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<p><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#161516">ELLIS Institute Finland is now recruiting Principal Investigators</span></b><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#161516">The newly established institute is looking for talented researchers in artificial intelligence and machine learning<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></i><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">Launching in 2025, ELLIS Institute Finland is the second institute of ELLIS, the pan-European AI network of excellence. In collaboration with universities across Finland, the Institute is now recruiting
Principal Investigators (PIs) to lead research teams in AI, machine learning (ML) and related fields. This is a unique opportunity for researchers at all career stages to do work with global impact, in a research environment that is one of the best in the
world today for AI and ML.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">Finland has cutting-edge computing resources, including the LUMI supercomputer, strong governmental and industrial support for AI and technology, and possibilities to work with companies and across
the academia-industry interface. The AI ecosystem is already thriving, thanks to the close-knit c</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">o</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">operation of
universities, a long track record of pioneering machine learning research, most recently at the Finnish Center for Artificial Intelligence, and strong ties to the European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems (ELLIS) network. The selected PIs will
become Fellows or Scholars of the ELLIS Society, a distinction of high-caliber scientists advancing the fields of AI and ML.</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">“The launch of the Institute couldn’t come at a better time, with Europe and Finnish partners increasingly realizing the importance of aiming high in research and development,” says Samuel Kaski, director
of ELLIS Institute Finland and professor at Aalto University. “Finland is becoming<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>the</i><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>place to be for trailblazing AI research, with the ELLIS research excellence
ethos built in from<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">start.”</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">ELLIS Institute Finland</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">will
foster fundamental machine learning research grounded in European competence and values, while acting as the hub of an ecosystem of top talents, businesses and investments in Europe, fueling RDI and collaborations, and leveraging local supercomputing and AI
Factory resources.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">PIs in the ELLIS Institute will enjoy great academic freedom and will have access to considerable funding for personnel, equipment, and running costs. The positions are faculty roles on the tenure track
at participating Finnish universities.</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">“We are looking forward to welcoming new colleagues who want to build on the existing strengths of the community, for instance in probabilistic modelling and collaborative AI that combines user modelling
and ML, AI for science, or establishing a new strength. In any case, we are expected to take AI research to the next level, which is a nice challenge for a researcher to have,” says professor Kaski.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#161516">ELLIS Institute PI recruitment is open until March 9, 2025. Details and applications at:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></i><span style="color:#212121"><a href="https://ellisinstitute.fi/PI-recruit" title="https://ellisinstitute.fi/PI-recruit"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0078D7">ellisinstitute.fi/PI-recruit</span></i></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Further information:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></i><span style="color:#212121"><a href="mailto:contact@ellisinstitute.fi" title="mailto:contact@ellisinstitute.fi"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0078D7">contact@ellisinstitute.fi</span></i></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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