Quick facts
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- Stockholm
- Full time
- Recruitment
Categories:
- Electrical engineering
Subjects:
- Phd
Apply by: 2024-05-23
Doctoral student in control and social learning with large-language models
School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at KTH
Project description
Third-cycle subject: Electrical Engineering
This PhD project aims at understanding the behavior of LLM (Large Language Model)-powered agents, as they interact with humans or other agents. Unlike current research efforts at trying to explain AI models or their predictions, the approach of this project will consist in viewing the agents as black-box economic agents, or “utility maximizers”, and in employing tools from dynamical systems and control, microeconomics and social learning to test the rationality of their decisions and understand the pitfalls commonly encountered when rational agents interact in an environment.
Supervision: Prof. Cristian R. Rojas
What we offer
- The possibility to study in a dynamic and international research environment in collaboration with industries and prominent universities from all over the world. Read more
- A workplace with many employee benefits and monthly salary according to KTH’s Doctoral student salary agreement.
- A postgraduate education at an institution that is active and supportive in matters pertaining to working conditions, gender equality and diversity as well as study environment.
- Help to relocate and be settled in Sweden and at KTH.
Admission requirements
To be admitted to postgraduate education (Chapter 7, 39 § Swedish Higher Education Ordinance), the applicant must have basic eligibility in accordance with either of the following:
- passed a second cycle degree (for example a master's degree), or
- completed course requirements of at least 240 higher education credits, of which at least 60 second-cycle higher education credits, or
- acquired, in some other way within or outside the country, substantially equivalent knowledge
The applicant is expected to hold or to be about to receive an MSc degree in Electrical Engineering, Engineering Physics, Mathematics or equivalent, with a strong mathematical background.
In addition to the above, there is also a mandatory requirement for English equivalent to English B/6, read more here
Selection
In order to succeed as a doctoral student at KTH you need to be goal oriented and persevering in your work. During the selection process, candidates will be assessed upon their ability to:
- independently pursue his or her work
- collaborate with others,
- have a professional approach and
- analyse and work with complex issues.
The successful applicant should have an outstanding academic track record with solid mathematical and programming skills. We are looking for a strongly motivated person. Good command of English orally and in writing is required to publish and present results at international conferences and in international journals.
A specialization in Automatic Control or Signal Processing is an asset.
After the qualification requirements, great emphasis will be placed on personal competency.
Target degree: Doctoral degree
Information regarding admission and employment
Only those admitted to postgraduate education may be employed as a doctoral student. The total length of employment may not be longer than what corresponds to full-time doctoral education in four years ' time. An employed doctoral student can, to a limited extent (maximum 20%), perform certain tasks within their role, e.g. training and administration. A new position as a doctoral student is for a maximum of one year, and then the employment may be renewed for a maximum of two years at a time.
Union representatives
You will find contact information for union representatives on KTH's website.
Doctoral section (Students’ union on KTH Royal Institute of Technology)
You will find contact information for doctoral section on the section's website.
To apply for the position
Apply for the position and admission through KTH's recruitment system. It is the applicant’s responsibility to ensure that the application is complete in accordance with the instructions in the advertisement.
Applications must be received at the last closing date at midnight, CET/CEST (Central European Time/Central European Summer Time).
Applications must include the following elements:
- CV including your relevant professional experience and knowledge.
- Copies of diplomas and grades from previous university studies and certificates of fulfilled language requirements (see above). Translations into English or Swedish if the original document is not issued in one of these languages. Copies of originals must be certified.
- Representative publications or technical reports. For longer documents, please provide a summary (abstract) and a web link to the full text.
Other information
Striving towards gender equality, diversity and equal conditions is both a question of quality for KTH and a given part of our values.
For information about processing of personal data in the recruitment process please read here.
The position may include security-sensitive activities. To become authorized, you therefore need to pass a possible security check.
We firmly decline all contact with staffing and recruitment agencies and job ad salespersons.
Disclaimer: In case of discrepancy between the Swedish original and the English translation of the job announcement, the Swedish version takes precedence.
Type of employment
Temporary position
Contract type
Full time
Full-time equivalent
100%
First day of employment
According to agreement, no later than December 2024
Salary
Monthly salary according to KTH's doctoral student salary agreement
Number of positions
1
Location
Stockholm
County
Stockholms län
Country
Sweden
Reference number
J-2024-1088
Published
02.May.2024
Last application date
23.May.2024
Contact
Prof. Cristian Rojas
crro@kth.se
About KTH
KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm has grown to become one of Europe’s leading technical and engineering universities, as well as a key centre of intellectual talent and innovation. We are Sweden’s largest technical research and learning institution and home to students, researchers and faculty from around the world. Our research and education covers a wide area including natural sciences and all branches of engineering, as well as architecture, industrial management, urban planning, history and philosophy. Read more here