Career prospects

Educational possibilities after the Master

The AI Master programmes provide an excellent basis for a Ph.D. study in Artificial Intelligence or other research areas, such as Computer Science, and Cognitive Science.

Each year the faculty offers a number of Ph. D. student positions. Graduate students with execellent grades are invited to apply for one of these positions. A Ph.D. student position is normally awarded for 4 years, during which time the Ph.D. student is expected to finish his Ph.D. thesis. Ph. D. Students are supervised by a full professor, whereas daily supervision is sometimes performed by another member of the scientific staff. Aside from his/her research task (which includes following specialised courses and seminars), the Ph. D. student is also expected to contribute to the education of others. All Ph. D. Students are registered with SIKS, i.e., the Dutch research school for Information and Knowledge Systems, http://www.siks.nl. SIKS guarantees an excellent training programme for the Ph. D. student and a high level of research attainment with respect to the accepted Ph. D. theses.

The Department of Artificial Intelligence of the Faculty of Sciences offers Ph.D. student positions in one of the following areas:

Knowledge technology and knowledge representation
prof.dr. F. van Harmelen
T +31 (0) 20 598 7731
E fah.van.harmelen@few.vu.nl

Agent systems and their dynamics
also offering interesting cooperation opportunities on cognitive science, biology and organisation theory
prof.dr. J. Treur
T +31 (0) 20 598 7763
E j.treur@few.vu.nl

Computational intelligence
prof.dr. G. Eiben
T +31 (0) 20 598 7758
E ae.eiben@few.vu.nl