Research Assistant - 1st qualification period (PhD candidate)

Faculty IV - Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Institute of Computer Engineering and Microelectronics / Remote Sensing Image Analysis
2026-04-23T13:39:31+02:00

At the Big Data Analytics for Earth Observation group (https://rsim.berlin) of BIFOLD, we are seeking to hire a Research Assistant (Doctoral Researcher) interested in the design and development of foundation models for Earth observation. The selected candidate will focus on foundational research and current challenges in this field, including the development of novel algorithms and methods, as well as prototype systems and software tools. Possible topics include multi-modal and cross-sensor representation learning; parameter-efficient finetuning of foundation models; merging of foundation models; and continual learning in the framework of foundation models.