PhD student (m/f/x) on Trust and Privacy in Large Language Models, 3 years, full-time, TVL-E13

The Chair of Fairness and Transparency at the Faculty of Computer Science is looking for a

PhD student (m,f,x) for 3 years with 39,83 hours per week, TV-L E13

The Trustworthy Human Language Technologies Group (TrustHLT) at the chair of Fairness and Transparency led by Prof. Dr. Ivan Habernal conducts research on privacy-preserving and trustworthy methods in natural language processing. We are embedded into the Research Center for Trustworthy Data Science and Security (RC-Trust) which unites the expertise of its three member universities to bridge the gaps between Psychology & Social Sciences, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Data Science & Statistical Learning, and Cybersecurity & Privacy.

We have a job opening for a full-time PhD student (m/f/x) to conduct original research in the area of trust and privacy in Large Language Models (LLMs). This is a three-year position with the standard TVL-E13 paygrade.

Research topics include privacy guarantees of LLMs such as differential privacy and beyond, trustworthiness of LLMs, privacy attacks and data reconstruction attacks, fundamentals of privacy in textual data, machine unlearning for LLMs, and other related topics. TrustHLT is strongly committed to diversity and particularly welcomes applications from members of underrepresented groups. Applications from female candidates are highly encouraged.

The Ruhr-Universität Bochum is one of Germany’s leading research universities, addressing the whole range of academic disciplines. A highly dynamic setting enables researchers and students to work across the traditional boundaries of academic subjects and faculties. To create knowledge networks within and beyond the university is RUB’s declared aim.

The Ruhr-Universität Bochum stands for diversity and equal opportunities. For this reason, we favour a working environment composed of heterogeneous teams, and seek to promote the careers of individuals who are underrepresented in our respective professional areas. The Ruhr-Universität Bochum expressly requests job applications from women. In areas in which they are underrepresented they will be given preference in the case of equivalent qualifications with male candidates. Applications from individuals with disabilities are most welcome.