Four PhD positions in MLOps for AI-Enabled Cyber-Physical Systems

You will

• develop cutting-edge research for AI-enabled Cyber-physical systems
• enhance UAVs adaptability in complex environments, working with Dr. Sebastiano Panichella (UniBe) and Prof. Timo Kehrer (UniBe) & experts of UZH (i.e., Prof. Davide Scaramuzza, Prof. Harald Gall, etc.).

Your responsibilities/Tasks:

• Conducting research in the field of MLOps for teams of AI-enabled Cyber-physical systems (AI-CPS), e.g., Drones/UAVs.
• Contributing to the development of innovative MLOps solutions tailored for AI-CPS.
• Designing and implementing experimental frameworks for evaluating the proposed solutions.
• Collaborating with other team members to integrate research findings into practical applications.
• Publishing research results in top-tier conferences and journals in software engineering and robotics fields.

Your profile:

Must-haves:

• Master’s degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science and/or Robotics (with strong programming skills), or related fields.
• Two out of four positions require international applicants (i.e., researchers who have been not working/studying in Switzerland in the last 3 years). N.B.: If you are applying as an international candidate (i.e., researchers who have been not working/studying in Switzerland in the last 3 years) to work at UniBe, you are obliged to apply (send your CV and a short letter of motivation) by sending an email to both Prof. Dr. Timo Kehrer and Dr. Sebastiano Panichella. At the same time, you are required also to send the very same documents via the EU portal (in doing so, select the 13 and 14 PhD projects described here) to work with us.

Nice to have:

• Strong background in software engineering concepts and tools, possibly with know-how in MLOps, DevOps, Virtual Reality, or Data Engineering preferred.
• Excellent programming skills (possibly in Python, C, or C++), strong experience in developing software (prior knowledge in data science, qualitative research, or empirical software engineering is helpful but not required), and experience with relevant tools and frameworks.
• Excellent communication and writing skills, with proficiency in English. Ability to work both independently and as part of a collaborative research team.
• Familiarity with autonomous systems (e.g., UAVs and Self-driving Cars) and Virtual Reality technologies are a strong plus

Interested? Any open questions? Please do not hesitate to contact us!

We are looking forward to your application (consisting of at least a CV and short letter of motivation), which you may directly send to Prof. Dr. Timo Kehrer and Dr. Sebastiano Panichella.

N.B.: If you are applying as an international candidate to work at UniBe, you are obliged to apply (send your CV and a short letter of motivation) by sending an email to both Prof. Dr. Timo Kehrer and Dr. Sebastiano Panichella. At the same time, you are required also to send the very same documents via the EU portal (in doing so, select the 13 and 14 PhD projects described here) to work with us.