PhD Position @TU Vienna
The research group Theory and Logic, Institute of Logic and Computation of
the Vienna University of Technology, is seeking an exceptionally talented
and motivated student for a PhD position.
The 4-year position (30 hrs/week) is embedded in the AXAIS project
("Acquiring and explaining norms for AI systems") funded by the Vienna
Science and Technology Fund. This interdisciplinary project, involving TU
Vienna (PI: Agata Ciabattoni), the University of Maryland (PI: John Horty),
and the AIT - Austrian Institute of Technology (PI: Cristinel Mateis), will
start December 2024.
*The Project.*
The candidate will be working as a member of the AXAIS project under the
supervision of A. Ciabattoni.
The project’s general aim is to address a central challenge in Machine
Ethics:
the acquisition and representation of normative information that allows for
machine implementation.
The project will integrate methodologies from Logic, Legal Reasoning and
Natural Language Processing, to create a comprehensive framework capable of
translating extensive norm codes into symbolic representations with clear
meaning. The envisioned framework will promote explicable reasoning, and
will enable the acquisition of complex normative information from simple
decisions, akin to the practice of case-based reasoning in legal contexts.
*The position.*
The PhD position focuses on advancing and applying logical and
computational methods for legal reasoning.
*Job requirements.*
The candidate should have familiarity with formal logic, ideally
modal/deontic/epistemic/philosophical logics, affinity with legal
reasoning, and programming skills (e.g., Answer Set Programming). Interest
in sub-symbolic AI is also desirable.
The candidate should have a degree in computer science, logic, AI,
philosophy, or related subjects. The working language will be English.
We welcome candidates with a variety of backgrounds and perspectives. We
especially encourage candidates from underrepresented groups to apply.
*Application.*
The application should contain the following documents:
1. a letter of motivation explaining your interest in the position and your
qualifications for it, 2. your curriculum vitae, 3. abstract in English of
the applicant’s master’s thesis;
4. a complete list of completed studies and transcripts of all grades, 5.
a writing sample (such as master thesis, seminar paper), and 6. the contact
details of at least two referees, who can be contacted for
a letter of reference
If you are interested, we invite you to apply before October 1st, 2024.
The application should be sent to ag...@logic.at (with e-mail Subject "Phd
Position AXAIS Project").
Interviews will be held shortly thereafter online.
https://www.vcla.at/2024/08/phd-position-at-tu-wien-axais-project/
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