Postdoctoral Scholar-Fixed Term

Position Summary

A successful candidate will work on a DARPA funded project on formal-specification-guided reinforcement learning. The successful candidate will engage in at least the following three activities: compositional machine learning, reinforcement learning with chaos and stability, and extracting learning objectives from natural language.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, age, disability or protected veteran status.

Required Degree

Doctorate -PhD in Computer Science, Electrical, or Mechanical Engineering (control)

Minimum Requirements

PhD in Computer Science, Electrical, or Mechanical Engineering (control)

Desired Qualifications

Experience in designing reinforcement learning algorithms

Required Application Materials

• CV
• Cover Letter

Review of Applications Begins On

11/19/2026

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