Postdoc in Trustworthy AI Deployment

Job description

Are you interested in how leading industries are implementing the AI Act at the forefront of technical development? To achieve AI innovations that comply with regulations, we need to bridge the gap between law and technology by developing guidelines and tools that align with the necessary quality and risk management processes. In this cross-disciplinary and cross-sector project, you have a unique opportunity to participate and actively contribute to this process at Scania. We are offering an industrial post-doctoral position located at KTH and co-funded by Scania and the Digital Futures Center. The goal is to lead pioneering research on developing technical guidelines for compliance with the AI Act, focusing on transparency, privacy, technical robustness, and addressing unfair bias. Within these domains of trustworthy AI, your work will involve conducting comprehensive analyses of upcoming AI Act implementation guidelines and relevant AI standards. You will research and develop advanced technical guidelines for AI compliance, contribute to their integration into Scania’s existing AI governance processes, and develop strategic awareness and training programs to ensure sustained legal and ethical AI deployment.

Cross-disciplinary and cross-sector supervision will be provided by T. Oechtering (KTH, technical), S. Greenstein (SU, legal), and R. Mochaourab (Scania, AI Strategy Manager focusing on Responsible AI and Chairman of the TRATON AI Domain Working Group on AI Governance, Ethics, and Guidelines).

What we offer

• A unique position at a leading technical university to gain post-doctoral research work experience working with leading industry in the realm of inter-disciplinary work regarding the law and information technology.
• Engaged and ambitious supervisors and colleagues along with a creative, international and dynamic working environment which includes the affiliation with the prestigious Digital Futures center with numerous activities for personal development
• Work in Stockholm, in close proximity to nature
• Help to relocate and be settled in Sweden and at KTH

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Qualifications

Requirements

• A doctoral degree or an equivalent foreign degree. This eligibility requirement must be met no later than the time the employment decision is made.
• Project-relevant background in either technical or legal domains.
• The successful applicant should be strongly motivated, have the capability to work independently as well as in collaboration with members of the research group that have a diverse background, and have good communication skills. 

Preferred qualifications

• A doctoral degree or an equivalent foreign degree, obtained within the last three years prior to the application deadline
• Project-relevant background in both technical and legal domains.
• Good technical understanding of AI, ML, or data science with an interest in governance issues open to learning about the legal methodology especially at EU level and keeping up to date with the latest developments.
• Candidates with a legal background need to outline convincingly how they will be able to grasp the technical challenges of AI technology.
• Awareness of diversity and equal opportunity issues, with specific focus on gender equality
• Teaching abilities

Great emphasis will be placed on personal skills.

Trade union representatives

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To apply for the position

Log into KTH's recruitment system to apply for this position. You are responsible for ensuring that your application is complete according to the instructions in the ad.

The application must include:

• CV including relevant professional experience and knowledge.
• Copy of diplomas and grades from your previous university studies. Translations into English or Swedish if the original documents have not been issued in any of these languages.
• Brief account of why this position is interesting for you and how your previous studies relate and qualify you for this project. Maximally two pages long.
• Two contacts that can be asked for a reference letter

Your complete application must be received at KTH no later than the last day of application, midnight CET/CEST (Central European Time/Central European Summer Time).

About the employment

The position offered is for, at the most, two years.

A position as a postdoctoral fellow is a time-limited qualified appointment focusing mainly on research, intended as a first career step after a dissertation.

Others

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About KTH

KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm has grown to become one of Europe’s leading technical and engineering universities, as well as a key centre of intellectual talent and innovation. We are Sweden’s largest technical research and learning institution and home to students, researchers and faculty from around the world. Our research and education covers a wide area including natural sciences and all branches of engineering, as well as architecture, industrial management, urban planning, history and philosophy. Read more here

1. Tobias Oechtering, Professor, oech@kth.se
2. Anna Mård, HR Officer, rekrytering@eecs.kth.se