PhD Position in Post-Training and Reasoning for Diffusion Language Models University of Basel in Switzerland

The Rhine AI research group, led by Prof. I. Bogunovic in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at the University of Basel, Switzerland, invites applications for a postdoctoral position in machine learning and artificial intelligence. The project, funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation, focuses on the post-training of diffusion-based large language models (dLLMs) and improving their reasoning capabilities. The postdoctoral researcher will develop reinforcement-learning meth...

The Rhine AI research group at the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Basel, invites applications for a fully funded PhD position in post-training diffusion language models. The project, funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation, is titled “Foundations of Post-Training for Reasoning in Diffusion Large Language Models.” The successful candidate will develop reinforcement learning methods for post-training large diffusion-based language models, investigate reasonin...

Nicola Paoletti, Senior Lecturer at King’s College London, is looking for prospective PhD students to join the Department of Informatics. The planned start is October 2027. The opening is centered on two broad research directions: Reliable and Robust Inference for AI Safety and Security , and Counterfactual Causal Reasoning for Sequential Decision-Making and AI Systems . The first project focuses on AI monitoring and decision-making with rigorous probabilistic guarantees under distribution shift...

RIKEN’s Center for Advanced Intelligence Project (AIP) is recruiting a Research Scientist or Postdoctoral Researcher in the Imperfect Information Learning Team of the Mathematical Intelligence Group in Tokyo, Japan. The position focuses on machine learning , weakly-supervised learning , robust learning , transfer learning , reinforcement learning , large language models , and the theoretical properties of learning from imperfect information. The successful candidate is expected to develop novel ...

The University of Zurich's Department of Mathematical Modeling and Machine Learning is inviting applications for an 80% Doctoral Candidate position in AI and Optimization. The doctoral project will be conducted in the AI and Optimization Lab with Prof. Anastasia Koloskova. Research will focus on theory or the intersection of theory and practice in areas including optimization for machine learning, privacy, machine unlearning, distributed optimization, and federated learning. Applicants should ho...