Connectionists: [jobs] Multiple PhD positions in ML for automated driving

[Joschka Boedecker]

Join us in an exciting project where we rethink the automated driving stack!

The Neurorobotics Lab (https://nr.informatik.uni-freiburg.de) at the University of Freiburg, Germany, headed by Prof. Joschka Boedecker currently has multiple open full-time PhD positions on planning and learning for automated driving. We are looking for individuals who are highly motivated, curious, and keen to work in a team with excellent peers in a larger project with an industry partner. The positions are fully funded (TV-L E13) 100%. Knowledge of the German language is not required and international candidates are encouraged to apply. In particular, we strongly encourage women and people of underrepresented minority groups to apply. 

The candidate should have:
+ Master’s degree in computer science, robotics, machine learning, or a related field
+ Strong mathematical background
+ Programming skills including in deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch or TensorFlow (programming experience in C++ would be a plus)
+ Excellent communication skills in English
+ Prior research experience in (ideally) several of the following areas:
	- Reinforcement Learning and planning 
	- Scene understanding
	- Multi-object tracking and prediction
	- Graph neural networks
	- Causal representation learning
	- Uncertainty estimation in deep networks
	- Self-supervised and unsupervised learning

About the Lab and the city of Freiburg:
The Neurorobotics Lab is part of the ELLIS Unit Freiburg, the Department of Computer Science, and the BrainLinks-BrainTools Center. In addition, we tightly collaborate with the Collaborative Research Institute Intelligent Oncology (CRIION) in Freiburg.  Access to state-of-the-art robotics and compute facilities is available.

According to Wikipedia, Freiburg is "known for its ancient university and its medieval munster, as well as for its high standard of living and advanced environmental practices. The city is situated in the heart of a major wine-growing region and serves as the primary tourist entry point to the scenic beauty of the Black Forest. According to meteorological statistics, the city is the sunniest and warmest in Germany." 

Please send your curriculum vitae and (unofficial) master’s transcripts with an expression of interest via email to nrapplications at cs.uni-freiburg.de as soon as possible. Selected candidates will be asked for further application documents. The call closes as soon as suitable candidates are found.