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(New) Two Postdoctoral Research Positions in Human(e) AI
Deadline: Friday 13 December 2024You will conduct research on Responsible AI within the broader approach of the Human(e) AI Research Priority Area (https://humane-ai.nl/). The research will be embedded in the University of Amsterdam in one of four faculties: Law, Communication Science, Humanities or Science.
The ideal candidates are active in any relevant area that can complement our current strengths within any of the areas in a) AI and Philosophy, b) AI and Law and c) AI and Communication Science, d) AI and Logic.For more information, see here or at http://www.uva.nl/en/about-the-uva/working-at-the-uva/vacancies/item/2024-xxx.html or contact Sonja Smets at s.j.l.smets at uva.nl. -
PhD Position in AI and Meaning-Making
Deadline: Wednesday 20 November 2024Are you looking for a challenging position in a dynamic setting? The Institute for Logic, Language and Computation (ILLC) (https://www.illc.uva.nl/) currently has a vacant PhD position as part of the the UvA starter grant Making (none)sense with AI, led by principal investigator Dr. Davide Beraldo.For more information, see here or at https://vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/PhD-Position-in-AI-and-Meaning-Making/804894302/ or contact Davide Beraldo at d.beraldo at uva.nl.
Open positions, general
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Lecturer/Associate Professor in Computational Linguistics, London (UK)
Deadline: Tuesday 31 December 2024The expectations for the role will include carrying out computational research that makes substantive contact with language theory or research on cognitive science of language; advising masters and doctoral students; and contributing to the departmental teaching in natural language processing, computational linguistics, and linguistics, more generally. The appointment will be made within grade 8 (Lecturer) or grade 9 (Associate Professor).
For more information, see https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/search-ucl-jobs/details?nPostingId=11512&nPostingTargetId=28204&id=Q1KFK026203F3VBQBLO8M8M07&LG=UK&languageSelect=UK&mask=ext or contact UCL Psychology and Language Sciences HR at pal.hr at ucl.ac.uk. -
Postdoc position in epistemology of machine learning (3y), Munich (Germany)
Deadline: Sunday 1 December 2024The Emmy Noether research group "From Bias to Knowledge: The Epistemology of Machine Learning," led by Dr. Tom Sterkenburg, works on the philosophical foundations of machine learning. The group aims to improve our understanding of inductive bias in machine learning algorithms, by building bridges between the philosophy of science and the mathematical theory of machine learning. The group is embedded within the Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy (MCMP) at the LMU Munich.
We are looking for a postdoctoral fellow with a background and strong interest in the philosophy of artificial intelligence and/or philosophy of science, and ideally affinity with the mathematics and epistemology of machine learning. The deadline for applications is 1 December 2024, the intended starting date is 1 April 2025.
For more information, see https://job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/3ee496f2da0d2cb233e339720d57f1801884c86a0 or contact Tom Sterkenburg at tom.sterkenburg at lmu.de. -
Multiple PhD and Postdoc positions in Cluster of Excellence "Bilateral AI", Austria
For the recently established Cluster of Excellence CoE Bilateral Artificial Intelligence (BILAI), funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF), we are looking for more than 50 PhD students and 10 Post-Doc researchers (m/f/d) to join our team at one of the six leading research institutions across Austria.
For more information, see here or at https://www.bilateral-ai.net/jobs/.