Overview
CNRS is recruiting a 12-month postdoctoral researcher at the Heudiasyc laboratory in Compiègne to develop formal methods for ambiguity and reasoning under uncertainty, with an emphasis on maintaining multiple hypotheses in critical-situation decision support.
Complete research opportunity details
The project studies how intelligent systems can preserve and reason over competing hypotheses rather than prematurely committing to a single explanation in uncertain, safety-critical scenarios. The research connects belief functions and evidence theory, knowledge representation, formal modelling, consistency-based diagnosis and decision support, with immersive or XR scenarios including healthcare and aviation contexts where fixation errors can be consequential. The official posting lists a gross salary of EUR 3,043 per month, a 12-month full-time fixed-term contract and a planned hire date of 1 September 2026. It also lists 44 days of annual leave/RTT, 75% public-transport reimbursement and a sustainable-mobility allowance up to EUR 300 among the benefits.
Eligibility requirements
Applicants should hold a doctorate in artificial intelligence, computer science, applied mathematics or a closely related discipline and have strong formal-modelling skills. Experience with uncertainty reasoning, transferable belief models or belief functions, evidence theory, knowledge representation, consistency-based diagnosis, formal decision support or scenario generation is particularly relevant.
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Verification notes
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