PhD and Postdoc Openings in Multi-Agent Systems, Human–AI Collaboration, and LLM Agents Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca in Italy

PhD and postdoc openings are being advertised by Dimitri Ognibene, Associate Professor at Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, with research connections across BiConnect Lab, Politecnico di Milano, and ISTC-CNR. The group is looking for researchers interested in multi-agent systems, human–AI collaboration, LLM agents, developmental AI, perspective taking, theory of mind, dialogic social learning, and inclusive technologies.

The post highlights recent work spanning AI dialogic learning, social media recommender systems, epistemic reasoning in LLMs, AI literacy, contextual sycophancy, active vision, robot theory of mind, AI pedagogy, and multi-agent exploration. It also mentions collaborations with Vito Trianni, Vito Pirrelli, Franca Garzotto, Maria Chiara Carrozza, Giuseppe Vizzari, Marco Marelli, Carlo Reverberi, and others.

This is a research-oriented opening for candidates with strong interests in AI, cognitive modeling, social learning, and interactive intelligent systems. The announcement does not provide a formal deadline, funding package, or application portal; instead, it invites interested researchers attending AAMAS 2026 to meet the team and discuss opportunities.