PhD Position in Trustworthy AI at the Lamarr Institute, TU Dortmund (Germany)

[Michael Kamp]

Dear all,

I have an exciting PhD position available in my research group at the Lamarr Institute for Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence, located at TU Dortmund, Germany. My group works on Trustworthy AI (https://trustworthyml.de/), with a focus on:

• Federated & Multi-Agent Learning
• Theory of Deep Learning (generalization bounds, adversarial examples, LLMs)
• Causality (causal discovery, federated causal discovery, causal representation learning)

What we are looking for:
We are looking for an outstanding candidate with:
✅ Excellent mathematical skills (probability, optimization, linear algebra)
✅ Strong experience in machine learning, particularly deep learning
✅ Experience with state-of-the-art architectures & frameworks (e.g., PyTorch)
✅ An interest in deep theoretical problems with practical applications

Why this position?

• Fully funded & highly competitive salary (~58,000€/year, ~3,000€/month after taxes)
• Comprehensive benefits: Includes top-tier health insurance, retirement, and unemployment insurance.
• Access to world-class compute resources
• Access to the large Lamarr Institute's  GPU cluster and the Institute for AI in Medicine (IKIM)'s KITE GPU cluster.
• Work in one of Europe’s most vibrant AI research environments:
  • The Lamarr Institute is one of 6 recently founded German AI excellence center with branches at TU Dortmund & University of Bonn.
  • The Institute for AI in Medicine at University Hospital Essen is Europe’s leading center for medical AI.

Unique research opportunities:
🚀 Tackle high-impact problems: The Lamarr Institute offers the chance to work on fundamental AI research and its applications in physics, including projects that have been cited in the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics.
🏥 Make a real impact in healthcare: The Institute for AI in Medicine works directly with clinicians on real patient data, ensuring that AI innovations can directly improve patient care.

Why Germany?
With the US academic job market facing uncertainty and visa restrictions tightening, this PhD position offers an excellent alternative for top-tier candidates. Germany’s publicly funded research institutes are thriving, and this position provides long-term career stability in a globally recognized AI research hub.

If you're interested or know an outstanding candidate, feel free to reach out to me directly! That is, please send your letter of application and CV to michael.kamp(at)uk-essen.de with the subject "Application PhD Position Trustworthy Machine Learning X", where X = G(5) with G(0) = 0, G(1)=1, and G(n) = G(n-1) + 2*G(n-2).

Best,

Michael Kamp

Associate Professor, Lamarr Institute, TU Dortmund