National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
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Postdoctoral Researcher Position in Next-Generation Language Modeling and Multimodal AI National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology in Japan
Degree Level
Postdoc
Field of study
Computer Science
Funding
Hourly wage of 2,500 to 2,700 yen, determined according to institutional regulations. Fixed-term contract for 1 year, renewable annually up to 4 years. Full-time research appointment dedicated exclusively to the NEDO project.
Deadline
Mar 31, 2027
Country
Japan
University
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology

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National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) is recruiting a Postdoctoral Researcher for the Agent AI Research Team in the Artificial Intelligence Research Center in Tokyo, Japan.
This opening is part of the NEDO project “Development of Multimodal Platform Models for AI Robots and Physical AI”. The research focus is on foundational technologies for next-generation language generation AI, including large-scale language modeling, spreading language models, and flow-based models.
Planned topics include pre-training, distillation, acceleration, model improvement, parallel GPU learning, inference acceleration, data synthesis, use of external knowledge, multimodal collaboration, and architecture improvement. The team aims for research suitable for submission to top international conferences.
Eligibility highlights: applicants must have a PhD or be expected to obtain one, must have earned the PhD within the last 7 years at the time of hiring, and must have less than 5 years of employment experience in the same field. Required experience includes developing deep learning models with PyTorch or Hugging Face and basic knowledge of large-scale language models.
Preferred experience: Linux-based cloud servers, multi-GPU acceleration/parallelization, diffusion models, large-scale data training, and conference paper acceptance/presentation.
Funding: hourly wage of 2,500–2,700 yen, with a fixed-term contract of 1 year renewable annually up to 4 years. The role is dedicated exclusively to the NEDO project.
Location: AIST Waterfront Subcenter Annex, Aomi, Koto-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
Deadline: applications must arrive between 2026-09-30 and 2027-03-31.
How to apply: download and prepare the specified forms, then email the application to [email protected]. Selection is by document review and web interview.
Funding details
Hourly wage of 2,500 to 2,700 yen, determined according to institutional regulations. Fixed-term contract for 1 year, renewable annually up to 4 years. Full-time research appointment dedicated exclusively to the NEDO project.
What's required
Applicants must have a PhD or be expected to obtain one, and must have earned the PhD within the last 7 years at the time of hiring. Applicants must have less than 5 years of employment experience in the same field. Required skills include experience developing deep learning models using PyTorch or Hugging Face and basic knowledge of large-scale language models. Preferred qualifications include experience with Linux-based cloud servers, acceleration and parallelization for multiple GPUs, diffusion models, large-scale data training, and paper acceptance/presentation at top international conferences.
How to apply
Prepare the required documents in the specified formats, including rirekisho.xlsx and shinseisyo.docx, plus a free-form list of achievements. Submit by email to [email protected]. Selection is by document review and web interview.
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