About the Project
Personalized Explainable AI for Decentralized Agents with Heterogeneous Knowledge (EXPECTATION) is funded by The Scientific and Technological Research Council Of Turkey in the framework of CHIST-ERA multi-lateral research program.
We plan to develop models and mechanisms to reconcile sub-symbolic, symbolic, and semantic representations leveraging on the agent-based paradigm. In particular, the proposed approach combines inter-agent, intra-agent, and human-agent interactions to benefit from both the specialization of ML agents and the establishment of agent collaboration mechanisms, which will integrate heterogeneous knowledge/explanations extracted from efficient black-box AI agents. The project includes the validation of the personalization and heterogeneous knowledge integration approach through a prototype application in the domain of food and nutrition monitoring and recommendation, including the evaluation of agent-human explainability, and the performance of the employed techniques in a collaborative AI environment.
Job Description
We are looking for a PhD or Postgraduate student to work together on the following fields:
- Recommendation systems
- Argumentation
- Natural Language Processing
- Semantic reasoning
- Data governance
- Human-robot interaction
We expect you to actively participate in the following tasks:
- Conducting high-quality research within the project
- Presentation of research findings at workshops and conferences
- Publication of scientific papers in peer-reviewed international journals
- Collaborate strongly with all consortium partners
- Participate actively in joint EXPECTATION activities
Requirements
- Specialization in artificial intelligence or related field
- Written and oral fluency in English
- Minimum of 2.90 GPA in undergraduate education and minimum of 3.50 GPA in master’s degree.
- Majority of PhD education courses have already been completed.
Conditions of employment
- Remote work
- Monthly 3500 TL for Ph.D. - 4000 TL for postgraduate
If you are planning to pursue your PhD. studies at Ozyegin University, additional funds are available: https://www.ozyegin.edu.tr/en/graduate-school-engineering-and-science/financial-aid
For more information about vacancy, you can contact Dr. Reyhan Aydoğan, Assistant Professor (reyhan.aydogan@ozu.edu.tr).
For official applications, please fill out the following application form:
https://tinyurl.com/OZUExpectation
You need to upload the following documents during the application process:
- Motivation letter
- Curriculum vitae
- Transcripts of BSc and MSc degrees
- Proof of language skills if applicable
- Published studies