Researcher - DeepRAP

Position: Researcher - DeepRAP Challenge

About the role

Vendue Tech seeks to fund and demonstrate working systems in trustworthy cognitive AI under the DeepRAP initiative. You will co-develop the scientific narrative and technical approach for a Pathfinder proposal and work directly with the founding team through submission.

What you'll do

• Co-develop the scientific narrative and technical approach for a 30 page Pathfinder proposal
• Bring rigor on reasoning, abstraction, planning methodology, related work, and evaluation design
• Collaborate with the founding team through the submission process
• Engage with benchmarking and portfolio activities tied to EU funded DeepRAP projects
• Help define how cognitive AI research is built and demonstrated in a startup context

What they're looking for

• Research background in neuro-symbolic AI, causal inference, cognitive architectures, or deep RL/planning
• Track record of publications at NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, AAAI or equivalent
• PhD in progress or completed
• Based at or affiliated with a top research institution (examples listed in listing)
• EU or associated-country affiliation strongly preferred

For applicants in Nigeria

• The listing states eligibility worldwide; no explicit Nigeria-specific restrictions are provided
• No timezone requirements are stated; confirm timing expectations during interview
• The listing does not specify contractor vs employee status
• Pay currency or range is not stated in the listing