Vacancy-ID: 3172
Place of work: Köln, Braunschweig, Oberpfaffenhofen
Starting date: zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt
Career level: Student research project and final thesis
Type of employment: Part time; Full-time
Duration of contract: 6 Monate
Remuneration: Remuneration is in accordance with the Collective Agreement for the Public Sector - Federal Government (TVöD-Bund)
The DLR Institute of Software Technology sees software as a catalyst for research and innovation. The institute's staff, currently numbering around 200, make a significant contribution to advancements in the fields of aviation, space, energy, transportation, and security through the development of state-of-the-art software solutions and innovative research.
Our areas of competence include reliable and safety-critical software systems, artificial intelligence, high-performance computing and quantum computing, human-system interaction and visualisation, software and systems engineering as well as digital platforms and digital twins.
What to expect
The Intelligent and Distributed Systems department researches methods to make complex technical processes and systems - from software development to automated workflows and AI-assisted analysis - traceable, automatable, and interactively experimentally accessible. In particular we are working on provisioning quantum computers for researchers. Although they provide a large potential benefit, the are of quantum computing remains in its infancy and a number of questions regarding scalability of quantum computing remain open. Increased research interest in this area is countered by a central challenge: Quantum computing is a complex, interdisciplinary discipline which requires deep knowledge of both physics and computer science.
People interested in quantum computing are faced with large hurdles. The concepts of superposition, entanglement, quantum interference, or the no-cloning-theorem are unintuitive and hard to understand for a lot of people. These and other basic concepts often lead to misunderstandings and hindrances in learning, which in turn lead to a number of people abandoning the field prematurely. These barriers are put in place by the complexity inherent in the concepts themselves as well as by the lack of applicable teaching methods.
Your tasks
- You identify and understand concepts and problems in understanding impeding accessibility of quantum computing.
- You investigate existing learning materials with respect to their teaching methods and the concepts introduced.
- You conduct interviews with experienced quantum engineers and compile the problems in understanding they overcame.
- You compile the largest differences between teaching materials and real-life learning process.
Your profile
- You are currently studying computer science or a comparable field of study
- Experiences in basics of quantum computing
This is a thesis that is not remunerated.
We offer
DLR stands for diversity, appreciation and equality for all people. We promote independent work and the individual development of our employees both personally and professionally. To this end, we offer numerous training and development opportunities. Equal opportunities are of particular importance to us, which is why we want to increase the proportion of women in science and management in particular. Applicants with severe disabilities will be given preference if they are qualified.
We look forward to getting to know you!
If you have any questions about this position (Vacancy-ID 3172) please contact:
Alexander Weinert
Tel.: +49 2203 601 5053
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