PhD Opportunities in Reinforcement Learning in Switzerland

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...

RobotX PhD Fellowship 2027 at ETH Zurich is an opportunity for outstanding doctoral applicants interested in robotics research across the RobotX network at ETH Zurich in Switzerland. The fellowship spans a broad set of research directions, including soft robotics , robotic locomotion and manipulation , biohybrid robots , perception and computer vision , human-robot interaction , computational design and fabrication , reinforcement learning and machine learning , humanoid robotics , tactile sensi...

ETH Zurich’s Soft Robotics Lab is inviting applications for several doctoral positions in robot learning , soft robotics , musculoskeletal robotics , and biohybrid robotics . The lab works at the intersection of hardware, biology, and learning: compliant mechanisms, tendon-driven and electrohydraulic actuation, dexterous manipulation, imitation learning, reinforcement learning, sim-to-real transfer, tactile sensing, embodied AI, and tissue engineering/bioprinting. Candidates may focus on either ...