IBM-TCD Pre-Doctoral Researcher AI Full-time

Your Role and Responsibilities
We are delighted to offer an opening for a 4-year paid (salary + full fees) PhD positions in the area of artificial intelligence as part of a new initiative between IBM Research and Trinity College Dublin (TCD).

The PhD projects will be jointly supervised by Prof. Marco Ruffini, Professor in Computer Science at Trinity College Dublin and the Interactive AI research team at IBM Research Dublin led by Dr. Elizabeth Daly.

This selected student will be employed by IBM for the duration of the PhD and be a registered PhD student in Trinity College Dublin, resulting in the following benefits:
• Access to resources and expertise both at IBM Research and TCD
• Research experience in both private and public sectors
• A substantial PhD Salary (>30,000 euro)
• Full TCD PhD programme fees (EU or non-EU level) paid

This PhD will work on foundation models (FM) for time-series data with applications in 6G data. Despite the considerable impact of Large Language Models (LLMs) on various products and services, the exploration of FMs for time-series is still in its early stages.

Developing innovative FM architectures and novel fine-tuning strategies is essential to ensure the effective domain adaptation of FMs when applied to time-series data. This study aims to address research challenges in this area, aiming to provide practical solutions for real-world problems in 6G use-cases.

Candidate profile

• MSc in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or related area (min 2.1 grade or equivalent) or equivalent work experience
• Previous AI/ML experience is a must
• Strong software development (Python) skills and statistics knowledge
• Foundation models experience is preferred.
• Previous scientific publications are preferred

Introduction
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Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• MSc in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or related area (min 2.1 grade or equivalent) or equivalent work experience
• Previous AI/ML experience is a must
• Strong software development (Python) skills and statistics knowledge
• Foundation models experience is preferred.
• Previous scientific publications are preferred

Preferred Technical and Professional Experience

Required Education
Master’s Degree

Preferred Education
Master’s Degree

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