Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Machine Learning
Salary
Grade 7 - £38,674 - £46,913 per annum (Inclusive of Oxford University weighting)
Closing date
Sep 01, 2025 12:00PM
Description
We are seeking a full-time Postdoctoral Research Assistant to join the Foerster Lab for AI Research at the Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford. The post is fixed term to the 31st January 2027 and is funded by OpenPhilantropy.We are seeking candidates for a research project focused on benchmarking Agentic LLMs. Specifically, we are looking for a PDRA to lead our project on evaluating the abilities of large language models (LLMs) of replicating results from the arXiv.org repository across computational sciences and engineering.
You should have a PhD/DPhil (or be near completion) in machine learning or a closely related field you should possess sufficient specialist knowledge in the discipline to work within established research programmes and have an ability to manage own academic research and associated activities.
Informal enquiries may be addressed to Prof Jakob Foerster (jakob@robots.ox.ac.uk).
Only applications received before midday on the 1st September 2025 can be considered. You will be required to upload a covering letter/supporting statement, (describing how past experience fit with the advertised position), CV and the details of two referees as part of your online application.
Contact name
Prof Jakob Foerster
Contact email
jakob@robots.ox.ac.uk
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