We seek to fill two PhD student positions in the Data and Artificial Intelligence Cluster, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, of Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e). You will join a vibrant and diverse team of 15 faculty and over 40 PhD students and postdocs advancing the science and engineering of data, machine learning, and AI systems and applications. You will work in an exciting industry-university project, jointly with Marel, the global leader in food processing systems. You will participate in cutting-edge research, publish your work in leading conferences and journals for data and knowledge management, contribute in open-source tools, and collaborate closely to design and apply these tools in the real world industrial context of Marel. You will travel regularly to the company site. You will also travel to present your work at high-profile scientific meetings and conferences.
Your main activities will be to:
- advance the state-of-the-art on knowledge graph modeling, extraction, creation, curation, maintenance, and interaction/use, driven by concrete use-cases in Marel, working closely together in collaboration with use-case partners.
- apply your research results in real-world problems, with real data and users. Discuss with the domain experts to identify problems, limitations, and further challenges.
- conduct research in data and knowledge engineering, publish papers in top conferences and journals, identify research challenges, and create working software prototypes.
About Marel. Marel (
www.marel.com) is the leading global provider of advanced processing systems and services to the Poultry, Meat and Fish industries. In partnership with customers we are transforming the way food is processed. Our vision is a world where quality food is produced sustainably and affordably. Marel's team has approximately 7000 employees worldwide, with offices and subsidiaries in 32 countries across six continents.