Job Reference: 776_24_CS_AIR_R2Position: Researcher - Multimodal foundational models and XAI - AI4S (R2)Closing Date: Friday, 15 November, 2024About BSC: The Barcelona Supercomputing Center - Centro Nacional de Supercomputación (BSC-CNS) is the leading supercomputing center in Spain. It houses Mare Nostrum, one of the most powerful supercomputers in Europe, and is a founding member of the former European HPC infrastructure PRACE (Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe). BSC is now the hosting entity for Euro HPC JU, which leads large-scale investments and HPC provision in Europe. The mission of BSC is to research, develop, and manage information technologies to facilitate scientific progress. BSC combines HPC service provision and R&D into both computer and computational science (life, earth, and engineering sciences) under one roof, with over 1000 staff from 60 countries.We are particularly interested in the strengths and lived experiences of women and underrepresented groups to help us avoid perpetuating biases and oversights in science and IT research. In instances of equal merit, the incorporation of the under-represented sex will be favored. We promote Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, fostering an environment where each and every one of us is appreciated for who we are, regardless of our differences. If you consider that you do not meet all the requirements, we encourage you to continue applying for the job offer. We value diversity of experiences and skills, and you could bring unique perspectives to our team.Context And Mission: The High Performance Artificial Intelligence research group (expert in AI) is pushing a research line for increasing the transparency and understanding of foundational models. This position is intended to lead research in that topic, catching up with the state-of-the-art methods for AI safety and extending these towards more robust and reliable solutions. The funding for these actions/fellowships and contracts comes from the European Union Recovery and Resilience Facility - Next Generation, within the framework of the General Invitation by the public business entity Red.Es to participate in the talent attraction and retention programs within Investment 4 of Component 19 of the Recovery, Transformation, and Resilience Plan. For more information, please check: BSC Career OpportunitiesKey Duties:Contribute to the review of the state-of-the-art for XAI, with a focus on foundational models and LLMs.Identify in-house or external data sources. Lead the data gathering and pre-processing pipelines.Conduct the design and training of AI models.Implement reliable, reproducible, and automated training and evaluation methodologies.#J-18808-Ljbffr