SAP PhD Student f/m/d - AI Sustainability Project cooperation KIT 

Germany, Baden-Württemberg 

482252943

What you'll do

As PhD student, you will self-steered identify research opportunities and gaps in making businesses more sustainable by leveraging artificial intelligence (AI). Following the design science research methodology, you will first systematically explore the problem space of digital sustainability transformation of organizations. Subsequently, you will come up with prototypical solutions in the form of AI-based software artifacts and rigorously evaluate them in a practical context in cooperation with SAP customers and/or partners. Furthermore, you will deliver design knowledge for the field of AI for Sustainability, e.g. in the form of design principles.

The PhD project will be performed in cooperation with the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and its human-centered systems lab (h-lab).

What you bring

• PhD Student / doctoral candidate (f/m/d) of a university or a university of applied sciences, preferred fields of study information systems/business informatics, industrial engineering or computer science with scientific interest in the topic sustainability and/or AI, in which the dissertation will be written
• Computer skills: Python, AI, ML, GenAI, LLM’s
• Language skills: fluent in English
• Soft skills: team player, creative, geek in AI, programming and as a plus, sustainability.
• Others: record of successful project experience in software engineering, positive grades in latest exams or master degree (at least 1.9)

Your set of application documents MUST contain a cover letter and a resume in table form and should include school leaving certificates, certificate of enrollment, current university transcript of records, copies of any academic degrees already earned, and if available, references from former employers (including internships). Please also describe your experience and skills in foreign languages and computer programs / programming languages.

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