Principal Investigators and Assistant​/Associate​/Full Professors ELLIS Institute Finland

ELLIS Institute Finland, a newly established world-class research hub in AI and machine learning, invites applications for Principal Investigator (PI) positions..

As part of the renowned ELLIS (European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems) network, we are building a leading center for groundbreaking AI research with global impact. This is a unique opportunity to:

• Conduct pioneering AI research in an independent PI role.
• Establish and lead your own research group.
• Hold a professor position affiliated with a Finnish university.
• Collaborate with top international experts in a dynamic and cutting-edge environment.

We are seeking independent and visionary researchers ready to push the boundaries of AI and machine learning. If you are an ambitious scientist looking to make a lasting impact, apply now to join this exciting new institute and help shape the future of intelligent systems!

We aim to recruit outstanding researchers to Principal Investigator positions at ELLIS Institute Finland, and welcome applications from all areas of machine learning, artificial intelligence, and related disciplines where machine learning plays a central role in the applicant's research. Interdisciplinary research is encouraged.

• Appointment as a Fellow or Scholar of the ELLIS Society.
• Professor position at a Finnish university; determined based on mutual interests and your research focus.
• A competitive salary and substantial starting package to build your research group.
• Research and travel funding.
• Occupational health benefits.
• Easy access to top-tier computing facilities, including EuroHPC LUMI, one of the world’s fastest and greenest supercomputers.
• A collaborative and diverse research environment, with strong ties to industry, startups, and academic institutions.

ELLIS Institute Finland provides a co-operative and multidisciplinary environment for AI research:

• Close collaborations with other top machine learning researchers in Europe and globally.
• Well-functioning connections to Finnish universities; PIs can supervise students through their co-affiliations and benefit from extensive interdisciplinary collaboration opportunities.
• Broad range of possibilities to work with companies and startups, fostering innovation and real-world applications of AI.
• Cutting-edge computational resources, including an upcoming pan-European AI-optimized supercomputer (available by 2027).
• An international workplace, with English as the working language.

We are strongly committed to offering everyone an inclusive and non-discriminatory working environment and warmly welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds to join our academic community.

ELLIS (European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems) is a major European initiative in AI with a mission to strengthen Europe’s AI landscape by connecting top researchers, attracting talent, and fostering strategic collaborations. ELLIS unites leading machine learning researchers in Europe and operates as a multi-centric, pan-European AI Lab, currently spanning 44 research sites.

ELLIS Institute Finland was launched in 2025, and it is the second institute in the ELLIS network, partnering with Finnish universities to offer applicants co-affiliated tenure track professor positions. This enables researchers to engage with students, collaborate across disciplines, and benefit from the strengths and resources of their affiliated universities.

ELLIS Institute Finland aims to make machine learning more readily and widely applicable, and better at working with people – a focus we call the fundamentals of applied AI. This is a key part of fundamental machine learning research, where the Institute builds on the strengths of its faculty, including data-efficient probabilistic machine learning, generative modelling, amortized inference, interactive and cooperative machine learning, and transformative multidisciplinary collaboration.

Candidates applying to this call will be considered for ELLIS Institute PI positions and, simultaneously, for professor positions at a Finnish university. The…