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National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) is one of the largest public research organizations in Japan, with approximately 2,200 researchers and an annual budget of roughly JPY ¥110 billion. According to Nature Index 2022, AIST is ranked 25th among global government institutions. The Artificial Intelligence Research Center at AIST, highlighted in the Japanese AI Strategy 2019, is pivotal in advancing AI to enhance industrial competitiveness and foster a richer society.
We are looking for RAs / Interns, International Visiting Students, and Ph.D. Candidates, who are interested in pursuing research related to Machine Learning / Data Mining / Information Retrieval / AI applications. The topics include but are not limited to
- Graph Analysis and Graph Learning
- Graph nerual networks
- Graph embedding
- Graph mining (community detection, node ranking, link prediction, etc.)
- Knowledge graphs
- Temporal graphs
- Heterogeneous information networks
- Social network dynamics
- AutoML for graphs
- Fairness, interpretability and explainability for graph learning
- Spatial-temporal graph modeling
- Graph Data Management
- Parallel processing of graphs
- Scaling up graph learning
- Graph visualization
- Graph databases
- Graph data platforms
- Applications of Graph-Powered Machine Learning
- Recommender systems
- 3D Point clouds understanding
- Anomaly detection
- Text classification
- Image classification
- Sentiment analysis
- Question answering
- Emergency behaviors modeling and prediction
- Drug discovery
- Smart city
- Privacy protection
- Neural machine translation
- Protein interface prediction
- Molecular fingerprints
- Epidemiological analysis and prediction
- Social influence prediction
- Traffic forecasting
We provide supportive research environment as below
- World-class computing resources AI Bridging Cloud Infrastructure (ABCI) (ranks 14th among the most powerful computer systems in the world by Top500)
- Working language in English (no requirement for Japanese proficiency)
RAs / Interns
We welcome highly motivated Ph.D. / Master students at Japanese universities to join us as RAs / interns (with financial support).
International Visiting Students
We welcome international visiting students for stays of 3 to 24 months (with financial support).
Ph.D. Candidates
We will recommend excellent candidates to pursue Ph.D. programs at top universities in Japan, where they will hold dual roles as both Ph.D. student at university and RA at AIST.
Application
If you are interested in the above positions, please feel free to drop me an email with your CV. There is no deadline and you can apply at anytime of the year.