Hello all! I am building a community of social/data/computer scientists at the University of Mannheim focused on applications and theory of Large Language Models. The community will be working to make contributions along research, teaching, and enterpreneurial dimensions. The positions can be at the graduate student, pre-doc (ABD), or post-doc level. The details for the call are coming, but given the impending summer, I wanted to get an initial announcement out. I am looking for the right people at least as much as the right skills: people open to providing and receiving feedback, supporting others, and who is committed and looking to grow intellectually. The more experience with the relevant coding (Python, HuggingFace), mathematical statistics, algorithms, and applied work in the social sciences, the better. We will have our own infrastructure, so experience setting up and running servers will be a big plus. A formal announcement will follow, but the position will be at the E13 level. Teaching requirements will depend on the level and skills of the applicant, but will be tied directly to your research interests. Salary is competitive, and will be at the standard E13 level as set by the state of Baden-Württemberg. If you have any questions, please send them to MarcRatkovic@gmail.com. When you reach out, it would help if you would include a CV and any relevant working papers (at any stage of development). All the best, Marc Ratkovic W3 Chair of Social Data Science University of Mannheim