PhD Opportunity in Explainable/Responsible AI and Operations Research/Reinforcement Learning at the University of Sydney University of Sydney in Australia

Canva is advertising a PhD Research Scientist Intern role in Sydney, Australia (hybrid). This is a full-time, 16-week AI Research Internship starting in September for current PhD students , ideally in their third year or later. The internship sits at the intersection of Computer Science , Statistics , and Mathematics , with a strong focus on generative AI , video generative models , model pruning , and complementary optimization methods such as DMD and LoRA-based methods . Interns will work dire...

Google DeepMind is hiring a Student Researcher for Fall 2026 , with a research focus on agents , reinforcement learning (RL) , and how these methods affect model behavior . This opportunity is aimed at candidates who are currently pursuing a PhD and who have strong engineering and research skills. The post suggests a research-oriented role rather than a standard academic degree opening, and it is especially relevant for students interested in machine learning, agentic systems, and experimental a...

The Fulfillment Optimization team at Amazon, part of the Supply Chain Optimization Tech (SCOT) organization, is offering a three-month science internship for PhD students in summer 2026. This opportunity is ideal for students passionate about Operations Research, Machine Learning, and Statistics, with a focus on solving challenging and large-scale problems in fulfillment and supply chain optimization. The team develops advanced systems using real-time optimization, reinforcement learning, AI, an...

Adelaide University Graduate Research School is advertising a National Industry PhD opportunity titled Data-Efficient Transformers . The project focuses on AI transformers and how they can be trained more effectively using small datasets , making it a strong fit for students interested in Computer Science , Mathematics , Artificial Intelligence , and related machine learning research. The PhD is hosted at the CommBank Centre for Foundational AI Research at the Australian Institute for Machine Le...

Mitacs-funded industrial postdoctoral fellowship in operations research , mathematics , and industrial engineering focused on building large-scale optimization algorithms for maritime fleet scheduling . The opportunity is with a Canadian marine carrier and is associated with HEC Montréal and Brock University in Canada. The project is aimed at candidates interested in algorithm development, optimization, and applied research in logistics and maritime operations. Funding is described as Mitacs-fun...