At SECAI, we are open about our research and always like to welcome new researchers to our teams in Dresden and Leipzig. This page lists suggestions for research topics that are currently available, organized by Research Focus Area, together with mentors and host institutions. Have a look around to see which topics excite you most and best match your skills!
Funded positions in the SECAI Graduate School are announced on our jobs page and typically start in autumn. However, even if there are no open positions announced in SECAI at this time, you can always contact the mentor of the topic you are interested in. There are many opportunities in our groups, and SECAI also supports affiliated researchers who are funded from different sources.
Composite AI
An Artificial Intelligence to Discover the Determinants of Microbiome-Transporter Interrelations
Mentored by Peter Stadler & Jens MeilerLocation: Interdisciplinary Centre for Bioinformatics, Leipzig University
Explaining Composite AI: From Formal Analysis to Overall Understanding
Mentored by Christel Baier & Markus KrötzschLocation: Faculty of Computer Science, TU Dresden
Features of Fitness Landscapes
Mentored by Ivo Sbalzarini & Peter F StadlerLocation: TU Dresden or Leipzig University
Intuitive Modelling support for Knowledge-Based Systems
Mentored by Carsten Lutz, Sebastian Rudolph, Markus KrötzschLocation: Leipzig University or TU Dresden
MemAI: Memristive Dynamic Models for Smart AI Systems
Mentored by Ronald Tetzlaff, Thomas MikolajickLocation: Chair of Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering, Institute of Circuits and Systems, TU Dresden
Sim2Real: Simulated Training and Test Data for Biomedical Image Analysis
Mentored by Stefanie Speidel & Bjoern AndresLocation: National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), UKD Dresden / Chair for Machine Learning for Computer Vision, TU Dresden
AI Compute Paradigms
2D-Material-Based Synapses for Neuromorphic Computing
Mentored by Thomas Mikolajick, Martin BogdanLocation: TU Dresden, Institute of Semiconductors and Microsystems, Chair of Nanoelectronics
GetInTouch – Prediction of Hand Gestures for Intuitive Human-Machine Interaction
Mentored by Frank Fitzek, Stefanie Speidel, Merve Sefunç (industry partner at Mimetik)Location: Deutsche Telekom Chair of Communication Networks, TU Dresden
MemAI: Memristive Dynamic Models for Smart AI Systems
Mentored by Ronald Tetzlaff, Thomas MikolajickLocation: Chair of Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering, Institute of Circuits and Systems, TU Dresden
Neuromorphic Information Processing: Hardware Realization of the Modified Stochastic Synaptic Model
Mentored by Martin Bogdan, Thomas MikolajickLocation: Leipzig University, Faculty for Mathematics and Computer Science, Institute for Computer Science, Neuromorphic Information Processing
Intelligent Medical Devices
GetInTouch – Prediction of Hand Gestures for Intuitive Human-Machine Interaction
Mentored by Frank Fitzek, Stefanie Speidel, Merve Sefunç (industry partner at Mimetik)Location: Deutsche Telekom Chair of Communication Networks, TU Dresden
AI Methods for Health
AI in Oncology
Mentored by Sayan Mukherjee, Jakob Nikolas KatherLocation: Leipzig University, in close exchange with the MPI for Mathematics in the Sciences
An Artificial Intelligence to Discover the Determinants of Microbiome-Transporter Interrelations
Mentored by Peter Stadler & Jens MeilerLocation: Interdisciplinary Centre for Bioinformatics, Leipzig University
Sim2Real: Simulated Training and Test Data for Biomedical Image Analysis
Mentored by Stefanie Speidel & Bjoern AndresLocation: National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), UKD Dresden / Chair for Machine Learning for Computer Vision, TU Dresden
Spinnaker Cloud Computing for Computer-aided Drug Discovery
Mentored by Jens Meiler, Christian MayrLocation: Institute for Drug Disocvery, Medical School, Leipzig University