The Department of Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics seeks up to two postdoctoral researchers who will work in the Mathematical Foundations of Artificial Intelligence group under the supervision of Alp Yurtsever. The employment is full-time for two years starting from February 1st 2025, or by agreement. Apply latest 15 September 2024.

Project description and working tasks:
-The connection between optimization and machine learning is at the heart of many recent breakthroughs in artificial intelligence and autonomous systems. Many machine learning applications are modeled as optimization problems, and as problems become more and more complex, new optimization methods are needed. Within this framework, the successful candidate is encouraged to develop their research agenda in close collaboration with their supervisor. Potential areas of interest include, but are not limited to:

– Efficient and scalable algorithms for machine learning,
– Optimization problems with stochastic constraints,
– Implicit regularization in neural networks,
– Optimization with quantum computation,
– Distributed optimization and federated learning,
– Operator splitting methods in optimization,
– Continual learning,
– Bilevel optimization and applications in machine learning,
– Representation learning,
– Optimization on manifolds.

The project is part of the AI/MLX track of the Wallenberg AI, Autonomous Systems, and Software Program (WASP). 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 society and industry. Read more: https://wasp-sweden.org/

Umeå offers excellent working and living conditions. The city is young and located right next to a large river. It is surrounded by forests and lakes and lies close by the sea. In the vicinity there are plenty of opportunities for both indoor and outdoor activities.

For further information and instructions on how to apply, see:
https://umu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:746629/