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
AI Controlled Wireless Mesh Networks for Medical Applications in Crisis Situations (AWESOME)
Mentored by Frank Fitzek & Stefanie SpeidelLocation: Deutsche Telekom Chair for Communication Networks, National Center for Tumor Diseases Dresden/TU Dresden
External Systems Biology Knowledge Integration in Large Language Models
Mentored by Jens Lehmann & Ivo SbalzariniLocation: TU Dresden/Informatics
Features of Fitness Landscapes
Mentored by Ivo Sbalzarini & Peter F StadlerLocation: TU Dresden or Leipzig University
Natural Neural networks inspire Artificial Neural Networks in Therapeutic Design
Mentored by Martin Bogdan (1), and Jens Meiler (2)Location: (1) Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, Department of Neuromorphic Information Processing (2) Medical Faculty, Institute of Drug Discovery, Leipzig University
AI Compute Paradigms
Explainable AI for reliable computer assisted surgery
Mentored by Ronald Tetzlaff, Stefanie SpeidelLocation: Chair of Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering (Institute of Circuits and Systems), TU Dresden and Chair of Translational Surgical Oncology (National Center for Tumor Diseases Dresden), UKD/TU Dresden
GeoSOP: Geometry for surgical outcome prediction
Mentored by Stefanie Speidel & Guido MontufarLocation: National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), UKD Dresden and Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, Leipzig
Natural Neural networks inspire Artificial Neural Networks in Therapeutic Design
Mentored by Martin Bogdan (1), and Jens Meiler (2)Location: (1) Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, Department of Neuromorphic Information Processing (2) Medical Faculty, Institute of Drug Discovery, Leipzig University
StochasticAI – Integrating Stochastic Modeling with AI
Mentored by Sayan Mukerhjee & Ivo SbalzariniLocation: TU Dresden or Leipzig University (please indicate preference)
Intelligent Medical Devices
Adaptive / Context Sensitive Data Provision in Mobile Applications
Mentored by Jochen Hampe, Karsten WendtLocation: Chair of Software Technology, Andreas-Pfitzmann-Bau, TU Dresden and secondary at: Clinic 1 / EKFZ for Digital Health, UKD
Artificial Intelligence in the Context of Biomedical Signals
Mentored by Jochen Hampe & Jakob KatherLocation: EKFZ for Digital Health Dresden, TUD and UKD Dresden
Explainable AI for reliable computer assisted surgery
Mentored by Ronald Tetzlaff, Stefanie SpeidelLocation: Chair of Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering (Institute of Circuits and Systems), TU Dresden and Chair of Translational Surgical Oncology (National Center for Tumor Diseases Dresden), UKD/TU Dresden
AI Methods for Health
Adaptive / Context Sensitive Data Provision in Mobile Applications
Mentored by Jochen Hampe, Karsten WendtLocation: Chair of Software Technology, Andreas-Pfitzmann-Bau, TU Dresden and secondary at: Clinic 1 / EKFZ for Digital Health, UKD
AI Controlled Wireless Mesh Networks for Medical Applications in Crisis Situations (AWESOME)
Mentored by Frank Fitzek & Stefanie SpeidelLocation: Deutsche Telekom Chair for Communication Networks, National Center for Tumor Diseases Dresden/TU Dresden
Artificial Intelligence in the Context of Biomedical Signals
Mentored by Jochen Hampe & Jakob KatherLocation: EKFZ for Digital Health Dresden, TUD and UKD Dresden
Explainable AI for reliable computer assisted surgery
Mentored by Ronald Tetzlaff, Stefanie SpeidelLocation: Chair of Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering (Institute of Circuits and Systems), TU Dresden and Chair of Translational Surgical Oncology (National Center for Tumor Diseases Dresden), UKD/TU Dresden
External Systems Biology Knowledge Integration in Large Language Models
Mentored by Jens Lehmann & Ivo SbalzariniLocation: TU Dresden/Informatics
From protein structure prediction to explainable AI in Oncology
Mentored by Jakob Nikolas Kather & Jens MeilerLocation: Else Kroener Fresenius Center for Digital Health, Technical University Dresden and Institute of Drug Discovery, Leipzig University
GeoSOP: Geometry for surgical outcome prediction
Mentored by Stefanie Speidel & Guido MontufarLocation: National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), UKD Dresden and Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, Leipzig
Natural Neural networks inspire Artificial Neural Networks in Therapeutic Design
Mentored by Martin Bogdan (1), and Jens Meiler (2)Location: (1) Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, Department of Neuromorphic Information Processing (2) Medical Faculty, Institute of Drug Discovery, Leipzig University
Personalization in oncology – Prediction of cancer therapy effectiveness from Omics data through structural modeling and AI
Mentored by Kristin Reiche & Jens MeilerLocation: ScaDS.AI, Fraunhofer IZI and Institute of Drug Discovery, Leipzig University
StochasticAI – Integrating Stochastic Modeling with AI
Mentored by Sayan Mukerhjee & Ivo SbalzariniLocation: TU Dresden or Leipzig University (please indicate preference)
SuperTouch - Data-driven tactile sensing for robot-assisted cancer surgery
Mentored by Roberto Calandra & Stefanie SpeidelLocation: Learning, Adaptive Systems and Robotics (LASR) Lab, Department of Computer Science, TU Dresden and National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), UKD Dresden