Postdoc Available at the University of Vermont (in Meta-Learning for Artificial General Intelligence)

A fully funded, two-year postdoc with competitive salary is available in Prof. Nick Cheney’s lab in the Computer Science Department at th University of Vermont – and in close collaboration with the Prof. Jeff Clune of the EvolvingAI Lab at the University of Wyoming and Uber AI Labs.

This research will be in the area of meta-learning for artificial general intelligence – applied to a variety of problems, especially those in deep reinforcement learning. Responsibilities include helping to design bio-inspired algorithms that enable agents to learn a variety of new tasks without losing the ability to perform previous ones (i.e. avoiding “catastrophic forgetting”) and testing these method on simulated
and/or physical robots.

Experience in deep learning and/or reinforcement learning is desired. But applicants with strong research backgrounds in relevant fields (e.g. statistics, math, computer science), strong programming and communication skills, and a demonstrated desire to learn more about machine learning and neural networks will also be considered. The position is available immediately.

For more information or to apply, please see www.ncheney.com/join-us or contact ncheney@uvm.edu.