Junior Research Analyst in Computer Science with a Focus On Education
il y a 7 jours
**Date**:14 Apr 2025
**Location**: Esch-sur-Alzette, LU, L-4366
**Company**:LISER
**The Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER)**
**is recruiting a**
**Junior Research Analyst in Computer Science with a focus on Education (f/m)**
- **Ref**:25-19**:
- **14 months**fixed-term working contract at LISER**:
- **Full-time, 40 hours/week**:
- **Department**:Living Conditions (LC)**:
- **Work location: Belval (Luxembourg)**:
- **Starting date : as soon as possible**
**Project description**:
Bridging Education and Industry: AI-Driven Curriculum Optimisation (AIDCO) is a pilot study that capitalises on the potential of AI to bridge gaps between education and industry. In an era of rapid technological advancement, the demand for advanced and specialised skills sets high expectations for education systems to be responsive and adaptive. Ensuring that academic curricula align with the dynamic needs of the labour market is critical to foster a workforce capable of driving innovation and addressing societal challenges. The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies such as large language models (LLM) and knowledge graphs (KG), offers transformative potential for analysing and optimising educational pathways.
**Your role**:
- Design and build knowledge graphs to structure and visualize relationships between educational pathways, skills, and labor market needs ;
- Conduct algorithmic analyses, such as graph traversal and embedding, to identify gaps and redundancies in educational pathways and workforce skills ;
- Collaborate with researchers from various fields (e.g., education, economics) to integrate computational insights into actionable recommendations for curriculum design ;
- Prepare technical reports, documentation, and research outputs for project deliverables and presentations ;
**Your profile**:
- Master degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, or a related field ;
- Strong programming skills, preferably in Python, with experience in machine learning frameworks (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch) ;
- Proficiency in working with graph-based technologies, such as NetworkX or similar libraries ;
- Solid knowledge of natural language processing (NLP) techniques and tools ;
- Familiarity with high-performance computing (HPC) environments for running large-scale AI models ;
- Experience deploying and fine-tuning open-source large language models (LLMs), such as LLaMA, GPT, or similar ;
- Proficiency in data processing, cleaning, and visualization ;
- Experience building and querying knowledge graphs (e.g., using RDF, SPARQL) is considered as an asset ;
- Previous experience in interdisciplinary research projects, including social sciences or education sciences, is a plus ;
- Excellent verbal and writing skills in English.
**_LISER particularly encourages female applicants to apply_**
**What we offer**:
- A dynamic and international research environment with attractive working conditions and a stimulating work environment ;
- Flexibility in the organisation of the working hours and the possibility of teleworking ;
- Competitive remuneration according to the Collective Labour Agreement in force (half of a 13th month salary, meal vouchers, etc.) ;
- Investment in career support and development (trainings, seminars, participation to international meetings and conferences) ;
- 32.5 days of annual leave for a full-time contract.
**How to apply**:
- Curriculum vitae ;
- Motivation letter ;
- Copy of your last obtained diploma ;
- Two contact details of referees.
**Please note that the position will remain open until filled**
**Why LISER?**:
LISER is a publicly funded research institute located in Luxembourg and dedicated to applied empirical research in economic, social and spatial sciences. The Institute attracts top researchers from all over the world and high-level student training is a vibrant part of the Institute’s activities. LISER staff consists of approx. 200 employees, about 60% of the staff being researchers; mainly from the fields of economics, geography and sociology. The vision of the institute is to be a socio-economic research institute internationally recognised, focused on scientific excellence and societal impact, able to contribute through multi-disciplinary and intersectoral research, in an active and inclusive way to a sustainable and inclusive society at national and international level.
The institute is located on the new Belval campus in the south of Luxembourg (Cité des Sciences, Luxembourg), which hosts the University of Luxembourg and a substantial part of the country’s publicly funded research facilities, i.e. LISER, the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) cross-national data centre, the Luxembourg institutes of Health (LIH) and of Science and Technology (LIST). Information on research in Luxembourg is accessible via the national EURAXESS platform.
**_LISER is an Equal Opportunity Employer_
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