PhD Position in Interpretable AI for Coupled Multiphysics of Geomaterials — EPFL
- Location
- Lausanne
- Contract
- full-time
- Posted
- 48 days ago
Role overview
Mission
- Mission
- Main roles and responsibilities
- The successful candidate will contribute to a next-generation data-driven framework for
Main responsibilities
- Main roles and responsibilities
- The successful candidate will contribute to a next-generation data-driven framework for
- scientific discovery in geomaterials.
- Research will involve the development of techniques
- spanning mechanics and AI, including physics-based modeling across scales
- (discrete/mesoscale/continuum), thermodynamics-informed machine learning and
- neurosymbolic AI.
- They will also have the opportunity to lead international collaborations with
- experimental research groups. Requirements
- ● Master’s degree in Mechanics, Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Geophysics,
Application process
- The Data-Driven Mechanics Laboratory invites applications for a fully funded PhD position at
- the intersection of computational mechanics, multiphysics of geomaterials, and interpretable
- machine learning.
- The project focuses on the discovery of governing equations and constitutive
- relations for key multiphysics phenomena on the basis of rich micromechanical and
- experimental data.
- It pushes the boundaries of modeling and understanding crucial processes
- in geomaterials across scales, with application to geophysics, energy and sustainability.
Contacts
- Please email a single PDF consisting of i) a Curriculum vitae (max. 2 pages) with contact details
- Kostas Karapiperis at the same email. Contract Start Date: Fall/Winter 2026
- [email protected], indicating in the subject “PhD Application LMD – Last Name”
- until July 15th 2026.
Additional details
- experimental research groups.
- ● Excellent English communication skills (oral and written).
- ● Competitive salary and employment conditions.
- Applications will be evaluated on a rolling basis in the order that they are
- Kostas Karapiperis at the same email. Contract Start Date: Fall/Winter 2026
- Activity Rate : 100.00 Contract Type: One-year renewable contract
Notes and original content
- Requirements
- Informations
- Kostas Karapiperis at the same email.
- Contract Start Date: Fall/Winter 2026
- Activity Rate : 100.00
- Contract Type: One-year renewable contract
- Duration: 4 years
- Reference: 2267
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