Your role
- Join the at the ZHAW Centre for Artificial Intelligence as a fully funded PhD student, contributing to the international and interdisciplinary Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) project focusing on developing reliable conversational AI systems for domain-specific multimodal data exploration and analysis
- Earn your PhD degree through the collaborative program with the University of Zurich
- Benefit from world-class training and mentorship by leading experts while tackling cutting-edge, practice-oriented research challenges and driving innovation.
- Experience international mobility through a research stay abroad (at CNRS in Grenoble, France) and participate in workshops, conferences, and training programs
- Develop and implement high-quality, innovative multimodal AI approaches to enhance large language models with features like factuality, interpretability, soundness, and guidance
- Drive the adaptation and evaluation of the developed conversational AI system for a real-world medical use case in close collaboration with domain experts from University Hospital Zurich, specifically exploring and analysing patient-specific multimodal medical data
- Disseminate your research findings through publications and presentations in peer-reviewed journals and conferences
- Provide occasional teaching support to lecturers
Your profile
A strong interest in conversational multimodal AI, AI explainability and AI in healthcare, with prior experience in these domains being advantageousProficiency in software development (ideally Python) and familiarity with deep learning frameworks and tools like PyTorchParticipate in a secondment abroad to develop innovative explainability methodologies for the systemsExperience with generative AI is beneficialExcellent English language skillsHave nor resided or carried out main activity (work, studies, etc.) in Switzerland for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior the recruitment (since October 2022 if starting in October 2025)This is what we stand for
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