Environmental Intelligence Lab

Homepage: https://www.ei.deib.polimi.it/

The Environmental Intelligence for Global Change Lab at Politecnico di Milano invites applications for a postdoctoral positions (24 months) funded by the Fondo Italiano per la Scienza (the Italian version of the European ERC grants) on the research project BERLIN – BEhavioRaL INtelligence for evidence-based adaptation policies, which is expected to start in Fall 2025. More details are available HERE

This position will focus on developing Inverse Reinforcement Learning algorithms for the automatic extraction of intentions (i.e., main operating objectives representing the different stakeholders’ demands) and preferences (i.e., tradeoff balancing the confronted demands) associated with the observations of water reservoir levels and releases.

Qualifications for these positions include a Ph.D. in computer and/or automation engineering, artificial intelligence, applied mathematics or related fields. Strong numerical and computational skills are required as well as English language skills both in oral and written communication. Strong programming skills in Python or MATLAB are required.

The application package should be sent using the form HERE

Interviews will begin on 15 May 2025.