PhD in Accountable and Responsible AI

Original title: PhD Position in Accountable and Responsible AI

• Opacity in GenAI inferencing: How can the inferencing and reasoning processes of GenAI systems be made sufficiently transparent and traceable to support accountability in high-stakes professional contexts?
• AI legal compliance-by-design: How can GenAI systems be built to satisfy the requirements of the regulations such as the EU AI Act — including transparency, human oversight, and risk management — while remaining practically useful in domain-specific workflows?
• SMEs lack the expertise to navigate complex regulatory environments: How can domain-specific structured knowledge be integrated into GenAI systems to ground their outputs, reduce hallucination, and support trustworthy decision for non-expert users?
• MSc in CS, AI or a closely related field.
• Strong interest in Interest in finance and financial services is a plus.; previous experience in these fields is a plus.
• Enthusiasm for the research process: studying research papers, solving complex problems, applying creative thinking, evaluation, reflection and disseminating findings via writing and oral presentations.
• The ability to critically analyse abstract models as well as concrete implementations.
• The ability to work individually as well as effectively in a team
• Fluency in written and spoken English
• a detailed CV including the months (not just years) when referring to your education and work experience;
• a letter of motivation;
• a list of publications;
• the names and email addresses of two references who can provide letters of recommendation.
• Dr. Ana Oprescu, Assistant Professor Complex Cyber Infrastructure, a.m.oprescu@uva.nl