[Jobs] PostDoc position in RL at Mila
Glen Berseth
Hello All,
Looking to shape the future of deep reinforcement learning? Interested in doing research in a stimulating, collaborative academic environment?
We (Marc Bellemare & Glen Berseth) are hiring a postdoctoral researcher to collaborate across our labs of ~20 students in total. This position will be at Mila, the world-renowned AI hub located in Montreal, Canada – home to over 900 people pushing the boundaries of AI research. For this call, we are prioritizing candidates with experience in deep reinforcement learning or planning. However, candidates who overlap in related areas are encouraged to apply.
Related research areas
Reinforcement learning
Exploration in reinforcement learning
Risk sensitive decision making
Intrinsic motivation / curiosity-driven behaviour (Unsupervised RL)
Representation learning in RL
Self-supervised learning
Distributional reinforcement learning
Robot Learning
Decision-making under uncertainty
Foundational models for decision making
Candidates should
Be interested in mentoring opportunities
Have completed (or will soon complete) a PhD in reinforcement learning or adjacent topic
Have some proficiency in Python and ML tools for Python
A track record of publishing at top international venues (e.g., ICRL, ICML, NeurIPS, JMLR, TMLR, AAAI, CoRL, etc.).
A demonstrated ability to initiate new research projects and a desire to lead a research team.
Application procedures
Please fill out this form to apply for the position.
We will directly contact shortlisted applicants – we may not be able to respond to follow-up requests.
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