University assistant predoctoral: automated detection of misinformation in multimedia content

Doctoral position in the Research Group Multimedia Information Systems at the University of Vienna's Faculty of Computer Science. The research focuses on techniques for automated detection of misinformation in multimedia content, drawing on semantic analysis of multimedia, AI methods and their application, and user-interface and feedback systems. The candidate signs a doctoral thesis agreement within 12–18 months, joins the UniVie Doctoral School Computer Science, publishes and presents research, teaches and supervises students, and helps organise meetings and conferences.

The contract is 30 hours per week for 3 years from 15 December 2026, extendable to 4 years, with a basic salary of EUR 3,776.10 on a full-time basis.

Master's in computer science, media technologies or business informatics (or equivalent with a strong computer-science focus) with excellent marks; excellent written and spoken German and English; strong motivation to publish at top-refereed venues. Desirable: multimedia systems, semantic multimedia analysis, misinformation detection including AI methods, and programming (e.g. Python, Java, C++).