CISPA & University of Stuttgart Germany PhD Scholarships in Software Engineering, AI & Security

CISPA and Universität Stuttgart offer PhD student positions through the Software Lab, a research group working at the intersection of software engineering, programming languages, artificial intelligence, and security. The stated focus is tools and techniques for constructing reliable, efficient, and secure software. Research areas include reasoning about software, static and dynamic program analysis, and test input generation.

The positions are for people who want to join the Software Lab as PhD students. PhD students will be hired at CISPA and eventually obtain their PhD from the University of Stuttgart. The working language of the lab is English, and knowing German is not required. The page also states that courses can be taken by PhD students but are not required.

Selection is described through application and ongoing hiring: applicants should apply by sending an application including a CV and study transcripts. Positions will be filled as soon as the lab finds suitable candidates, and the lab encourages female candidates to apply. Applicants with a degree of disability of 50% or more will be preferred if they are otherwise equally qualified.

PhD students will be hired and supported with a competitive salary, regular working hours, and paid time off. The page describes payment at about 4,600 Euro per month in the first year and a salary pay scale of Bund E13. The page states an intended PhD timeline of four to five years and notes that part-time work is generally possible. No post-PhD obligations are described.

• Applicants must have obtained or will soon obtain a master degree in computer science or a related subject.
• Applicants must want to pursue academic research at the highest level and obtain a PhD degree within four to five years.
• Applicants must be creative and able to come up with fresh ideas to address technical challenges.
• Applicants must like to write code and not be afraid of a large software project.
• Applicants must like to read and write technical texts in English.
• Applicants must enjoy working with undergraduate students.
• Applicants must be persistent and willing to work several years on a project that many people will never understand.
• Applicants must like to present their work to academic audiences (e.g., at international conferences) and to non-academic audiences.
• Applicants are encouraged to read recent papers by the lab to understand whether the research fits their interests.
• Knowing German is not required.
• The page encourages female candidates to apply.
• Applicants with a degree of disability of 50% or more will be preferred in case they are otherwise equally qualified.
• It is generally possible to work part time.

• Salary: about 4,600 Euro per month in the first year (Bund E13 payscale).
• Regular working hours: 40 per week.
• Paid time off: 30 days per year.
• Courses: PhD students have the opportunity to take courses, but courses are not required.
• Research internships during the PhD: PhD students may visit major companies for research internships.
• English working language: the working language of the lab is English.

1. Send an application including CV and transcripts of your studies to [email protected].
2. No deadline is given; the lab states it is continuously looking for excellent people and positions will be filled as soon as suitable candidates are found.

• CV.
• Transcripts of your studies.