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Chair of Mobile Systems

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Summer of Research

This is your chance to participate significantly in an interdisciplinary research project!

 

We are building an interdisciplinary group of students to support us during summer term 2025 in conducting a large-scale field study on intermodal mobility data and tracking.

We are …

  • three research groups of the University of Bamberg: Chair of Mobile Systems (Daniela Nicklas), Chair of Privacy and Security in Information Systems (Dominik Herrmann), Chair of Personality Psychology and Psychological Assessment (Astrid Schütz) and their teams
  • a BMBF-funded interdisciplinary research project: explanym – Explainable Anonymization of Intermodal Mobility Data
  • open for your ideas, contributions, and application!

You are …

  • an intrinsic motivated student of computer science (or comparable), psychology (or comparable) with a Bachelor degree or a fresh Master degree
  • interested in practical research
  • open for a substantial work contract during the summer term (half-time or even full-time if you are on a semester on leave (Urlaubssemester))

“Support the field study” could mean that you or your team members …

  •  organize mobility data collection campaigns, e.g., on bicycle data
    assemble open-source sensor systems to collect data
  • collect mobility data yourself using different transportation modes in Bamberg
  • anonymize, analyze, and visualize intermodal mobility data
    conduct surveys and interviews

We offer …

  • multiple positions for research assistants and graduate assistants (E12 for students with Bachelor, E13 with Master) starting from 50% for 6 months (1.4.-30.9.2025), depending on your situation, qualification, and remaining study load
  • a work place in the MOBI lab at the WE5 building

Your application … 

  • should contain a short motivation letter containing your preferred contract option (research assistant (“Wimi”) or graduate assistant (“Hiwi”) and if you prefer part-time or full-time), a CV, and a transcript of record, preferable in a combined PDF
  • should be send until February 3rd via e-mail to: info.explanym(at)uni-bamberg.de
     

We will provide feedback for your application before February 15th 2025 the latest.

While, due to the nature of the funding, we cannot guarantee follow-up contracts or PhD positions, we consider this project an excellent opportunity to gain a sneak peek into research!