Practical trainings, student assistants and theses

We are pleased to announce an open position for a research assistant to assist (f/m/d) with the coordination of Jugend hackt Lab Freiberg, a program for young people who want to use code to make the world a better place (https://jugendhackt.org/lab/freiberg/). The aim of Jugend hackt is to teach children how to program and use digital tools, with a particular focus on artificial intelligence.

Responsibilities:

• Plan, coordinate and execute activities for the Jugend hackt Lab Freiberg
• Finding and recruiting new mentors for the Lab
• Developing innovative methods to teach kids to program
• Engaging with our local community through activities and news outlets

• Excellent organizational and coordination skills
• An understanding of computer science and programming
• A passion for education and a strong desire to improve the lives of children
• Fluent in German
• Knowledge of artificial intelligence is an advantage.

Duration: first contract of 3 months, with a possible extension of 1 year.
Start: August 2024
Workplace: Helmholtz Institute Freiberg for Resource Technology & PiHaus Freiberg

HZDR develops and operates two high-intensity lasers as drivers for plasma-based accelerators—a novel concept for compact sources that deliver ultra-short pulses of high-energy ions and electrons. We experimentally investigate plasma-based acceleration from the physical fundamentals to applications, for example, for free-electron lasers, as particle sources for radiobiological studies, or for neutron sources.
A variety of detectors are used for the characterization and optimization of plasma acceleration. The focus is on implementing and optimizing data analysis methods for existing detector technologies using new methods, including machine learning.

Focus of the Work:

• Design and application of scintillator-based tomographic detector systems
• Further development of existing algorithms and implementation of new data analysis methods (using, among other tools, PyTorch)
• Data analysis

• Studies in Physics, Physical Engineering (or a comparable field of study)
• Interest in programming, machine learning, and ideally basic knowledge with Python, PyTorch
• Interest in experimental work

• Duration: at least 3 months, the topic can easily be expanded into a thesis
• Start: anytime
• Workplace: Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden – Rossendorf

The HZDR develops and operates two high-intensity lasers as drivers for plasma-based accelerators - a novel concept for compact sources delivering ultrashort pulses of high-energy ions and electrons. We conduct experimental research into plasma-based acceleration, from the physical principles to applications, for example for free-electron lasers, as particle sources for radiobiological studies or for neutron sources.
One of the ways we gain an understanding of the processes involved in plasma acceleration is by detecting and spectrally characterizing the accelerated particles and comparing the measurement results with simulations of plasma dynamics. To this end, the detection and evaluation methods for energetic electrons in particular must be optimized.

Work plan:

- design and simulation of electron spectrometers
- construction of electron spectrometers and integration into the experimental setup
- further development of existing algorithms for data evaluation
- data analysis

• studies in physics (or comparable course of study)
• interest in experimental work
• interest in programming and ideally basic knowledge (e.g. Python)

• duration: at least 3 months, an extension of the topic to a thesis is possible without any problems
• start: at any time
• workplace: Helmholtz Center Dresden - Rossendorf

At Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), over 1,500 employees from more than 70 nations are conducting cutting-edge research in the fields of ENERGY, HEALTH, and MATERIALS to address the major challenges facing society today.
The Center for Advanced Systems Understanding (CASUS), founded in Görlitz in 2019, is a German-Polish interdisciplinary research center focusing on data-intensive digital systems.
CASUS offers student internships in a wide range of scientific fields. You are welcome to apply and join CASUS if you are interested in gaining knowledge in the following research areas:

• Theoretical Chemistry
• Earth System Science
• Systems Biology
• Digital Health
• Computational Radiation Physics
• Theory of complex systems
• Dynamics of Complex Living Systems
• Machine Learning for Infection and Disease

• Student in computer science, physics, chemistry, or related fields
• Student already enrolled at the university in Germany, Poland or Czech Republic (close exchange and attendance in the office preferable and combined with the moblie working from Germany combinable)
• Eager to learn new skills
• Strong motivation to work in a collaborative environment
• Preliminary experience in code development is an advantage
• Excellent communication skills in English and/or German or Polish

• A vibrant research community in an open, diverse and international work environment
• Scientific excellence and extensive professional networking opportunities
• A wide range of qualification opportunities
• We support a good work-life balance with the possibility of part-time employment, mobile working and flexible working hours
• Either an immediate start or a start in 2024 is possible