The Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel (UZB) and Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) are seeking a highly motivated PhD candidate to join the interdisciplinary FWO-SBO funded project ANTICIPATE (Artificial Intelligence and Epidemic Modeling to Prepare Hospitals for the Next Respiratory Pathogen with Pandemic Potential). Project Overview The COVID-19 pandemic exposed critical gaps in our ability to detect and...Read More

Are you an experienced researcher looking to make a significant impact in the field of AI to stand better prepared for the next pandemic? Join our FWO-SBO project ANTICIPATE, starting in October 2025, to help hospitals detect respiratory viruses early and optimize pandemic response strategies. Your profile: PhD in computer science, with a specialisation in...Read More

Do you want to be at the forefront of using computer science to make us better prepared for future pandemics? Are you excited to use reinforcement learning (RL) algorithms to learn new things and to help experts with their decisions? Join our FWO-SBO project ANTICIPATE, a collaboration between VUB and UA, starting in October 2025....Read More

Are you passionate about coming up with new reinforcement learning (RL) algorithms to support real-world problems? Do you want to contribute to early detection of respiratory viruses and optimize pandemic response strategies? Then we are looking for you! Join our FWO-SBO project ANTICIPATE, a collaboration between VUB, the University of Antwerp, and the Brussels University...Read More

Overview We are seeking a highly motivated and talented Postdoctoral Researcher to join our interdisciplinary team working at the intersection of artificial intelligence and epidemiology. The successful candidate will focus on the development and application of reinforcement learning (RL) techniques to inform pandemic mitigation strategies using advanced epidemic modeling frameworks, including individual-based (agent-based) models. A...Read More

Project Description We are glad to announce the launch of a new research project based on the collaboration between the Mathematics and Data Science (MADS) research group at Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and the Centre for Reproductive Medicine at UZ Brussel (Brussels IVF). This project aims at helping the field of assisted reproductive technology (ART)...Read More

Job purpose  Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a neurological disease that affected 2.8 million of people in 2020 worldwide. It is incurable and damages the central nervous system.  Cognitive impairment affects one out of two patients and heavily impacts daily life activities. One of the important and long-standing problems in multiple sclerosis (MS) is the clinico-radiological...Read More

Knowledge Representation and Reasoning, Logic Programming and other logic-based methods have a long history in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Despite recent advances in data-based AI (e.g., deep learning and LLMs), knowledge-based methods are still state-of-the-art when it comes to building reliable and explainable decision support tools. In this PhD position, you will investigate...Read More

Are you a computer scientist with an interest in psychology? Do you want to advance the state-of-the-art in Artificial Intelligence while also improving our understanding of the human brain? Does interdisciplinary research spark your interest? The Artificial Intelligence Lab at VUB university is looking for an enthusiastic and motivated PhD-student to work on an interdisciplinary...Read More

For the next six years, prof. dr. Bart Bogaerts will investigate Trustworthy Combinatorial Optimization. His grand goal is to provide end-to-end correctness guarantees for combinatorial optimization engines, all the way from the human-readable input to the solutions produced. Bart is looking for PhD students, Postdocs and collaborators to join him on this prestigious project. Find out more here.Read More