PhD Candidate in Machine Learning within WASP

Linkoping

Reference number LiU-2025-02202

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At the Department of Electrical Engineering, Division of Automatic Control, we are now looking for a PhD candidate, to be admitted to the WASP graduate school.

Your work assignments

The research area of this WASP-financed project is machine learning, in particular dealing with generative models and instabilities associated with cycles of retraining on mixtures of human and machine-generated data. The task is to understand phenomena like "model collapse" and implementing strategies to avert it, using tools from the Systems and Control field.

Wallenberg AI, Autonomous Systems and Software Program (WASP) is Sweden’s largest individual research program ever, a major national initiative for strategically motivated basic research, education and faculty recruitment. The program addresses research on artificial intelligence and autonomous systems acting in collaboration with humans, adapting to their environment through sensors, information and knowledge, and forming intelligent systems-of-systems. The vision of WASP is excellent research and competence in artificial intelligence, autonomous systems and software for the benefit of Swedish industry. Read more on WASP at wasp-sweden.org .

The graduate school within WASP is dedicated to providing the skills needed to analyze, develop, and contribute to the interdisciplinary area of artificial intelligence, autonomous systems and software. Through an ambitious program with research visits, partner universities, and visiting lecturers, the graduate school actively supports forming a strong multi-disciplinary and international professional network between Doctoral students, researchers and industry. Read more on WASP graduate school at wasp-sweden.org/graduate-school .

As a PhD candidate, you devote most of your time to doctoral studies and the research project of which you are part. Your work may also include teaching or other departmental duties, up to a maximum of 20% of full-time.

Your qualifications

You have a Master’s degree in electrical engineering, engineering physics, computer science, applied mathematics or have completed courses with a minimum of 240 credits, at least 60 of which must be in advanced courses within the topics mentioned above. Alternatively, you have gained essentially corresponding knowledge in another way. The degree requirement must be met no later than at the time the employment decision is finalized, which occurs when the employment contract is signed.

Furthermore, you shall be eager to learn new things and explore the unknown, and you like to pay attention to details. You must also have strong communication skills in English, both in writing and orally.

Your workplace

The Division of Automatic Control is successfully conducting research as well as postgraduate and undergraduate education within areas such as autonomous systems, complex networks, data-driven modeling, machine learning, optimization, and sensor fusion. The division has extensive collaborations both with industry and other research groups around the world.

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The employment

When taking up the post, you will be admitted to the program for doctoral studies. More information about the doctoral studies at each faculty is available at Doctoral studies at Linköping University .

The employment has a duration of four years’ full-time equivalent. You will initially be employed for a period of one year. The employment will subsequently be renewed for periods of maximum duration two years, depending on your progress through the study plan. The employment may be extended up to a maximum of five years, based on the amount of teaching and departmental duties you have carried out. Further extensions can be granted in special circumstances.

Starting date by agreement.

Background screening may come to be carried out before any decision on employment is made.

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Salary and employment benefits

The salary of PhD candidates is determined according to a locally negotiated salary progression.

More information about employment benefits at Linköping University is available here.

Union representatives

Information about union representatives, see Help for applicants .

Application procedure

Apply for the position by clicking the "Apply" button below. Your application must reach Linköping University no later than May 22, 2025.

Applications and documents received after the date above will not be considered.

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We look forward to receiving your application!

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Contact persons

Claudio Altafini

Professor

+46(0)13-281373

claudio.altafiniliu.se

Karin Blomdahl

HR-samordnare

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