Interdisciplinary PhD opportunity in AI and digital marketing in the South of France

Hello,

Within a confirmed CIFRE collaboration (i.e. French industrially funded PhD contracts) we are looking for a highly dynamic individual with background in Artificial Intelligence (LLMs, Multi Agent Technologies, Natural Language Processing, Signal Processing) for pursuing an interdisciplinary PhD in AI for Education in the beautiful city of Montpellier in the South of France.

The thesis will be exploring the emerging trend of integrating AI into educational technologies to dynamically assist the human educators in evaluating the students while fostering their soft skill development. 

Application deadline 7/7/2025
Interview date for shortlisted candidates: 15/7/2025
Expected start date 1/11/2025

You will be supervised by an interdisciplinary team of experienced researchers / industry professionals with highly diverse backgrounds: 

Yann Gabay, CEO and founder of Oreegami Digital School (marketing and management).
Ganesh Gowrishankar, Senior Researcher at LIRMM (robotics and neuroscience).
Madalina Croitoru, Professor at the University of Montpellier (Artificial Intelligence and cognitive science).

The selection criteria for candidates are as follows :

Dynamic, creative, adaptive and highly motivated individual
Proven scientific background in at least one of the following fields (computer science, cognitive sciences, neurosciences, engineering)
Proven hands-on experience with programming languages (Python) and machine learning techniques
Very good oral and written proficiency in English 

To apply for the position please send an email to croitoru@lirmm.fr <mailto:croitoru@lirmm.fr>, by 7th of July the latest, with a motivation letter detailing, in one page maximum, the academic achievement you are mostly proud of (please include the factual proof for that achievement). Also send your Master 1 and Master 2 grades as well as any other information you consider relevant (recommandation letters, eventual publications etc.) in view of the selection criteria.

Thank you,
Madalina 

—
Prof. Madalina Croitoru,
University of Montpellier

Co-director of IRobot Master Track,
Computer Science, Faculty of Science
Co-head of IDH Research Group, 
Robotics Dept., LIRMM