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Fully Funded PhD Position in Agentic AI

A fully funded PhD supervised by Dr Zhixi Cai and A/Prof Hamid Rezatofighi across spatial reasoning, neuro-symbolic AI, agentic AI, and embodied AI.

We are recruiting one highly motivated PhD candidate for a fully funded PhD position with VL4AI in the Department of Data Science and AI at Monash University.

The candidate will be jointly supervised by Dr Zhixi Cai and A/Prof Hamid Rezatofighi. The exact research topic will be developed with the successful candidate within one or more of the directions below.

Potential research directions

  • Image and video spatial reasoning
  • Neuro-symbolic AI
  • Agentic AI
  • Embodied AI

Applicant requirements

Applicants are expected to have:

  • at least one first-author publication at a top-tier venue in artificial intelligence, computer vision, natural language processing, or machine learning;
  • an average mark above 80% in their highest completed degree.

Admission and scholarship arrangements remain subject to the formal Monash graduate research application requirements.

How to express interest

Email both vl4ai@monash.edu and zhixi.cai@monash.edu with:

  • your CV;
  • your academic transcripts, including the average mark for your highest completed degree.

We welcome enquiries from candidates whose research background and goals match this opportunity.