PhD Candidate (f/m/x) - Efficient Reasoning Architectures for Medical AI

The position is a fully funded 3-year PhD position at the Chair of Human-Centred Transformative AI at Hasso Plattner Institute. Our group develops AI that is small enough to be sovereign, capable enough to be useful, and trustworthy enough to be deployed in high-stakes health decisions. Our core research spans efficient reasoning architectures, interpretability and data attribution, and differential privacy — all aimed at enabling compact, private, and auditable medical AI. We work with leading clinical and research partners including Mount Sinai Health System in New York.