Doctoral student in machine learning

Halmstad University
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Halmstad University adds value, drives innovation and prepares people and society for the future.

Since the beginning in 1983, innovation and collaboration with society have characterised the University's education and research. The research is internationally reputable and is largely conducted in a multidisciplinary manner within the University's two focus areas: Health Innovation and Smart Cities and Communities. The University has a wide range of education with many popular study programmes. The campus is modern and well-equipped, and is situated close to both public transportation and the city center.

More information about working at Halmstad University: https://hh.se/english/about-the-university/vacant-positions.html

The School of Information Technology
Halmstad University consists of four interdisciplinary Schools and the current position is located at the School of Information Technology (ITE). ITE is a multicultural school with around 130 employees from 20 different countries. It is a strong research and education environment, with focus on smart technology and its applications. Students and researchers are working with everything from AI and information driven care to autonomous vehicles, social robotics and digital design. ITE offers education on all levels, from undergraduate to PhD education, plus education for professional. Research is conducted within aware intelligent systems, smart electronic systems, cyber physical systems and digital service innovation. These four areas constitute the four technology areas of ITE . An innovation centre for information driven care called Leap for Life is connected to ITE, as well as a collaboration arena for electronic development, Electronics Centre in Halmstad (ECH).

More information about the School of Information Technology: http://www.hh.se/ite-en

Description
This PhD position is part of the Awesome project. 

The selected PhD student will carry out research in collaboration with other members of the Awesome research group.

The research topics are connected to the Awesome project, where the goal is to develop an advanced digital communication platform for Volvo Group that optimizes data collection, analysis, and content creation across interal and external communication channels. To achive this goal, the research revolves around Natural Language Processing (NLP) methods and adopting and tuning Large Language Models (LLMs) such as GPTs, BERT, and RoBERTa. Moreover, since the adoption of LLMs is to be customized for Volvo Group's needs, Reinforcement Learning (RL) is used to customize LLMs based user feedbacks more effectively. Last but not least, Explainable AI (XAI) would be an integral part of the designed digital platform, as transparency in NLP model's decision and reasoning behind generating content is of massive importance.     

The employment also includes teaching responsibilities corresponding to a maximum of 20% of full-time.

This is a full-time position available from August 1st 2023 (or as soon as possible) for a period of four years to a PhD degree (extended with one year after one year, subject to satisfactory progress of the PhD study). 

Qualifications
The ideal candidate has a Master degree in machine learning or related engineering discipline.

The candidate must have a strong background in machine learning, artificial intelligence, data mining, or signal processing is desirable.

Excellent programming skills, analytical problem solving and organizational abilities are required.

Only those who are or have been admitted to third-cycle courses and study programmes at a higher education may be appointed to doctoral studentships. (The Higher Education Ordinance Chapter 5 Section 3). The student’s ability to benefit from doctoral studies will be taken into account when we make the appointment. (The Higher Education Ordinance Chapter 5 Section 5).

Salary
Doctoral students are employees of the University and paid a salary according to a uniform salary scale, adjusted in relation to the progress in education.

 

Application
Applications should be sent via Halmstad University's recruitment system Varbi (see link on this page). 
https://www.hh.se/english/about-the-university/vacant-positions/how-to-apply.html



General Information
We value the qualities that gender balance and diversity bring to our organization. We therefore welcome applicants with different backgrounds, gender, functionality and, not least, life experience.

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