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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 Speidel
Location: 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 Sbalzarini
Location: TU Dresden/Informatics

Features of Fitness Landscapes

Mentored by Ivo Sbalzarini & Peter F Stadler
Location: 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

StochasticAI – Integrating Stochastic Modeling with AI

Mentored by Sayan Mukerhjee & Ivo Sbalzarini
Location: TU Dresden or Leipzig University (please indicate preference)

Teaching artificial intelligence conformational dynamics of proteins

Mentored by Jens Meiler and Sayan Mukherjee
Location: Institute of Drug Discovery, Leipzig University and Institute for Informatics, Leipzig University / Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences

AI Compute Paradigms

GeoSOP: Geometry for surgical outcome prediction

Mentored by Stefanie Speidel & Guido Montufar
Location: 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

RelAiMed: Explainable AI for reliable computer assisted surgery

Mentored by Ronald Tetzlaff, Stefanie Speidel
Location: 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

StochasticAI – Integrating Stochastic Modeling with AI

Mentored by Sayan Mukerhjee & Ivo Sbalzarini
Location: TU Dresden or Leipzig University (please indicate preference)

Teaching artificial intelligence conformational dynamics of proteins

Mentored by Jens Meiler and Sayan Mukherjee
Location: Institute of Drug Discovery, Leipzig University and Institute for Informatics, Leipzig University / Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences

What are GPCR’s and why are they important?

Mentored by Peter Stadler, Sayan Mukherjee
Location: Interdisciplinary Centre for Bioinformatics, Leipzig University

Intelligent Medical Devices

Adaptive / Context Sensitive Data Provision in Mobile Applications

Mentored by Jochen Hampe, Karsten Wendt
Location: 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 Kather
Location: EKFZ for Digital Health Dresden, TUD and UKD Dresden

Reinforcement Learning for Mechanical Ventilation

Mentored by Jens Lehmann, Jakob Nikolas Kather, Sahar Vahdati, Jakob Wittenstein
Location: TU Dresden

RelAiMed: Explainable AI for reliable computer assisted surgery

Mentored by Ronald Tetzlaff, Stefanie Speidel
Location: 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

SuperTouch - Data-driven tactile sensing for robot-assisted cancer surgery

Mentored by Roberto Calandra & Stefanie Speidel
Location: Learning, Adaptive Systems and Robotics (LASR) Lab, Department of Computer Science, TU Dresden and National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), UKD Dresden

AI Methods for Health

Adaptive / Context Sensitive Data Provision in Mobile Applications

Mentored by Jochen Hampe, Karsten Wendt
Location: 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 Speidel
Location: 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 Kather
Location: EKFZ for Digital Health Dresden, TUD and UKD Dresden

External Systems Biology Knowledge Integration in Large Language Models

Mentored by Jens Lehmann & Ivo Sbalzarini
Location: TU Dresden/Informatics

From protein structure prediction to explainable AI in Oncology

Mentored by Jakob Nikolas Kather & Jens Meiler
Location: 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 Montufar
Location: 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 Meiler
Location: ScaDS.AI, Fraunhofer IZI and Institute of Drug Discovery, Leipzig University

RelAiMed: Explainable AI for reliable computer assisted surgery

Mentored by Ronald Tetzlaff, Stefanie Speidel
Location: 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

StochasticAI – Integrating Stochastic Modeling with AI

Mentored by Sayan Mukerhjee & Ivo Sbalzarini
Location: TU Dresden or Leipzig University (please indicate preference)

SuperTouch - Data-driven tactile sensing for robot-assisted cancer surgery

Mentored by Roberto Calandra & Stefanie Speidel
Location: Learning, Adaptive Systems and Robotics (LASR) Lab, Department of Computer Science, TU Dresden and National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), UKD Dresden

Teaching artificial intelligence conformational dynamics of proteins

Mentored by Jens Meiler and Sayan Mukherjee
Location: Institute of Drug Discovery, Leipzig University and Institute for Informatics, Leipzig University / Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences

What are GPCR’s and why are they important?

Mentored by Peter Stadler, Sayan Mukherjee
Location: Interdisciplinary Centre for Bioinformatics, Leipzig University

Societal Framework for AI

The Use of AI by the Civil Service in Light of the Principles of Democracy and the Rule of Law

Mentored by Stephanie Schiedermair, Anne Lauber-Rönsberg, Sabine Müller-Mall
Location: Leipzig University