Position (Post-doctoral) Researcher
Irène Curie Fellowship No
Department(s) Mathematics and Computer Science
FTE 1,0
Date off 29/06/2024
Reference number V32.7519
We seek for two postdoctoral researchers to join the Data and AI https://dai.win.tue.nl/ and Software Engineering and Technology https://set.win.tue.nl/ clusters for a two-year project on use of LLMs in software development at ASML, a world-leading supplier to the semiconductor industry. One position will focus on foundations and development of domain and task specific LLMs and their rigorous evaluation. The other position will focus on the application of generative AI techniques in the domain of software engineering, particularly, when it comes to software architecture support and technical debt reduction. It is expected that the postdocs will closely collaborate working together on use cases and will spend about half time at TU/e and half time at ASML (situated also in Eindhoven). Working from home one day a week is allowed.
The postdoctoral researcher joining the Data and AI cluster will work primarily on developing a task-specific LLM evaluation (including self-audit and performance profiling) and task-specific LMM fine-tuning frameworks. The postdoctoral researcher joining the Software Engineering and Technology cluster will focus on applying generative AI methods to software architecture and technical debt use cases. The work produced by both researchers should be framed in the context of real ASML use cases of software (re)engineering projects.
On the AI side, there will be immediate opportunities for collaboration with research group leaders: Mykola Pechenizkiy (Safe AI), Cassio de Campos (Uncertainty in AI), George Fletcher (Graph data management), Joaquin Vanschoren (autoML), and Jakub Tomczak (Generative AI) and their teams within the Data and AI cluster, known for studying foundational issues of AI robustness, reliability, tractability, scalability, interpretability and explainability.
On the Software Engineering research side, your main point of contact will be Lina Ochoa Venegas and Mark van den Brand (both from Software Engineering and Technology). There will be opportunities to work with other researchers like Michel Chaudron (software architecture), Alexander Serebrenik (human aspects in software engineering), and Anton Wijs (parallel software development) within the cluster when analysing the use cases.
On the ASML side, you will collaborate with Alok Lele and use case owners from the IT. The initial use cases being considered are:
We look for a motivated and highly skilled candidate with:
A meaningful job in a dynamic and ambitious university and in tight collaboration with its strategic industrial partner. We offer you:
About us
Eindhoven University of Technology is an internationally top-ranking university in the Netherlands that combines scientific curiosity with a hands-on attitude. Our spirit of collaboration translates into an open culture and a top-five position in collaborating with advanced industries. Fundamental knowledge enables us to design solutions for the highly complex problems of today and tomorrow.
ASML is a high-tech company - headquartered in Europe’s top tech hub, the Brainport Eindhoven region in the Netherlands. ASML leads the worldwide development, production and sales of high-end lithography systems for the semiconductor industry. ASML makes the machines that make computer chips, or integrated circuits. The company builds some of the most amazing, complex machines – and the software to run them – to develop smaller, faster, and still more affordable chips. It is because of these machines that the world’s technology has steadily evolved.
Behind ASML’s innovations are engineers who think ahead. The people who work at the company include some of the most creative minds in physics, electrical engineering, mathematics, chemistry, mechatronics, optics, mechanical engineering, computer science, and fields which are not technical oriented.
As ASML puts it: “We believe we can always do better. We love what we do – not because it’s easy, but because it’s hard.”
You can visit our website for more information about the application process and the conditions of employment or contact our HR at HRServices.MCS@tue.nl or +31 40 247 4315. For any further inquiries on the content of the position, please contact Mykola Pechenizkiy (m.pechenizkiy@tue.nl).
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