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Prof. Dr. Yee Lee Shing, Prof. Dr. Gemma Roig

Goethe University Frankfurt, Theodor-W.- Adorno-Platz 6, 60323 Frankfurt am Main; Robert-Mayer-Straße 11 - 15, 60325 Frankfurt
Apply by Jul 7, 2025

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Jul 7, 2025

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Prof. Dr. Yee Lee Shing, Prof. Dr. Gemma Roig

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Goethe University Frankfurt, Theodor-W.- Adorno-Platz 6, 60323 Frankfurt am Main; Robert-Mayer-Straße 11 - 15, 60325 Frankfurt

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Application Deadline

Jul 7, 2025

Start Date

Flexible

Education Required

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Experience Level

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Job location

Prof. Dr. Yee Lee Shing, Prof. Dr. Gemma Roig

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Goethe University Frankfurt, Theodor-W.- Adorno-Platz 6, 60323 Frankfurt am Main; Robert-Mayer-Straße 11 - 15, 60325 Frankfurt

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Job Description

The DFG funded project Learning From Environment Through the Eyes of Children within SPP 2431 New Data Spaces for the Social Sciences, situated at Goethe University Frankfurt, is looking for candidates for two positions: 1 PostDoc position in Psychology and 1 PhD or PostDoc position in Computer Science. The project aims to establish a new mode of data acquisition capturing young children’s first-person experience in naturalistic settings and develop AI systems to characterize the nature and complexity of these experiences. This interdisciplinary project involves collaboration between the psychology and computer science departments, contributing to the SPP programme's goals of establishing a new multimodal data approach in social science studies.

Requirements

  • For the PostDoc position in Psychology: Doctoral degree
  • expertise in psychology/cognitive neuroscience
  • experience with eye-tracking and collecting video data in everyday environments
  • designing and setting up studies with young children
  • and data analysis skills. For the PhD or PostDoc position in Computer Science: Master or doctoral degree
  • strong knowledge of machine learning
  • excellent programming skills in Python
  • experience with Tensorflow
  • pyTorch or related libraries
  • knowledge of distributed high performance computing with GPUs
  • and interest in psychology and cognitive science.