PhD position Geographic Information Visualization and Analysis (GIVA) “GeoNavLearn” 80 %
Where: Geographisches Institut, University of Zurich (UZH)
Start of employment: 01.09.2025
Two fully funded PhD positions (4 years, 30h/week) as part of the GeoTransformer project at the Institute for Interdisciplinary Mountain Research (IGF) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with the University of Lausanne are opened.
The project aims to revolutionize (geo)statistical simulation by integrating transformer architectures - originally developed for NLP - into the modeling pipeline. The work will tackle key challenges in spatial encoding, continuous variable modeling, retrieval-augmented simulation, and multi-variable co-simulation.
We are looking for motivated, curious, and out-of-the-box thinking candidates - especially those with a background or strong interest in machine learning, (geo)statistics, or computational geosciences.
https://oeawnr.onlyfy.jobs/job/86lj6q5q
Contact person:
Dr. Mathieu Gravey
Mathieu.Gravey@oeaw.ac.at