I have already posted this alert/remark on the ML-news posting. This is for the Corpora-List.
---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Ada Wan <[email protected]> Date: Fri, Jul 14, 2023 at 8:44 PM Subject: Re: [ML-news] Three PhD students, one postdoc on neurosymbolic models To: Alexander Koller <[email protected]>, <[email protected]> Dear Alexander and representatives at DFG As we know, neural models are statistical models in nature. Symbolic representations could create/reinforce unnecessary circularity. The symbolic representations could obfuscate the precision needed. The findings of Mielke et al. (2019) <https://arxiv.org/abs/1906.04726> and Wan (2022) <https://openreview.net/forum?id=-llS6TiOew> were a painful/bitter lesson to many. I'd hate to see another generation of students being misled. Thanks for your serious reconsideration in launching this project. Sincerely Ada Wan On Fri, May 12, 2023 at 1:43 AM Alexander Koller via Corpora < [email protected]> wrote: > The Research Training Group 2853 “Neuroexplicit Models of Language, > Vision, and Action” is looking for > > 6 PhD students and 1 postdoc > October 2023 or later > > Neuroexplicit models combine neural and human-interpretable (“explicit”) > models in order to overcome the limitations that each model class has > separately. They include neurosymbolic models, which combine neural and > symbolic models, but also e.g. combinations of neural and physics-based > models. In the RTG, we will improve the state of the art in natural > language processing (“Language”), computer vision (“Vision”), and planning > and reinforcement learning (“Action”) through the use of neuroexplicit > models and investigate the cross-cutting design principles of effective > neuroexplicit models (“Foundations”). > > The RTG is scheduled to grow to a total of 24 PhD students and one postdoc > by 2025. Through the inclusion of ~20 further PhD students and postdocs > funded from other sources, it will be one of the largest research centers > on neuroexplicit or neurosymbolic models in the world. The RTG brings > together researchers at Saarland University, the Max Planck Institute for > Informatics, the Max Planck Institute for Software Systems, the CISPA > Helmholtz Center for Information Security, and the German Research Center > for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI). All of these institutions are colocated > on the same campus in Saarbrücken, Germany. > > The positions are funded as follows: > > • PhD students will be funded for up to four years at the TV-L E13 > 100% pay scale. You should have or be about to complete an MSc degree in > computer science or a related field and have demonstrated expertise in one > of the research areas of the RTG, e.g. through an excellent Master’s thesis > or relevant publications. > > • The postdoc will initially be funded for three years, with the > possibility of extension up to five years, at the TV-L E13 100% pay scale. > As the RTG postdoc, you will pursue your own research agenda in the field > of neuroexplicit models and work with the PhD students to identify and > pursue opportunities for collaborative research. You should have or be > about to complete a PhD in computer science or a related field and have > demonstrated your expertise in one or more of the RTG’s research areas > through publications in top venues. > > The RTG is part of the Saarland Informatics Campus, one of the leading > centers for research in computer science, artificial intelligence, and > natural language processing in Europe. The Saarland Informatics Campus > brings together 900 researchers and 2500 students from 81 countries. The > CISPA Helmholtz Center, located on the same campus, is home to an > additional 350 researchers and on track to grow to 800 by 2026. Researchers > at SIC and CISPA are part of the ELLIS network and have been awarded more > than 35 ERC grants. > > Each PhD student in the RTG will be jointly supervised by two PhD advisors > from the list of Principal Investigators below. Each student will freely > define their own research topic; we encourage the choice of topics that > cross the traditional boundaries of research fields. Students may be > affiliated with Saarland University or with one of the participating > institutes. > > Vera Demberg, Saarland University - Computational Linguistics > Jörg Hoffmann, Saarland University - AI Planning > Eddy Ilg, Saarland University - Computer Vision, Machine Learning > Dietrich Klakow, Saarland University - Natural Language Processing > Alexander Koller, Saarland University - Computational Linguistics > Bernt Schiele, MPI for Informatics - Computer Vision, Machine Learning > Philipp Slusallek, DFKI and Saarland University - Computer Graphics, > Artificial Intelligence > Christian Theobalt, MPI for Informatics - Visual Computing, Machine > Learning > Mariya Toneva, MPI for Software Systems - Computational Neuroscience, > Machine Learning > Isabel Valera, Saarland University - Machine Learning > Jilles Vreeken, CISPA - Machine Learning, Causality > Joachim Weickert, Saarland University - Mathematical Data Analysis > Verena Wolf, DFKI and Saarland University - Modeling and Simulation, > Reinforcement Learning > > Ellie Pavlick, Brown University and Google AI, will join us regularly as a > Mercator Fellow. > > Please send your application by 31 May 2023 to [email protected]. > Include the reference number W2298 for the postdoc position and the > reference number W2299 for the PhD positions. We aim to conduct job > interviews in July (for a start in October) and September (for a later > start). The legally binding version of this job ad is at > https://www.uni-saarland.de/fileadmin/upload/verwaltung/stellen/Wissenschaftler/W2298.pdf > (postdoc) and > https://www.uni-saarland.de/fileadmin/upload/verwaltung/stellen/Wissenschaftler/W2299.pdf > (PhD), respectively. > > For details on what materials to submit with your application and all > other information about the RTG, please see our website: > https://www.neuroexplicit.org/jobs/#phd-2023 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Corpora mailing list -- [email protected] > https://list.elra.info/mailman3/postorius/lists/corpora.list.elra.info/ > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >
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