PostDoc Position at EPFL on Multimodal Foundation Models in Collaboration with Novartis — EPFL
- Location
- Lausanne
- Contract
- full-time
- Posted
- Yesterday
Role overview
General
The Artificial Intelligence in Molecular Medicine (AIMM) Lab, led by Prof.
Charlotte Bunne at EPFL, sits at the interface of computer science and the life sciences, affiliated with both the School of Computer and Communication Sciences and the School of Life Sciences, as well as the EPFL AI Center.
- General
- The Artificial Intelligence in Molecular Medicine (AIMM) Lab, led by Prof.
Application process
- Translational applications: bridging multimodal foundation model research towards impact in early drug discovery through public and Novartis-internal datasets. We are looking for candidates with
- A PhD in machine learning, computer science, computational biology, or a closely related field (completed or near completion).
- Demonstrated experience in large-scale AI development, including pretraining, fine-tuning, or scaling on substantial compute.
- A solid biological background; familiarity with multiple biological data modalities is expected.
- A strong publication record at top-tier ML conferences and/or life science journals.
- Excellent communication skills and enthusiasm for interdisciplinary research. We offer
- Dedicated compute allocation on CSCS and the Swiss AI Initiative.
- Direct collaboration with the AI for Research team and core disease area teams at Novartis Biomedical Research.
Additional details
- The role comes with dedicated access to the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS) and the Swiss AI Initiative. Research directions include
- Translational applications: bridging multimodal foundation model research towards impact in early drug discovery through public and Novartis-internal datasets. We are looking for candidates with
- Excellent communication skills and enthusiasm for interdisciplinary research.
- An international, collaborative environment at one of Europe's leading technical universities.
- Contract : one year, with the plan of a one year renewal. Location : Lausanne, Switzerland
Notes and original content
- The role comes with dedicated access to the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS) and the Swiss AI Initiative.
- Research directions include
- Translational applications: bridging multimodal foundation model research towards impact in early drug discovery through public and Novartis-internal datasets.
- We are looking for candidates with
- Information
- Contract : one year, with the plan of a one year renewal.
- Location : Lausanne, Switzerland
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