Exciting Postdoctoral Opportunities in AI at the CSIC, Spain! Ready to make a real impact through Artificial Intelligence? Discover ALLIES—an exclusive postdoctoral program designed for ambitious AI researchers to develop their careers while addressing global sustainability challenges.
Whether you’re looking to return to Spain or embark on a new research journey, this is your chance to thrive in an international, interdisciplinary research community!

Why Join ALLIES?
- Innovative Research: Conduct your cutting-edge AI research focused on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with the support of CSIC leading scientists.
- Impact: For AI postdoctoral researchers in fundamental AI and in AI for science to contribute to sustainability solutions in health, environment, robotics, cybersecurity, photonics and more.
- Tailored Career Support: Personalized training programs designed to help you achieve your scientific career aspirations.
- International Collaboration: Be part of a diverse network of researchers across Spain, with opportunities to connect and collaborate with the industry.

About ALLIES
ALLIES (Artificial inteLLigence In sustainable dEvelopment goalS) is a postdoctoral training initiative led by the CSIC and co-funded by the European Commission. Our mission is to foster interdisciplinary research at the intersection of AI and Sustainability, aligning research efforts with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).


Open Positions at IRI
- ALL 16: Integration of Sant Solving and Machine Learning. [Locations: IIIA (Barcelona) & IRI (Barcelona)]
Supervisors: Felip Manyà (IIIA) and Guillem Alenyà (IRI). The specific challenge addressed by this project is solving large-scale combinatorial problems by integrating machine learning techniques into the realm of SAT/MaxSAT solving. Additionally, there is the challenge of defining suitable encodings for practical scheduling and planning problems in the domain of assistive robotics, and solving them with the resulting solvers.
More details of research position here

- ALL 3: Learning cognitive models for assistive wearable robots. [Locations: CAR (Madrid) & IRI (Barcelona)].
More details of research position here

- ALL 4: Spike based vision platform for high-speed low power robotics. [Locations: IMSE (Sevilla) & IRI (Barcelona)]. More details of research position here.

Position Details
- Contract Duration: 2 years
- Salary: Gross salary of €41,213.44 per year
- Start Date: Between June 20, 2025, and September 1, 2025
- Application Deadline: December 20, 2024

For full details on research positions and the application process, visit this website.

How to apply
Submit your application through the official recruitment platform by December 20, 2024. Need help? The ALLIES support team is happy to assist at alliescofund@csic.es

Important: the only official place to apply is the link above, so if you send us your cv to IRI, it will not be an official application. IRI can help you, but the management of this selection process is handled exclusively by the ALLIES team.

Contacts

Please, send your documentation before 20/12/2024 to: