PhD in fairness and non-discrimination in large language models

Overview

https://www.upf.edu/web/wssc/join-us#phd

Company:

UPF

Qualifications:

Candidates having previous experience, interest, and/or publications in algorithmic fairness or large language models (LLMs) are welcome to apply. The PhD thesis will be about ensuring fairness and non-discrimination in LLMs, and in providing robust protections against “jail breaking” of LLMs, and will be conducted in collaboration with researchers from NeuralPeaks. More details about this collaboration can be provided upon request; in short, they provide a general theme for the development of the work, but leave ample freedom for the PhD candidate to find a specific research direction.

This position is partially funded by a Public-Private Partnership with NeuralPeaks plus a partial fellowship offered by the Department of Engineering plus own group funds. The gross monthly salary (approximate, and to be confirmed before the contract) is as follows:

1st year – 2,000 € gross per month
2nd year – 2,000 € gross per month
3rd year – 2,125 € gross per month
4th year – 2,585 € gross per month

Educational level:

Master Degree

Level of experience (years):

Mid Career (2+ years of experience)

Tagged as: Industry, Language Modeling, Master Degree, NLP, Spain