News – Romanian Institute of Science and Technology

Internship opportunities

Our institute welcomes as interns students in computer science, mathematics, physics, engineering and economics.

Three research associate positions in machine learning / deep learning: generative models; curiosity-driven learning, deep reinforcement learning, hierarchical reinforcement learning; program synthesis; automated generation of web pages

Three research associate positions are available within a EU-funded project. The postdoctoral research associates will work on generative models; curiosity-driven learning, deep reinforcement learning, hierarchical reinforcement learning; program synthesis; automated generation of web pages.

Open positions

Multiple positions of research associates and research software developers / research assistants are currently open in our institute in the field of machine learning / deep learning.

Transylvanian Machine Learning Summer School

Our institute supported, as partner, the first edition of the Transylvanian Machine Learning Summer School (TMLSS), which took place in Cluj, Transylvania, Romania in July 16-22, 2018. The focus of school was on Deep Learning and Reinforcement Learning. The school was organized by machine learning researchers from DeepMind (Răzvan Pașcanu, Viorica Pătrăucean), Romanian Institute of Science and Technology (Luigi Malagò, Răzvan Florian), and McGill University & DeepMind (Doina Precup).

The latest neuromorphic chip launched by Intel implements learning rules developed at the Romanian Institute of Science and Technology

The Loihi chip implements in hardware “synaptic eligibility traces”, components of a learning rule developed by RIST’s Răzvan Florian, which allow the implementation of this learning rule on the chip.

Understanding the mechanisms of alcohol addiction by analyzing brain networks

Our scientists have worked on mathematical and network theoretical models that contribute to preventing relapse in alcohol addiction.

Call for applications: Grants for independent young scientists

The Romanian Institute of Science and Technology invites applications from young scientists for research projects to be funded with up to 550,000 lei (about 122,000 euros) for up to 2 years. Our institute welcomes scientists who would like to apply for this funding and, if successful, will come to work full time in the institute, implementing the funded projects.

Nobel prize winner James Watson visited our institute and lectured at the Transylvanian Experimental Neuroscience Summer School

James Watson has been awarded the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his contribution to the discovery of the molecular structure of nucleic acids and its significance for information transfer in living material.

Nobel prize winner James Watson will be one of the lecturers of the Transylvanian Experimental Neuroscience Summer School

Call for proposals – funding of up to 2 million euros

The institute invites applications for research projects to be funded with up to 2 million euros with European structural funds awarded through the Romanian National Authority for Research and Innovation.