Connectionists: Postdoc position on causal explanations in reinforcement learning at the University of Vienna

[Moritz Grosse-Wentrup]

We have an opening for a postdoc position in the Research Group
Neuroinformatics at the University of Vienna [1]. The position is funded
by the CHIST-ERA project CausalXRL - Causal eXplanations in
Reinforcement Learning [2]. The project aims to equip reinforcement
learning agents with causal structure learning and reasoning abilities,
enabling them to explore their environment more efficiently and justify
their actions, e.g., in medical decision support. All work will be done
in close collaboration with partners at the University of Sheffield and
Inria Lille.

The position is available for three years, with an earliest (but
reasonably flexible) starting date on July 1st. Salary is according to
the Collective Bargaining Agreement for university staff at the
University of Vienna (job group B1 100% [3]).

Our ideal candidate would have

* a background in computer science or mathematics,
* recently finished their Ph.D. on reinforcement learning or causality,
* published first-author papers at internationally recognized machine
learning conferences (e.g., NeurIPS, ICML, UAI, ECML) or in prominent
journals.

We will consider all applicants with a strong track record in machine
learning or artificial intelligence.

We strive to be a heterogeneous research team and particularly welcome
applications by women, transgender and intersex candidates, people of
colour, disabled applicants and candidates from other underrepresented
groups. Disabled applicants will receive preference over equally
qualified non-disabled applicants.

Your application should include a cover letter, a CV, relevant
transcripts, and contact information of at least two referees. Please
submit your application documents (as one PDF file) to
fsg.neuroinformatics at univie.ac.at. We will begin screening applications
on May 17th. Applications will be considered until the position is filled.

Our offices are in downtown Vienna, which has been ranked the most
liveable city globally for two years in a row [4]. The University of
Vienna is one of Europe's largest universities (with >90k students) and
has a vibrant research community.

If you have any questions before applying, please contact me at
moritz.grosse-wentrup at univie.ac.at!

1. https://ni.cs.univie.ac.at/
2. https://www.chistera.eu/projects/causalxrl
3.
https://personalwesen.univie.ac.at/en/jobs-recruiting/job-center/salary-scheme/
4. https://www.eiu.com/topic/liveability


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Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Moritz Grosse-Wentrup
Research Group Neuroinformatics
Faculty of Computer Science
University of Vienna
Hörlgasse 6, A-1090 Wien, Austria
moritz.grosse-wentrup at univie.ac.at
+43-1-4277-79610
http://neural.engineering/