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Call for Position: DTIC-PLCT-2023-54 - Research Support position - Research assistant for project on reinforcement learning theory

Universitat Pompeu Fabra - ETIC The Human Resources Strategy for Researchers
9 Oct 2023

Job Information

Organisation/Company
Universitat Pompeu Fabra - ETIC
Department
Tecnologies de la Informació i les Comunicacions
Research Field
Other
Researcher Profile
First Stage Researcher (R1)
Country
Spain
Application Deadline
Type of Contract
Other
Job Status
Full-time
Hours Per Week
35
Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?
H2020 / ERC
Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?
No

Offer Description

Tasks to be performed:

The candidate will work on tasks in the SCALER project related to offline reinforcement learning and offline contextual bandits. Specifically, the candidate will develop and implement algorithms for offline RL via a primal-dual algorithmic framework and test the resulting methods in large-scale testbeds 

This work will contribute to Work Packages 3 on agnostic reinforcement learning algorithms and Work Packages 4 and 5 on linear-programming relaxations for reinforcement learning.

The duration of these tasks is estimated for a period of 2 months.

Dedication and working hours: Full time (35h/week)

Planned remuneration approx: 27.841,78 € gross / year

Financing fund: PREUR03021 - EC-H2020-SCALER-950180-G.Neu, projecte “Provably Efficient Algorithms for Large-Scale Reinforcement Learning”, ERC Starting Grant SCALER (grant agreement no. 950180), Horizon 2020 (2014-2020). This position is funded by the EUROPEAN UNION, Program: Horizon 2020 (2014-2020).

Requirements

Research Field
Other
Education Level
Master Degree or equivalent
Specific Requirements
  • A MSc degree in engineering, mathematics, computer science, or related area will be necessary for filling this position
  • The candidate needs relevant experience on the topic, preferably with papers published at top machine learning venues like COLT, ALT, NeurIPS, or ICML.

The expected start date is November 20, 2023, the job is in Barcelona, and Nie and a work permit is required.

Additional Information

Eligibility criteria

Selection criteria: The selection of the candidates will be made through evaluation of the curriculum and, where appropriate, with the carrying out a test and/or interview. Valuation will be as follows:

  • Academic Training (0-20 points).
  • Professional experience and Adequacy to the proposed profile (0-60 points): The candidate needs relevant research experience as demonstrated by a publication record at the venues mentioned above.
  • Other merits (0-20 points).

The candidate with the highest score in the selection process will be offered the job and in case of resignation, the position will be awarded to the next person in order of score obtained.

Additional comments

For more information about the call, how to apply, the list of those admitted and excluded, as well as the hiring proposal, check the website: https://www.upf.edu/web/etic/management

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available
1
Company/Institute
Universitat Pompeu Fabra - ETIC
Country
Spain
City
Barcelona
Postal Code
08018
Street
Roc Boronat 138
Geofield

Contact

City
Barcelona
Website
Street
Roc Boronat 138
Postal Code
08018
E-Mail
recerca.etic@upf.edu
randp.dtic@upf.edu