Postdoc: Neurosymbolic Multimodal World Models

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU); Netherlands; On-site; EUR 41,000 - 64,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary scale UFO 10 (min €3,706; max €

Job summary

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU) is seeking a Postdoctoral researcher to advance multimodal world models with commonsense abstraction and reasoning. You will collaborate with a strong team, publish in top venues, and contribute to teaching activities, while shaping your academic career.

The role is funded as part of the NWO AiNed talent project and involves supervision of PhD students and collaboration with national and international partners.

Qualifications

• PhD in Machine Learning, Computer Vision, NLP, Neurosymbolic AI, or related field.
• Record of publishing in high-quality conferences or journals.
• Ability to develop and evaluate novel multimodal algorithms.
• Excellent communication in English, written and spoken.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate independence in achieving research goals and supervise PhD students.
• Innovate and describe novel multimodal abstraction and reasoning methods.
• Publish and present research at international venues.
• Collaborate with researchers locally and internationally.
• Contribute to teaching activities such as lectures and labs.
• Develop portfolio and vision for future academic positions.

Skills

Teamwork

English communication

Independent research

Supervising PhD students

Education

PhD in ML / CV / NLP / Neurosymbolic AI

Tools

Python deep learning toolkits

Job description

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU) is seeking a Postdoctoral researcher to advance multimodal world models with commonsense abstraction and reasoning. You will collaborate with a strong team, publish in top venues, and contribute to teaching activities, while shaping your academic career.

The role is funded as part of the NWO AiNed talent project and involves supervision of PhD students and collaboration with national and international partners.