full potential.

The ability of Large Language Models (LLMs) to generate contextually relevant natural language responses is truly impressive and a growing number of people are using them on a regular basis to address their information needs. However since LLMs are parametric models unlike databases they were not designed to reliably store data. While they are trained on massive amounts of textual data from the Web and are likely to pick up factual knowledge from it their responses are while usually fluent and grammatically correct often not factually correct which makes them to appear plausible and effectively deceive their users. Alternative RAG approaches that condition LLM generation on a set of retrieved search results also fail in many cases when information needs are more complex and search results are not optimal.

What to expect

• Exciting research projects : You will be investigating and understanding the limitation of the current LLM-based approaches in the context of information retrieval applications as well as designing and evaluating novel LLM-based approaches for storing and retrieving large volumes of textual data.
• Support Activities : You will be encouraged (but not required) to get involved in preparing new project proposals workshop / conference organization Bachelor and Master student supervision as well as teaching activities.
• Teamwork : You will be collaborating with legal researchers and practitioners by testing the research prototypes within a real-world setting.
• Learning from top researchers : The program will provide career development guidelines advice and support for students with innovative business ideas and workshops for developing presentation and other soft skills.

What you have to offer

Computer Science

If you feel the profile fits you and you are interested in the job we look forward to receiving your application.

Applications should include the following information :

WU is dedicated to the principle of equal opportunities and is strongly committed to diversity and inclusion. Since WU seeks to increase the number of its female employees in academic and management positions qualified women are strongly encouraged to apply. Women with equal qualifications are given priority. Qualified candidates with disabilities are also encouraged to apply.

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What we offer you

Curious Visit our website and find out more at minimum monthly gross salary amounts to 2786.10 (14 times per year). This salary may be adjusted based on job-related prior work addition we offer a wide range of attractive social benefits.

Do you want to join the WU team

Then please submit your application by December 17 2025 (ID 2627).

We are looking forward to hearing from you!

Required Experience :

Staff IC

Key Skills

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Employment Type : Part-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1