Postdoc in Neurosymbolic Multimodal Reasoning

Vrije Universisteit; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 41,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary scale 10 (€3,706–€5,760)

2-year contract

Holiday leave 232h/year

8% holiday allowance

8.3% end-of-year bonus

ABP pension

Relocation support

Personalized benefits package

Commuting expense contribution

Job summary

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam invites applications for a Postdoctoral position focused on multimodal world models, commonsense abstraction, and neurosymbolic reasoning. The candidate will collaborate with leading researchers in Amsterdam and contribute to teaching activities.

The role emphasizes independence, publication record, and active community involvement, with supervision of PhD students and opportunities for international collaboration.

Qualifications

• PhD in Machine Learning, Computer Vision, NLP, Neurosymbolic AI or related area.
• Ability to invent and evaluate novel algorithms and present them orally and in writing.
• Record of publishing in top conferences/journals in the field.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate independence in achieving research goals and collaborate with PhD students on multimodal abstraction and commonsense reasoning.
• Invent, evaluate, and describe novel multimodal abstraction and explicit reasoning techniques as dynamic, neurosymbolic world models.
• Publish and present research at international conferences, workshops, and journals.
• Collaborate with researchers in Amsterdam and internationally; contribute to teaching activities.
• Develop your portfolio and vision for your next academic position.

Skills

Independence

Collaboration

Supervision of PhD students

Publish papers

Oral & written communication

Education

PhD in ML/CV/NLP/Neurosymbolic AI

Tools

Python

Deep learning toolkits

Neurosymbolic methods

Job description

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam invites applications for a Postdoctoral position focused on multimodal world models, commonsense abstraction, and neurosymbolic reasoning. The candidate will collaborate with leading researchers in Amsterdam and contribute to teaching activities.

The role emphasizes independence, publication record, and active community involvement, with supervision of PhD students and opportunities for international collaboration.