The Computer Science Department of Carnegie Mellon University has an exciting opportunity for a technical postdoc for work on making large language models (and similar systems) safe and reliable, especially in contexts where they are used as agents and have access to tools. Some directions that are particularly of interest:

• Multiagent approaches, for example by having one agent monitor another, and agents working in concert
• Multiobjective optimization approaches to enable safety by design
• Evaluation, for example evaluating the performance of an agent over time, evaluating it in complex multi stakeholder environments, etc.

The position is for one year; we plan to be able to support a second year conditional on satisfactory performance. 

• Prior experience working with LLMs
• Prior experience conducting rigorous experiments
• An interest in decision making contexts and applications.

• Background or in related topics such as optimization, multiagent systems, game theory, human subjects experiments, ...
• Background or interest in interdisciplinary collaborations crossing into for example policy, operations research, economics, philosophy, ...

Candidates are expected to have or be about to receive a PhD in computer science or a related discipline, and prior experience with the type of work of the position.

Carnegie Mellon University is an equal opportunity employer. It does not discriminate in admission, employment, or administration of its programs or activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy or related condition, family status, marital status, parental status, religion, ancestry, veteran status, or genetic information. Furthermore, Carnegie Mellon University does not discriminate and is required not to discriminate in violation of federal, state, or local laws or executive orders.

About Carnegie Mellon University

Carnegie Mellon (www.cmu.edu) is a private, internationally ranked research university with programs in areas ranging from science, technology and business, to public policy, the humanities and the arts. More than 12,000 students in the university’s seven schools and colleges benefit from a small student-to-faculty ratio and an education characterized by its focus on creating and implementing solutions for real problems, interdisciplinary collaboration and innovation. A global university, Carnegie Mellon’s main campus in the United States is in Pittsburgh, Pa. It has campuses in California’s Silicon Valley and Qatar, and programs in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe and Mexico.

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