学界|布鲁塞尔自由大学(VUB)招收自动驾驶与人工智能博士奖学金

 About the employer  

Position description

The Faculty of Social Sciences and Solvay Business School, Department Business Technology and Operations, Research Group Data Analytics Lab is looking for a PhD-student with a doctoral grant. 

More concretely your work package, for the preparation of a doctorate, contains: 

You conduct research with a view to obtaining a doctoral thesis.

Research theme:

The research theme will be situated at the intersection of automated mobility and artificial intelligence, focused on advancing automated mobility and generative AI. Example topics include, but are not limited to improving perception, decision-making, and system validation for safer and more adaptive autonomous systems.

At the start of the doctoral work, you will further elaborate the doctoral theme and research tasks in consultation with the supervisor and, if applicable, the co-supervisor(s).

You will be involved in the teaching of the department and the guidance of the exercise sessions for topics such as, but not limited to:

• Mathematics for Business Economics
• Statistics for Business Economics
• Decision analytics
• Operations Research

You will contribute to the daily functioning of the department.

For this function, our Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus (Elsene) will serve as your home base. 

Profile

What do we expect from you?

• You obtained a master’s degree in Business Economics, Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science, Engineering or related field.

• You have an excellent knowledge of both Dutch and English;
• You are an enthusiastic teacher and a motivated researcher;
• You have a good knowledge of computer programming.

• You have not performed any works in the execution of a mandate as an assistant, paid from operating resources, over a total (cumulated) period of more than 12 months.

• As a (non-)EEA national, meet the conditions for obtaining a valid permit for VUB and comply with the VUB residence requirements. More info here.

The VUB wants to be a reflection of the society where everyone's talent is valued, regardless of gender, age, religion, skin color, migration background, disability and neurodiversity.

Offer

Are you going to be our new colleague?

You’ll be offered a full-time PhD-scholarship, for 12 months (extendable up to max. 48 months, on condition of the positive evaluation of the PhD activities), with planned starting date 15/09/2026. 

You’ll receive a grant linked to one of the scales set by the government.

IMPORTANT: The effective result of the doctorate scholarship is subject to the condition precedent of your enrolment as a doctorate student at the university.

At the VUB, you’re guaranteed an open, involved and diverse workplace where you are offered opportunities to (further) build on your career.

As well as this, you will also enjoy various other benefits:

• Extensive homeworking options, a telework allowance of 50 euros per month OR an internet fee of 20 euros per month;
• An open and informal working environment where attention is paid to work-life balance, and exceptional holiday arrangements with 35 days of leave (based on a fulltime contract), closure between Christmas and New Year and 3 extra leave days;
• Cost-free hospitalisation insurance;
• Full reimbursement of your home-to-work commute
   with public transport according to VUB-policy, and/or compensation if you come by bike; 
• A wide selection of meals in our campus restaurants at attractive prices;
• Excellent and affordable facilities for sport and exercise, a range of discounts via Benefits@Work (in  all kinds of shops, on flights, in petrol stations, amusement parks...) and Ecocheques; 
• Nursery
   near campus, discount on holiday camps; 
• The space to form your job content and to continuously learn through our VUB learning platforms and training courses;
• And finally: great colleagues with a healthy drive.