Application deadline Finnish doctoral program in AI
- Bart Schrooten
- Sep 4, 2024
- 2 min read
The deadline for applying is on September 9
The Finnish Doctoral Program Network in Artificial Intelligence (AI-DOC) is looking for new PhD students to work in fundamental AI and machine learning research and in five application areas. Come do a PhD tackling challenging research questions in a network that fosters industry and multidisciplinary collaboration!
The Finnish Doctoral Program Network in Artificial Intelligence (AI-DOC) launched in 2024 to build a world-class PhD program with quality supervision, mobility, and multi-disciplinarity as integral parts. The program is a joint effort of ten Finnish universities and will educate 100 new PhDs in artificial intelligence research. Finland’s Ministry of Education and Culture has granted 25.5 million EUR to support the program.
The first AI-DOC call in spring 2024 was extremely successful with the first cohort of 77 students selected from that call. In the autumn call, we looking for PhD students for the remaining 23 positions to join AI-DOC program. In addition, many of the supervisors taking part in the call are also looking to recruit PhD student with their own funding from this call.
The PhD students joining the program will benefit from:
Ability to do fully-funded, curiosity-driven research with high-quality supervision from experienced researchers
Multidisciplinary environment with experts both in fundamental machine learning research as well as several application areas
Support for international mobility periods and links to top international partners, through e.g., ELLIS AI network of excellence
Possibility to attend summer schools, research seminars, workshops and networking events
Access to high-end infrastructure, career training and support services
Among the research areas: AI in Society and Business
The area examines the societal, ethical, and economic dimensions of AI, including trustworthy and societally acceptable AI as well as the consequences of the uses of AI. It brings together AI research with social sciences and humanities to gain in-depth understanding of AI’s role in organizations, society, business, and the economy. It includes uses of AI in education and education about AI. The area fosters interdisciplinarity to reinforce cross-cutting themes such as sustainability, ethics, equity, trust, and social responsibility.
Keywords: AI in business operations, AI in society, AI and Education, AI Ethics
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