Institute for Physical Artificial Intelligence launches new interdisciplinary postdoctoral research program
Proposals will be accepted through April 5, 2024
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The Purdue Institute for Physical Artificial Intelligence (IPAI) has launched a new postdoctoral research program aimed at developing emerging leaders who address real-world problems in our physical environment. The Advancing Interdisciplinary Research in Physical AI program is funded through the Lilly Endowment and the Office of Research and is accepting applications through April 5.
Artificial intelligence influences nearly every discipline across the university and is poised to revolutionize a variety of industries. IPAI’s postdoctoral research program intends to cultivate impactful, interdisciplinary research in physical AI by selecting postdocs with projects that integrate AI/machine learning and another applied discipline such as manufacturing, transportation, agriculture, microelectronics or health.
Karen Plaut, executive vice president for research, said this program will lead to future advances in physical AI and highlight Purdue as a leading innovator in this emerging area.
“This program will provide emerging leaders with a unique opportunity to work with experts across disciplines to develop solutions to some of our most pressing problems,” Plaut says. “The application of AI to our physical world presents significant opportunities. Seizing those opportunities and surmounting the challenges that can accompany them requires leveraging the knowledge of experts in AI and machine learning as well as those with subject-matter expertise.”
Proposed projects should further physical AI research efforts or generate critical data that advance the field. Additionally, this seed funding is expected to be leveraged for additional funding through external grants and to enhance publications. Applicants should address how the project fit within the Institute for Physical AI, which includes projects on:
- We Make – Manufacturing
- We Move – Transportation
- We Grow – Forestry and agriculture
- We Thrive – Health care
Postdoc funding includes an annual salary and support for research and professional development. Recipients will have two years of full-time funding with the option to renew for an additional year. Selected individuals are expected to conduct independent research projects with faculty co-advisors and submit annual reports documenting their progress.
Current graduate students at Purdue’s West Lafayette campus who are in the final year of their PhD program, as well as faculty who intend to hire a postdoc in this area, are eligible to apply. The deadline to submit proposals is April 5, 2024.
More information about the program is available on the IPAI website.
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Writer/Media contact: Lindsey Macdonald, macdonl@purdue.edu
Source: Karen Plaut, kplaut@purdue.edu