Postdoc Opportunities in Mechatronics in Japan

Ritsumeikan University is recruiting research fellows for the Multisensory and Cognitive Design Laboratory in Shiga Prefecture, Japan. This is a fixed-term postdoctoral/researcher equivalent opening for about two people, with work centered on cognitive science , experimental psychology , information science , and food science . The lab focuses on research about perception and cognition, especially the relationship between the human mind and food. The position is connected to projects such as KAK...

Open call for a researcher / postdoctoral equivalent position in the Yoichi Murakami Laboratory , Institute for Advanced Studies / Zero Carbon Energy Research Institute, Tokyo University of Science . The project focuses on thermal fluid engineering , electrochemistry , and energy , specifically thermal fluid simulations to predict the performance of flow thermoelectric power generation . This is a research-focused fixed-term appointment with one position available. Eligibility: a doctoral degree...

Three postdoctoral research fellow positions are open at The University of Tokyo , Graduate School of Engineering, in the Thermal Energy Engineering Laboratory (Shiomi Laboratory) . The project, titled Reverse Reflux AI Contributing to Innovation in Thermal Management Materials , is part of the JST AI for Science Innovative Research Promotion Program (ARiSE) . The successful candidates will join an international collaborative effort to develop new AI-driven research methods for thermal managemen...

Tokyo University of Science is recruiting a researcher / postdoctoral equivalent for the Sasahara Laboratory in the School of Environment and Society, located at the Tamachi Campus in Tokyo, Japan. This opening is part of the K Program Development of Technologies Related to Disinformation Analysis and focuses on research related to information dissemination , misinformation/disinformation analysis , and computational social science . The group analyzes large-scale social media data, especially X...

We are hiring a Postdoctoral Researcher in Generative AI and Foundation Models for Structural Metallic Materials at the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Japan , as part of the FORGE project . The project focuses on developing generative AI and multimodal foundation models for structural metallic materials , with an emphasis on integrating heterogeneous scientific data to accelerate materials research and discovery. Ideal candidates hold a PhD in materials science, computer scienc...

Okinawa National College of Technology is recruiting a researcher / postdoctoral-equivalent fixed-term position for the NARO BRAIN project “Development and Supply of Smart Agriculture Technologies.” The work is based in Okinawa, Japan , and focuses on smart agriculture , soil management , agricultural environmental engineering , agricultural information engineering , soil science , plant nutrition , crop production science , environmental agriculture , and horticultural science . The successful ...

RIKEN’s Brain Science Institute / Mathematical Neuroscience Research Team is recruiting a Researcher or Postdoctoral Fellow for work in computational neuroscience , theoretical neuroscience , mathematical models , neural networks , learning theory , and brain science . The position is based at the RIKEN Wako Campus, Saitama Prefecture, Japan , and is part of the CREST BioDX project “Elucidating Sleep Brain Function Driven by Multi-Layered Neural Activity Data” . The successful candidate will col...

RIKEN’s Research Center for Computational Science (R-CCS) in Japan is recruiting a Researcher/Postdoctoral Fellow for the Complex Climate Science Research Team . The position focuses on weather and climate modeling , computational science , high-performance computing (HPC) , GPU computing , and generative AI for scientific software development. The project aims to build a new specification-driven research and development platform for scientific and technical computing. The work includes designin...

RIKEN is recruiting a researcher/postdoctoral equivalent for the Fundamental Quantum Science Research Program (FQSP) under the FQSP Distinguished Fellowships system. The position is based at the RIKEN Wako Campus, Saitama Prefecture, Japan , and focuses on independent theoretical research in quantum science . The research themes span mathematical physics , fundamentals of condensed matter , mathematics , geometry , magnetism , superconductivity , strongly correlated systems , and fundamentals of...