<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87);"><div style="font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><em style="font-size: 16px; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, "Lucida Grande", sans-serif;">Are you interested in working with language models and computer vision, with the support of competent and friendly colleagues in an international environment? </em><font size="3" face="Arial"><br></font></div><font size="3" face="Arial"><div><font size="3" face="Arial"><br></font></div>A <b>fully funded</b> PhD position is available at Uppsala University<span style="caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);">, contributing to research at the forefront of machine learning, particularly in the domain of vision-language models.</span></font><div style="font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><font size="3" face="Arial"><span style="caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);"><br></span></font></div><div style="font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 2em; line-height: 1.5em; max-width: 630px; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: rgb(5, 5, 5);"><font size="3" face="Arial"><strong>Project description</strong><br>Vision-language models integrate computer vision and natural language processing techniques to process and generate information that combines both visual and textual modalities, enabling a more profound understanding of the content within images and videos. While vision-language models exhibit promising potential, they are currently in early stages of development. Effective integration of both modalities (vision and language), and aligning visual and text embeddings into a cohesive embedding space, continues to pose significant challenges.</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 2em; line-height: 1.5em; max-width: 630px; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: rgb(5, 5, 5);"><font size="3" face="Arial">In this project, the successful candidate will conduct basic research and methods development towards designing efficient vision-language models, exploring their applications in computer vision and analysing the consequential societal impact. Through our research, we aim to contribute significantly towards learning effective representations combining text, image and video data, potentially benefiting fields including surveillance and healthcare.</font></p><div><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 16px; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: rgb(5, 5, 5);">The position is a part of the </span><a href="https://www.beijerstiftelsen.se/en/partners/the-beijer-laboratory-ai-research" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(5, 85, 164); font-size: 16px;">Beijer Laboratory for Artificial Intelligence Research</a><span style="font-size: 16px; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: rgb(5, 5, 5);">, funded by Kjell and Märta Beijer Foundation. The Beijer Laboratory for Artificial Intelligence Research was established in 2023 at Uppsala University with an ambition to grow activities within the subject of AI, focusing on applications in the life sciences and </span><a href="https://www.beijerstiftelsen.se/en/component/zoo/researchers/ekta-vats-en?Itemid=234" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(5, 85, 164); font-size: 16px;">questions related to societal development</a><span style="font-size: 16px; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: rgb(5, 5, 5);">.</span><span style="caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);"><font size="3"><br></font></span></font></div><div><span style="font-size: 16px; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: rgb(5, 5, 5);"><font face="Arial"><br></font></span></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);"><font size="3" face="Arial">Project description and application link: <a href="https://www.jobb.uu.se/details/?positionId=702336&languageId=1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(41, 98, 255);">here</a>.</font></span></div><div><font size="3" face="Arial"><span style="caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);">Please apply by 28th March 2024.</span></font></div><div><font size="3" face="Arial"><span style="caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);">Contact Asst. Prof. <a href="https://www.ektavats.se/" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(41, 98, 255);">Ekta Vats</a> with any questions.</span></font></div></div></div></body></html>