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(New) Two PhD Positions in Computational Social Choice for Digital Democracy
Deadline: Monday 16 February 2026Are you looking for a PhD position where you can use your mathematical skills to improve existing mechanisms for democratic decision making and invent new ones? Are you excited about doing this kind of research in an interdisciplinary environment, in a team of smart and supportive colleagues?
Then you may want to join us. We are looking for two PhD candidates in the field of computational social choice to join the COMSOC Group at the Institute for Logic, Language and Computation (ILLC).
For more information, see here or at https://werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies/two-phd-positions-in-computational-social-choice-for-digital-democracy-netherlands-14686 or contact Ulle Endriss at u.endriss at uva.nl. -
Postdoctoral Researcher in Large Language Models, UvA [NL]
Deadline: Monday 15 December 2025Are you passionate about deep learning, generative AI, agents? We are seeking a postdoctoral researcher to join the research group led by Ivan Titov (http://ivan-titov.org/), part of the natural language processing group of the Institute for Logic, Language and Computation (ILLC).
For more information, see here or at https://werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies/postdoctoral-researcher-in-large-language-models-netherlands-14579 or contact Ivan Titov at titov at uva.nl.
ILLC Events this week
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15 December 2025, Visit dean FNWI to ILLC
Date & Time: Monday 15 December 2025, 16:00-17:15
Location: ILLC SP107 & LAB42, Science Park, AmsterdamOn the 15th of December 2025, the Dean of the Faculty of Science, Susan te Pas, will visit the ILLC for an informal introduction to the institute. All are invited to attend.
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(Updated) 16 December 2025, Computational Linguistics Seminar, Tomáš Musil
Date & Time: Tuesday 16 December 2025, 16:00
Speaker: Tomáš Musil (Charles University)Title: Independent Component Analysis of Language Model SemanticsLocation: Room TBA, ILLC Lab42, Science Park 900, Amsterdam and Online via ZoomFor more information, see https://projects.illc.uva.nl/LaCo/CLS/. -
17 - 18 December 2025, GenAI & Creative Practices: Past, Present, and Future, University of Amsterdam [NL]
Date & Time: 17 - 18 December 2025, 09:00-18:00
Location: University of Amsterdam [NL]Target audience: We welcome submissions from diverse disciplines, including but not limited to computer science, (digital) humanities, (computational) social sciences, law and arts.Costs: Registration fees (includes conference dinner & closing drinks): OECD countries, faculty & postdocs: 100 Euro OECD countries, PhD students: 50 Euro OECD countries, affiliates of NGOs and non-academic research institutes: 100 Euro Non-OECD countries, affiDeadline: Monday 26 May 2025In the light of the rapid development of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI), the GenAI & Creative Practices conference aims to gather together scholars, researchers, and practitioners from around the world to discuss and rethink:
· Creative Practices
· Values and Creative Work
· Scalable Responsible GenAI
· The Future of Creative Work
· The Political Economy of GenAI and Transformation of the Cultural Sector
· Governance and Regulation of GenAIFor more information, see https://rdt.uva.nl/genai--creative-practices/genai--creative-practices.html or contact Isa Verhoeven at i.verhoeven2 at uva.nl.