PhD in AI for Scheduling & Explainable RL (MSCA Network)

VUB; Belgique; Presencial; EUR 41.000 - 49.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

MSCA funding

Mobility allowance

Family allowance

Secondments to Vienna and OMP

Hospitalization insurance

Training opportunities

Descripción de la vacante

The Artificial Intelligence Lab at Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) is seeking a motivated PhD researcher in Computer Science to join the Confident Data-Driven Decision Support (CoRDS) network. The position is hosted at VUB with supervision from Prof.

Ann Nowé and collaboration with the University of Vienna and OMP. You will work at the intersection of machine learning and operations research, developing learning-based methods that generalize across problem instances and can be explained to

Formación

• Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, preferably with ML/optimization specialization.
• Strong interest in reinforcement learning, structured neural networks and combinatorial optimization.
• Good programming and computational skills.
• Enthusiasm for research linking AI method development with industrial applications.
• Strong command of English.

Responsabilidades

• Develop reinforcement learning methods based on structured neural networks for scheduling and other combinatorial optimization problems.
• Design methods that transfer knowledge across problem instances and stay robust under concept drift.
• Study and explain how reinforcement learning methods generalize in optimization settings.
• Develop explainability techniques that make learned strategies understandable to practitioners.
• Carry out secondments at the University of Vienna and at OMP to apply and refine research in industry contexts.
• Participate in MSCA Doctoral Network training and networking activities.
• Publish results in leading conferences and journals and present work internationally.

Conocimientos

Reinforcement learning

Structured neural networks

Combinatorial optimization

Educación

Master’s degree in Computer Science

Descripción del empleo

The Artificial Intelligence Lab at Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) is seeking a motivated PhD researcher in Computer Science to join the Confident Data-Driven Decision Support (CoRDS) network. The position is hosted at VUB with supervision from Prof.

Ann Nowé and collaboration with the University of Vienna and OMP. You will work at the intersection of machine learning and operations research, developing learning-based methods that generalize across problem instances and can be explained to