[Statlist] 2 PhD Positions in Statistics at University of Geneva

Sebastian Engelke Sebastian.Engelke at unige.ch
Thu Aug 13 14:06:31 CEST 2026


Within the multidisciplinary FUNDIS project (Foundation Models for Scientific Discovery) at University of Geneva, we are looking for two motivated PhD students in statistics and computer science:

- PhD project on imposing causality/invariance principles for making 
Foundation models interpretable, supervised by Prof. Stefan Sperlich

- PhD project on statistical methods for AI-based weather models and extreme events supervised by Prof. Sebastian Engelke

Please apply on:
https://academicpositions.com/ad/university-of-geneva/2026/multiple-phd-positions-in-foundation-models-for-scientific-discovery/251494

The deadline for applications is August 30, 2026.

-- 
Dr. Sebastian Engelke
Full Professor
Research Institute for Statistics and Information Science
University of Geneva
CH-1205 Geneva, Switzerland
www.sengelke.com


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