PhD in AI: LLMs, Multi-Modal & Agentic AI

Syddansk Universitet; Odense; On-site; DKK 240,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Syddansk Universitet in Odense invites applications for a PhD scholarship in Artificial Intelligence. The successful candidate will join the Odense NLP group within the Centre for Machine Learning and contribute to advanced language-model research.

Applicants should have an MSc in Computer Science, Data Science, Physics, Applied Mathematics or Computational Statistics, with fluency in English and Python. Knowledge of Rust/C++ and DL stacks is a plus.

Qualifications

• MSc degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Physics, (Applied) Mathematics, Computational Statistics or related field.
• Fluency in English and Python required; Rust/C++, DL stacks knowledge and ML frameworks are pluses.
• MSc candidates about to complete will be considered with supervisor statement.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to development of advanced language models and derived use cases.
• Focus on LLM customization and test-time scaling.
• Explore agentic behaviour, tool use, multi-modality and interactivity.

Skills

Python

English

Deep learning

ML frameworks

Rust/C++ (plus)

Education

MSc in Computer Science or Data Science

MSc in Physics / Applied Mathematics / Computational Statistics

Job description

Syddansk Universitet in Odense invites applications for a PhD scholarship in Artificial Intelligence. The successful candidate will join the Odense NLP group within the Centre for Machine Learning and contribute to advanced language-model research.

Applicants should have an MSc in Computer Science, Data Science, Physics, Applied Mathematics or Computational Statistics, with fluency in English and Python. Knowledge of Rust/C++ and DL stacks is a plus.