ILLC News

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  (New) PhD position in Neurosymbolic AI

  Deadline: Friday 1 May 2026

  Are you looking for a PhD position in the burgeoning field of neurosymbolic artificial intelligence at a thriving interdisciplinary institute in Amsterdam? Join us in the research unit of Natural Language Processing at the Institute for Logic, Language and Computation (ILLC), a home to a thriving community of scholars, including philosophers, logicians, mathematicians, computer scientists, linguists, musicologists, and cognitive scientists, who share a fascination with the interdisciplinary study of information.

  For more information, see here or at https://werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies/phd-position-in-neurosymbolic-ai-netherlands-14898 or contact Martha Lewis at m.a.f.lewis at uva.nl.
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  (New) Postdoctoral Researcher in Philosophical Logic (Propositions)

  Deadline: Monday 27 April 2026
  Are you looking for a postdoc position at the intersection of logic, philosophy and semantics? Would you like to be part of a research team developing new foundations for intensional notions such as property, content, proof, possibility and necessity? If so, come and join the GOOD INTENSIONS project!
  For more information, see here or at https://werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies/postdoctoral-researcher-in-philosophical-logic-propositions-netherlands-14939 or contact Luca Incurvati at L.Incurvati at uva.nl.
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  (New) Postdoctoral Researcher in Philosophical Logic (Provability)

  Deadline: Monday 27 April 2026
  Are you looking for a postdoc position at the intersection of logic, philosophy and mathematics? Would you like to be part of a research team developing new foundations for intensional notions such as property, content, proof, possibility and necessity? If so, come and join the GOOD INTENSIONS project!
  For more information, see here or at https://werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies/postdoctoral-researcher-in-philosophical-logic-provability-netherlands-14938 or contact Luca Incurvati at L.Incurvati at uva.nl.
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  (New) Two PhD candidates in Philosophical Logic

  Deadline: Monday 27 April 2026
  Are you looking for a PhD position at the intersection of logic, philosophy and semantics? Would you like to be part of a research team developing new foundations for intensional notions such as property, content, proof, possibility and necessity? If so, come and join the GOOD INTENSIONS project!
  For more information, see here or at https://werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies/two-phd-candidates-in-philosophical-logic-netherlands-14955 or contact Luca Incurvati at L.Incurvati at uva.nl.
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  Postdoctoral Researcher in Open AI research for social sciences and humanities

  Deadline: Friday 3 April 2026
  The Humane AI research priority area of the University of Amsterdam is looking for a new PostDoc to amend our existing team (https://humane-ai.nl/). AI is everywhere. Chatbots, translation tools, shopping assistants, hyper-personalised services - as Large Language Models become widely accessible, they're reshaping how we live, work, play and connect. This rapid shift sparks big questions: Whose norms and values shape this AI-driven society—and who gets left behind? What are the rules that govern the development and deployment of Generative AI different sectors of society, and towards what kind of society will they steer us? Is the risked-based approach to AI.
  For more information, see here or at https://werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies/postdoctoral-researcher-in-open-ai-research-for-social-sciences-and-humanities-netherlands-14914 or contact Tobias Blanke at t.blanke at uva.nl.
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  CfP: The SignLab is looking for deaf/hard-of-hearing (ex)members of the UvA community

  Deadline: Tuesday 31 March 2026

  Are you deaf or hard-of-hearing (DHH)and have you studied/worked at the University of Amsterdam, either now or in the past? Would you like to help empower more DHH students to pursue higher education? If you answered "yes" to both, please connect with our researchers at the SignLab: you can either send an email to Jos Ritmeester or fill out the form here. 

  The SignLab is located in Bushuis, Kloveniersburgwal 48, Amsterdam. The expexted duration of the chat is 2,5 hours and you will receive a compensation of €37,50 + travel costs.  Thank you for sharing your stories - your experiences, challenges, and successes will help us make a difference. 

   

  For more information, see https://jumpshare.com/share/ThYfKfa6QJsImtH1p5Nz or contact Jos Ritmeester at j.ritmeester2 at uva.nl.
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  (New) Martha Lewis has been awarded a NIAS Lorentz Theme Group - Fellowship

  We are pleased to announce that Martha Lewis has been awarded a a NIAS Lorentz Theme Group - Fellowship, to work on what representations AI models need in order to reason analogically.

  For more information, see https://nias.knaw.nl/fellow/martha-lewis/ or contact Martha Lewis at m.a.f.lewis at uva.nl.