Ph.D. position in Computer Science, specializing in Artificial Intelligence, Örebro (Sweden)

Örebro University is offering a Ph.D. position to a highly-motivated student who wants to investigate how AI systems can proactively acquire new knowledge and new abilities. The position is fully funded for a period of four years.The student will develop theories and methods to allow the AI system to decide which knowledge or abilities it should learn, when, and how. As part of this problem, the AI system must be able to perform anticipatory reasoning, and to reason about its own knowledge and abilities as well as the knowledge and abilities of others. Note that this project investigates the high-level question of how an AI system can autonomously decide to initiate a learning process, but it does not aim at studying specific mechanisms for machine learning.

Applicants should have demonstrated knowledge in AI, specifically in: knowledge representation, planning and decision-making, or multi-agent systems. Experience with robotic systems, human-machine interaction, machine learning or neuro-symbolic approaches are desirable. The ability to work in multi-disciplinary projects and good programming skills are a plus. Expected employment start date is September 2024.