Applied Research PhD Student, Foundation Models for Materials Science

Do you want to take part in shaping the future of AI-driven materials discovery? NVIDIA is seeking a talented and highly motivated student for a Joint PhD at Bar-Ilan University (BIU), to conduct cutting-edge research in collaboration with NVIDIA teams, on next-generation Foundation Models for Materials Science.The work will focus on developing novel multi-modal foundation models for materials discovery, leveraging large-scale data, representation learning, and uncertainty estimation. The candidate will work closely with academic and industry researchers, contributing to both methodological advances and real-world impact across scientific and industrial domains.


What you’ll be doing:• Conduct research in deep learning and AI for materials science, with a focus on foundation models, multi-modal learning, and representation learning.• Develop and train large-scale models for materials discovery and prediction tasks.• Collaborate with researchers and engineers acro...