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bolder;">Start date:</strong><span> </span>01 September 2025<br
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;">Advertised
on:</strong><span> </span>11 October 2024 /<span> </span><strong
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deadline:</strong><span> </span>26 November 2024</p>
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of Language, Vision, and Action” is looking for</p>
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bolder;">Twelve PhD students - Fall 2025</strong></p>
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initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color:
initial;">Neuroexplicit models combine neural and
human-interpretable (“explicit”) models in order to overcome the
limitations that each model class has separately. They include
neurosymbolic models, which combine neural and symbolic models,
but also e.g. combinations of neural and physics-based models. In
the RTG, we will improve the state of the art in natural language
processing (“Language”), computer vision (“Vision”), and planning
and reinforcement learning (“Action”) through the use of
neuroexplicit models and investigate the cross-cutting design
principles of effective neuroexplicit models (“Foundations”).</p>
<p
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initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color:
initial;">The RTG is scheduled to grow to a total of<span> </span><strong
style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;">24 PhD
students and one postdoc</strong><span> </span>by 2025. An
excellent and international group of<span> </span><a
href="https://www.neuroexplicit.org/people/"
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transition: 0.2s;" moz-do-not-send="true">twelve PhD students
and one postdoc</a><span> </span>have already joined the RTG.
Through the inclusion of ~20 associated PhD students and postdocs
funded from other sources, it will be one of the largest research
centers on neuroexplicit or neurosymbolic models in the world.</p>
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initial;">The RTG brings together researchers at<span> </span><a
href="https://www.uni-saarland.de/en/home.html"
style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(78, 93, 120);
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moz-do-not-send="true">Saarland University</a>, the<span> </span><a
href="https://www.mpi-inf.mpg.de/home"
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transition: 0.2s;" moz-do-not-send="true">Max Planck Institute
for Informatics</a>, the<span> </span><a
href="https://www.mpi-sws.org/"
style="box-sizing: border-box;
color: rgb(78, 93, 120); text-decoration: underline; transition:
0.2s;" moz-do-not-send="true">Max Planck Institute for Software
Systems</a>, the<span> </span><a href="https://cispa.de/en"
style="box-sizing: border-box; color:
rgb(78, 93, 120); text-decoration: underline; transition: 0.2s;"
moz-do-not-send="true">CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information
Security</a>, and the<span> </span><a
href="https://www.dfki.de/en/web"
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color: rgb(78, 93, 120); text-decoration: underline; transition:
0.2s;" moz-do-not-send="true">German Research Center for
Artificial Intelligence</a><span> </span>(DFKI). All of these
institutions are colocated on the same campus in Saarbrücken,
Germany.</p>
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initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color:
initial;">The positions will be funded for up to four years at the
TV-L E13 100% pay scale. The positions are intended to start in
September 2025, but could start a little earlier or later
depending on the student’s availability. You should have or be
about to complete an MSc degree in computer science or a related
field and have demonstrated expertise in one of the research areas
of the RTG, e.g. through an excellent Master’s thesis or relevant
publications.</p>
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initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color:
initial;">The RTG is part of the<span> </span><a
href="https://saarland-informatics-campus.de/en/"
style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(78, 93, 120);
text-decoration: underline; transition: 0.2s;"
moz-do-not-send="true">Saarland Informatics Campus</a>, one of
the<span> </span><strong
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centers for research</strong><span> </span>in computer science,
artificial intelligence, and natural language processing in
Europe. The Saarland Informatics Campus brings together 900
researchers and 2500 students from 81 countries. The<span> </span><a
href="https://cispa.de/en"
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rgb(78, 93, 120); text-decoration: underline; transition: 0.2s;"
moz-do-not-send="true">CISPA Helmholtz Center</a>, located on
the same campus, is home to an additional 350 researchers and on
track to grow to 800 by 2026. Researchers at SIC and CISPA are
part of the<span> </span><a
href="https://ellis.eu/units/saarbrucken"
style="box-sizing:
border-box; color: rgb(78, 93, 120); text-decoration: underline;
transition: 0.2s;" moz-do-not-send="true">ELLIS</a><span> </span>network
and have been awarded more than 40 ERC grants.</p>
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initial;">Each PhD student in the RTG will be<span> </span><strong
style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;">jointly
supervised by two PhD advisors</strong><span> </span>from among
the<span> </span><a href="https://www.neuroexplicit.org/people"
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will freely define their own research topic; we encourage the
choice of topics that cross the traditional boundaries of research
fields. Students may be affiliated with Saarland University or
with one of the participating institutes.</p>
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initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color:
initial;">Please send your application by<span> </span><strong
style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;">26 November
2024</strong><span> </span>to<span> </span><a
href="mailto:apply@neuroexplicit.org"
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transition: 0.2s;" class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
moz-do-not-send="true">apply@neuroexplicit.org</a>. Include the
reference number W2543. We aim to conduct job interviews in
January 2025, ideally in person in Saarbrücken, Germany. Please
see the<span> </span><a
href="https://www.neuroexplicit.org/about/#faq"
style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(78, 93, 120);
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moz-do-not-send="true">FAQ</a><span> </span>for details on the
selection process and what materials to include in your
application.</p>
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initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color:
initial;">The legally binding version of this job ad is<span> </span><a
href="https://www.uni-saarland.de/fileadmin/upload/verwaltung/stellen/Wissenschaftler/W2543.pdf"
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