PhD Researcher in Trustworthy and Human-Centred AI Development — ETH Zürich
NewCHF 73'500 - 111'500
ETH Zürich · Zurich (ZH)
- Location
- Zurich
- Contract
- fixed-term
- Posted
- Yesterday
SalaryCHF 73'500 - 111'500
Role overview
PhD Researcher in Trustworthy and Human-Centred AI Development
100%, Zurich, fixed-term print Drucken
The KOF Swiss Economic Institute at the ETH Zurich is the leading institute for applied research in economics in Switzerland.
- PhD Researcher in Trustworthy and Human-Centred AI Development
- 100%, Zurich, fixed-term print Drucken
- Your responsibilities will include:
- Conducting research on AI reliability, security, trustworthiness, and human-AI interaction, with a focus on high-stakes settings.
Main responsibilities
- Your responsibilities will include:
- Conducting research on AI reliability, security, trustworthiness, and human-AI interaction, with a focus on high-stakes settings.
- Publishing at top venues in AI and responsible AI research (NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, ACL, FAccT, EAAMO, AIES, CHI, etc.).
- Designing, building, and iterating prototypes that take their real-world context seriously, including who uses them, under what conditions, and with what consequences.
- Working hands-on with large language models: evaluating their behavior, improving their reliability for concrete use cases, and integrating them into systems with particular attention to security, explainability, and the interaction between humans and AI.
- Contributing to the development of LLM-based systems, including prompting strategies, tool use, evaluation, retrieval-augmented workflows, and adaptation.
- Designing and running user studies to evaluate how people interact with the systems we build, in collaboration with other members of the team. Profile
- We are looking for someone who is technically strong and who is comfortable moving between research, engineering, and the broader questions of how AI systems affect the people and institutions that interact with them. You should bring:
- A master’s degree in computer science, machine learning, HCI, or a related field.
- Strong foundations in machine learning and familiarity with current AI tools and practices.
Additional details
- 100%, Zurich, fixed-term
- We are now looking for a PhD Researcher who combines strong engineering fundamentals with serious attention to how these systems behave in the world and who they serve.
- Designing and running user studies to evaluate how people interact with the systems we build, in collaboration with other members of the team.
- We are looking for someone who is technically strong and who is comfortable moving between research, engineering, and the broader questions of how AI systems affect the people and institutions that interact with them.
- The ability to work independently, communicate clearly, and navigate open-ended research question The following would be a plus:
- Frontend and/or backend development skills.
- We offer the opportunity to pursue a high-quality PhD at renowned institutions in a dynamic and collaborative research environment. ETH Zurich has internation
Notes and original content
- Job description
- You should bring:
- The ability to work independently, communicate clearly, and navigate open-ended research question
- The following would be a plus:
- We offer the opportunity to pursue a high-quality PhD at renowned institutions in a dynamic and collaborative research environment.
- ETH Zurich has internation
