[PlanetKR] Subject: Precall "Bilateral AI" (50 PhDs, 10 Postdocs), fall 2024

[Thomas Eiter]

[apologies for multiple cross postings]

Cluster of Excellence Bilateral Artificial Intelligence

Pre-Call for Applications

For the recently established Cluster of Excellence CoE Bilateral 
Artificial Intelligence (BILAI), funded by the Austrian Science Fund 
(FWF), we are looking for more than 50 PhD students and 10 Post-Doc 
researchers (m/f/d)  to join our team at one of the six leading research 
institutions across Austria (see below).

In BILAI, major Austrian players in Artificial Intelligence (AI) are 
teaming up to work towards Broad AI. As opposed to Narrow AI, which is 
characterized by task-specific skills, Broad AI seeks to address a wide 
array of problems, rather than being limited to a single task or domain. 
To develop its foundations, BILAI employs a Bilateral AI approach, 
effectively combining sub-symbolic AI (neural networks and machine 
learning) with symbolic AI (logic, knowledge representation, and 
reasoning) in various ways.

Harnessing the full potential of both symbolic and sub-symbolic approaches 
can open new avenues for AI, enhancing its ability to solve novel 
problems, adapt to diverse environments, improve reasoning skills, and 
increase efficiency in computation and data use. These key features enable 
a broad range of applications for Broad AI, from drug development and 
medicine to planning and scheduling, autonomous traffic management, and 
recommendation systems. Prioritizing fairness, transparency, and 
explainability, the development of Broad AI is crucial for addressing 
ethical concerns and ensuring a positive impact on society.

The research team is committed to cross-disciplinary work in order to 
provide theory and models for future AI and deployment to applications.

  CoE Research Institutions:
      Johannes Kepler Universität Linz (JKU Linz)
      Technische Universität Wien (TU Wien)
      Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt (AAU)
      Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA)
      Technische Universität Graz (TU Graz)
      Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien (WU Wien)

  Board of directors:
      Sepp Hochreiter (JKU Linz)
      Agata Ciabattoni (TU Wien)
      Thomas Eiter (TU Wien)
      Gerhard Friedrich (AAU)
      Christoph Lampert (ISTA)
      Robert Legenstein (TU Graz)
      Axel Polleres (WU Wien)
      Martina Seidl (JKU Linz)

The call for applications will open on *** September 1,*** 2024. For more 
information, see http://www.bilateral-ai.net

  Stay tuned!

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