HI! Paris is hiring, calls for fellowships and Collaborative projects are opened

Supported by Capgemini, Total, Kering, Rexel et L’Oréal, HI! PARIS has the global ambition to ensure AI and data empower business and society. It provides a unique framework for research, education, innovation, and technology transfer to businesses. To achieve its goals, the Center is currently looking for new talents: faculty members, PhD students and project holders.
Three Assistant Professor positions
HI! PARIS aims to conduct breakthrough and multidisciplinary research on AI and Data Science, while simultaneously developing new education programs and fostering innovation. In addition to mobilizing the faculty members of its six member schools, the recruitment of staff dedicated to the center is in progress. Three Assistant/Associate Professor positions are opened for researchers specializing in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, Deep Learning for Computer Vision and Econometrics/Applied Econometrics.
PhD Scholarships
The Center offers partial or complete 3-year funding for PhD theses. The program covers fundamental methods for AI and data analytics as well as business applications across all sectors and implications for society. To be eligible to the funding, projects must respect the following criteria: AI is central to the research conducted within the thesis; the project is scientifically innovative and ambitious; the thesis is prepared in one of the research laboratories of HEC Paris or Institut Polytechnique de Paris and under the supervision of researchers who are member of these laboratories. Applicants are encouraged to take into account data and questions that are of interest to HI!PARIS corporate donors. Deadline for applications: March 5, 2021.
Call for Fellowships
A central goal of HI! PARIS is to provide long-term incentives to promote research and teaching in the area of AI and Data Analytics for Science, Business and Society. To this end, HI! PARIS has created a Fellowships program, which provides funding for researchers at HEC Paris and Institut Polytechnique de Paris. Fellows from the center will receive an annual budget with some flexibility in the allocation between salary, research, scientific events organization, and funding of PhD students. Deadline for applications: February 15, 2021.
Call for Collaborative Projects
The Center offers support for collaborative projects ideally between researchers of two or more HI! PARIS schools. The program covers fundamental methods for AI and data analytics as well as business applications across all sectors and implications for society. Project are expected to last between 1 and 3 years, with a budget up to 10k€/year to cover expenses such as travel expenses, conference room rental, data acquisition, staff (invited researcher, research assistants, internships…), hardware, small equipment, etc. Deadline for applications: March 15, 2021.