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<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:100%">I am pleased to
announce that the Department of Intelligent Systems at TU Delft, The
Netherlands, can offer two PhD and one postdoc position. The
positions are part of an ERC-funded research project, "INLFUENCE:
Influence-based decision-making in uncertain environments", and
are fully funded. <br>
<br>
Closing date: April 23.<br>
<br>
<b>Project
description:</b><br>
INFLUENCE is situated in the intersection of
machine learning, reinforcement learning and multiagent systems. The
aim of the project is to investigate how to scale up methods for
automated decision making for complex systems. <br>
<br>
In
particular, we will focus on using machine learning techniques to
learn representations of 'influence' (e.g. how certain parts of the
system affect other parts), and using such representations to scale
up decision making. INFLUENCE will focus on two problems
domains:<br>
-coordinated control of traffic lights in a large
city<br>
-autonomous warehousing with teams of robots<br>
(But also
other domains can be considered).<br>
<br>
Currently I am
recruiting for the following positions:<br>
<br>
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<b>PhD
student in Machine Learning of Influence Descriptions in Complex
Systems  (4 years)</b><br>
<br>
This position will focus on
learning compact descriptions of ‘influence’, i.e., how a
sub-problem is affected over time, by building on state-of-the-art
(deep) machine learning techniques. <br>
<br>
Full requirements and
application
instructions:<br>
<a href="https://www.academictransfer.com/employer/TUD/vacancy/46297/lang/en/">https://www.academictransfer.com/employer/TUD/vacancy/46297/lang/en/</a></p>
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<b>PhD
student in Influence-based Sequential Decision Making (4 years)</b><br>
<br>
This
position will focus online planning methods (such as extensions of
Monte Carlo tree search methods) making use of learned influence
descriptions, and developing self-improving simulators. <br>
<br>
Full
requirements and application
instructions:<br>
<a href="https://www.academictransfer.com/employer/TUD/vacancy/46314/lang/en/">https://www.academictransfer.com/employer/TUD/vacancy/46314/lang/en/</a></p>
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<b>Postdoc
in High Performance Planning and Learning Algorithms (3 years)</b><br>
<br>
This
position focuses on high-performance simulation-based planning and
learning, and the candidate will play a leading role in the joint
development efforts. <br>
<br>
Full requirements and application
instructions:<br>
<a href="https://www.academictransfer.com/employer/TUD/vacancy/46317/lang/en/">https://www.academictransfer.com/employer/TUD/vacancy/46317/lang/en/</a></p>
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For
more information, please
see:<br>
<a href="https://www.fransoliehoek.net/wp/vacancies/">https://www.fransoliehoek.net/wp/vacancies/</a></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:100%">(in addition to the
aforementioned post-specific URLs.)<br>
<br>
Informal inquiries are
welcome and can be directed to myself: <br>
Dr. Frans Oliehoek
<<a href="mailto:f.a.oliehoek@tudelft.nl">f.a.oliehoek@tudelft.nl</a>>.<br>
<br>
<br>
---<br>
Additionally,
I'd like to point out that the department is also looking for
a:<br>
<br>
<b>6-Year PhD Students in Computer Science with
Teaching Responsibilities
</b><br>
<br>
<a href="https://www.academictransfer.com/employer/TUD/vacancy/46059/lang/en/">https://www.academictransfer.com/employer/TUD/vacancy/46059/lang/en/</a></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:100%">If you have a
proposal that connects to my research interests, then I am happy to
discuss.<br>
<br>
<br>
I would be grateful if you could forward
this message to suitable candidates.<br>
<br>
Best regards,<br>
-Frans
Oliehoek<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>

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