PhD position in Responsible AI/Computational Social Science at Politecnico di Milano

We invite expressions of interest from highly motivated candidates for a fully-funded PhD position in the Information Technology program at Politecnico di Milano, focusing on Trustworthy AI Agents, Responsible AI, and Computational Social Science. The duration of the PhD program is 3 years and includes a mandatory 3–6 month research period abroad.

The PhD will be supervised by Prof. Francesco Pierri (https://pierri.faculty.polimi.it) and carried out within the ELLIS Unit Milan and the Data Science Lab. The research will explore the development of methods to understand, evaluate, and improve the reliability and trustworthiness of AI agents interacting with online information environments.

Research topics include (but are not limited to): AI agents and large language models, retrieval-augmented generation, information reliability and source credibility, misinformation and manipulation, algorithmic bias, AI auditing and evaluation, and the impact of AI-driven information systems on users and society.

The research will combine machine learning, natural language processing, and computational social science, with a particular emphasis on developing evaluation methodologies, understanding potential failure modes, and designing approaches to make AI systems more reliable, transparent, and responsible.

The research environment is highly international and research-driven, with the goal of publishing in top-tier venues including, but not limited to, AAAI, ACL, EMNLP, FAccT, ICLR, ICML, and The Web Conference, and collaborating with leading academic and industry partners.

The PhD is expected to begin on February 1st. An official call will be opened following an initial shortlisting of candidates. Eligible candidates must have obtained their MSc degree by January 31st.

Apply here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfgAKP4bzxIQcR0teNvy11vOm5n2T24jQLyyoJ3JuT1oliWFw/viewform