The Language, Computation, and Cognition Lab (LaCoCo)
<https://lacoco-lab.github.io/home/> at Saarland Informatics Campus
(Saarbrücken, Germany), directed by Michael Hahn <https://mhahn.info/>,
invites applications for fully funded PhD and postdoc positions, with a
flexible start date.
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**RESEARCH AREAS*
We’re especially excited about projects on:
* Architectural limitations of large language models (LLMs),
especially from theoretical perspectives
* New architectures and efficient reasoning for LLMs
* Mechanistic interpretability
* Theoretical foundations for AI safety
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You’ll have substantial freedom to shape your topic within the lab’s scope.
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*ABOUT THE LAB*
The lab is generously supported by an Emmy Noether grant (DFG) and has
substantial GPU resources. We regularly publish at top venues (e.g.,
six NeurIPS/ICML/ICLR papers in 2024–2025; ACL Best Paper 2024) and are
embedded in Saarland Informatics Campus
(https://saarland-informatics-campus.de/en/), a world-class environment
for computer science research.
Learn more about the lab at https://lacoco-lab.github.io/
<https://lacoco-lab.github.io/>
*HOW TO APPLY*
Please follow the procedure here: https://lacoco-lab.github.io/joining/
<https://lacoco-lab.github.io/joining/>
Deadline: December 20, 2025 (directly via email) or December 31, 2025
(via IMPRS-TRUST).
For questions, please contact Michael Hahn, [email protected]
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Michael Hahn
Assistant Professor
Saarland Informatics Campus
Saarland University
Group: https://lacoco-lab.github.io/
Personal: https://www.mhahn.info/
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