Open position for a PhD-student with Prof. Laurenz Wiskott at the Institute for Neural Computation, Bochum, Germany

University:

The Ruhr-Universität Bochum is one of the leading research universities. The university draws its strengths from both the diversity and the proximity of scientific and engineering disciplines on a single, coherent campus. This highly dynamic setting enables students and researchers to work across traditional boundaries of academic subjects and faculties.

Institute:

Institute for Neural Computation Ruhr-University Bochum Universitaetsstr. 150 D-44801 Bochum, Germany, EU

The Institute for Neural Computation is a central research institute at the Ruhr-University Bochum, see https://www.ini.rub.de/. It focuses on the dynamics and learning of perception and behavior on a functional level but is otherwise very diverse, ranging from neurophysiology and psychophysics over computational neuroscience to machine learning and technical applications.

Chair:

Prof. Dr. Laurenz Wiskott, see https://www.ini.rub.de/research/groups/theory_of_neural_systems/

Research topics:

We are looking for an excellent PhD student at the intersection of reinforcement learning and representation learning in real world applications. This is done in close cooperation with Prof. Wolfgang Konen at the TH Köln, site Gummersbach, in an effort to develop transparent and explainable AI by combining representation learning, reinforcement
learning, and rule learning.

Teaching:

There is a teaching load of 4 hours per week during the semester.

Time:

The appointment will be for three and a half years Anticipated starting date is January 1st.

Requirements:

Candidates should have a recent and very good Master degree in mathematics, computer science, engineering or a related field.

Salary:

Salary is 100% of salary scale TV-L E13.

Inquiries:

Informal inquiries can be addressed to Prof. Laurenz Wiskott

Application:

Applications (CV, transcript of records for MSc and BSc, statement of purpose) should be sent as a single pdf file to Prof. Laurenz Wiskott at laurenz.wiskott@rub.de.

Ruhr-University Bochum is committed to equal opportunity in employment and gender equality in its working environment. We therefore look forward to applications from qualified women. Applications from appropriately qualified handicapped persons are also encouraged.