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Research Scientist 3

Cambridge, MA • On-site

MIT Human Resources
Human Resource Programs Administration • 1 - 10 employees

Full-time

Re-posted 7 days ago


Job description

RESEARCH SCIENTIST 3, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab, to lead a research program on Provable AI Safety through Self-Proving Models; advance AI safety research, a strategic priority at MIT, by building both the theoretical foundations and the practical implementation of AI systems that prove the correctness of their own outputs; serve as a key member of a research team spanning theoretical computer science, machine learning, use of machine learning for enhancing mathematical discovery and formal verification; help set the project's research direction, lead several of the program's parallel research tracks, and supervise PhD students; and publish their research and work.

The full job description is available, here: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/v0fh102aidthd9klzwqz8/Research-Scientist-3-Job-Description.docx?rlkey=sfv1s790df7ozb9e3uedukkku&st=1ckptkco&dl=0


 


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Company size

1 - 10 Employees

Headquarters location

Cambridge, MA, US

Year founded

2014