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EPFL, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, is one of the most dynamic university campuses in Europe and ranks among the top 20 universities worldwide. The EPFL employs more than 6,500 people supporting the three main missions of the institutions: education, research and innovation. The EPFL campus offers an exceptional working environment at the heart of a community of more than 17,000 people, including over 12,500 students and 4,000 researchers from more than 120 different countries.

PhD - Exploring the geometry of Markov diffusion processes to design more efficient AI algorithms

Mission

EPFL is one of the most dynamic university campuses in Europe, ranks among the top 20 universities worldwide and offers an exceptional working environment with very competitive salaries.

The LTS2 Lab https://lts2.epfl.ch offers a highly motivating, interdisciplinary scientific environment with many opportunities to interact between different projects and researchers, and has an excellent network of collaborative research projects with applications ranging from biology to neuroscience.

The objective of this project is to develop novel methodologies based on geometrical approaches, in particular Markov diffusion processes. These have the potential to heavily impact techniques such as diffusion or Transformers that are ubiquitous in modern GenAI approaches. There will be ample opportunities to do theory but also applications, for instance in GenAI for molecular biology.

We offer two PhD positions, fully funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation.

 

Profile

We are looking for PhD candidates with a strong analytical background, and an outstanding MSc degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, Applied Mathematics, or a related field. You should be proficient in or willing to learn geometric deep learning, signal processing, statistics and learning theory.

We expect the candidate to be self-driven with strong problem-solving abilities and out-of-the-box thinking.

Professional command of English (both written and spoken) is mandatory.

To be eligible for these positions you must also apply and be accepted to the doctoral program in Electrical Engineering. Please check this page for additional information. Please note that this is a separateapplication process.

Main duties and responsibilities

As a PhD Student, you will be expected to:

  • Have full responsibility for your own dissertation
  • Research in close collaboration with industry and academic partners;
  • Experiment design and execution ;
  • Analyze and interpret experimental results;
  • Write scientific articles for publication in peer-reviewed journals;
  • Present at international conferences;
  • Supervise student projects.

We offer

  • 4 years to complete your PhD with a competitive remuneration
  • A world-class research and training environment with access to state-of-the-art research facilities;
  • A multi-cultural and stimulating work environment;
  • Term of employment: 1-year fixed-term contract (CDD), renewable for 4 years.

Informations

Only applications submitted through the online platform are considered.

Your application should contain:

  • Motivation Letter
  • Detailed CV
  • Contact information
  • At least 2 references willing to write a recommendation letter.

For more information, please contact: pierre.vandergheynst@epfl.ch

Activity Rate : 100,00

Contract Type : PhD Student

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