Student Research Assistant for Modelling and Analysis

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Part-time

Student Assistants

The Research Group Resilience Engineering for Technical Systems INATECH RTS (Prof. A. Stolz) is looking for a Student Research Assistant for Modelling and Analysis

Application deadline: 29. March 2026
Publication date: 6. March 2026
Start-date: At the earliest possible date.
Scope of work: Part-time position (40 Monatsstunden)
Id no.: 00004887

Description

The RTS research group performs resilience analyses for different scenarios. In this project, the focus lies on analyzing community resilience in the context of major events in Freiburg. The goal is to quantify and validate the improvements in community resilience through the implementation of a dynamic resilience management system. This includes modelling and analysing operational processes as well as collecting and analysing empirical data from the associated socio-technical systems.

Tasks:

Literature research in the area of measuring and validating community resilience, simulation techniques
Data acquisition and analysis in validation tests
Simulation with AnyLogic
Documentation of the results on a scientific level

Your profile:

You are a Master’s student of a technical or scientific subject, e.g., computer science, mathematics, engineering or a comparable field of study with an interest in socio-technical systems
Initial experience in empirical data collection and data analysis preferred
Initial experience with modelling and simulation techniques preferred
You are motivated and enjoy independent, result- and team-oriented work
You are proficient in both German and English

What you can expect:

An exciting research environment with insights into research processes
Creative freedom in shaping the organization of the work, and intensive supervision

We much prefer applications in one single pdf file via email to
alexander.stolz@mail.inatech.uni-freiburg.de

The position is limited to 31. March 2027. The salary will be determined in accordance with Hilfskraft mit BA.

Application

Please send your application including supporting documents citing the reference number 00004887, by 29. March 2026 at the latest. Please send your application to the following address in written or electronic form:

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Alexander Stolz 
Resilience Engineering for Technical Systems | INATECH RTS  
Faculty of Engineering | University of Freiburg
79085 Freiburg

For further information, please contact Prof. Dr. Mark Alexander Stolz on the phone number +49 761 98594 or E-Mail alexander.stolz@mail.inatech.uni-freiburg.de.

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