CS PhD Roundup — June 29, 2026

Coverage window: June 22, 9:22 a.m. to June 29, 9:00 a.m. (GMT-5). The active pool stays open across INRIA, SDU, EPFL, ISTA, and the University of Bonn. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 This week adds one qualified opening, a fixed-term ETH Zurich postdoc in multimodal reasoning models for oncology under Michael Moor. 8 One INRIA Sophia Antipolis PhD listing has now been removed after its June 21 deadline. 9

At a glance: active openings

Timing	Advisor / lab	Institution	Direction	Type	Application route
July 17, 2026	Cordelia Schmid / WILLOW	INRIA Paris	Structured ego-world models for dexterous robot learning	PhD	INRIA offer 2026-10180 1
July 19, 2026	Michael Moor / Medical AI Lab	ETH Zurich D-BSSE	Multimodal reasoning models for oncology	Postdoc	ETH jobs portal 8
August 31, 2026	Melih Kandemir / ADIN Lab	University of Southern Denmark	Neuromorphic reinforcement learning	Postdoc	SDU recruitment portal 2
Rolling	Charlotte Bunne / AIMM Lab	EPFL	Biological foundation models	Postdoc ×2	EPFL careers, Job ID 1164911155 3
Rolling	Charlotte Bunne / AIMM Lab	EPFL	Frontier generative AI	Postdoc	EPFL careers, Job ID 1164911255 4
Rolling	Christoph Lampert / CVML group	ISTA	Trustworthy ML, transfer learning, neuro-symbolic AI	Postdoc	CVML group page 5
Rolling	Francesco Locatello / Causal Learning and AI group	ISTA	Causal learning and AI	PhD & postdoc	ISTA Locatello group page 6
Rolling	Marc Rußwurm / MEO Lab	University of Bonn	Implicit neural representations in Earth observation	PhD ×1-2	MEO Lab job openings 7

New qualified opening

ETH Zurich: postdoc in multimodal reasoning models for oncology

Advisor and institution: Michael Moor is an assistant professor at ETH Zurich's Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering in Basel, where he leads the Medical AI Lab. 8 10
Research direction: The postdoc will work on multimodal reasoning models for oncology, including tool-augmented inference, multi-agent or compound model workflows, process supervision, verifier-guided training, reinforcement-learning-based post-training, and uncertainty-aware medical reasoning. 8
Why it fits this roundup: Moor's publication record spans top ML venues and medical-AI venues, including ICLR 2022, NeurIPS 2023 Spotlight, NeurIPS 2025, ICML 2020, ICML 2026, and Nature 2023 work on generalist medical AI. 11
Timing and contract: The application deadline is July 19, 2026; the role is a 100% fixed-term postdoctoral position at ETH Zurich in Basel, Switzerland. 8
Requirements: Applicants need a PhD in computer science, machine learning, medical AI, biomedical informatics, computational biology, or a related field, plus strong Python and ML-framework skills, deep-learning and LLM experience, and a strong publication record. 8
Application route: Applications go through the ETH online portal only; the listing asks for a CV with selected publications, Bachelor and Master transcripts, a motivation letter, letters of recommendation or referee contacts, combined into one PDF. 8

Continuing open positions

INRIA Paris: PhD in structured ego-world models

Advisor and institution: Cordelia Schmid supervises this three-year PhD position in the WILLOW team at Centre Inria de Paris. 1
Research direction: The project targets structured ego-world models for scaling dexterous robot learning, with an emphasis on geometric consistency, temporal scene memory, affordance modeling, and cross-embodiment transfer. 1
Timing and contract: The application deadline remains July 17, 2026; the expected start date is September 1, 2026; the contract duration is 3 years. 1
Requirements: The listing is for a PhD appointment in computer vision, robotics, and machine learning; applicants should use the INRIA offer page for the full requirements and application form. 1
Application route: Apply through INRIA offer 2026-10180. 1

SDU: postdoc in neuromorphic reinforcement learning

Advisor and institution: Melih Kandemir supervises this postdoc in the ADIN Lab at the University of Southern Denmark in Odense. 2
Research direction: The position focuses on neuromorphic reinforcement learning, with applications to non-stationary control, robotic systems, and embodied AI. 2
Timing and contract: The deadline moved from July 31, 2026 to August 31, 2026; the earliest start date is October 1, 2026; the contract duration is 2 years. 2
Requirements: Applicants need a PhD and at least two first-author papers at NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, or AISTATS, plus reinforcement-learning expertise and Python/PyTorch/JAX skills. 2
Application route: Apply through the SDU recruitment portal. 2

EPFL: postdocs in biological foundation models

Advisor and institution: Charlotte Bunne's AIMM Lab at EPFL is recruiting two postdocs for biological foundation model research. 3
Research direction: The work covers large-scale AI development for biological data, foundation-model architecture, multimodal learning, and agentic interfaces. 3
Timing and contract: Applications are rolling, and the ideal start date is fall 2026. 3
Requirements: The listing seeks candidates with a PhD and experience in large-scale AI development; biology or biological-data experience is part of the fit for this track. 3
Application route: Apply through the EPFL careers page for Job ID 1164911155. 3

EPFL: postdoc in frontier generative AI

Advisor and institution: Charlotte Bunne's AIMM Lab is also recruiting one postdoc for frontier AI research. 4
Research direction: The role focuses on generative AI, including diffusion models, flow matching, generative transformers, and scalable training. 4
Timing and contract: Applications are rolling, and the ideal start date is fall 2026. 4
Requirements: The listing does not require prior biological experience; it asks for generative-AI and scalable-training depth. 4
Application route: Apply through the EPFL careers page for Job ID 1164911255. 4

ISTA: postdoc in machine learning with Christoph Lampert

Advisor and institution: Christoph Lampert's Computer Vision and Machine Learning group at ISTA has multiple postdoc positions in machine learning. 5
Research direction: The page names trustworthy ML, transfer learning, continual learning, meta learning, and the interface between symbolic AI and statistical machine learning. 5
Timing and contract: There is no fixed deadline; applications are considered until all positions are filled; the start date is flexible; contracts run 1-2 years with possible extensions. 5
Requirements: The role is 100% research, with no mandatory teaching or administrative duties stated on the page. 5
Application route: Use the CVML group postdoc page for the application instructions. 5

ISTA: PhD and postdoc positions with Francesco Locatello

Advisor and institution: Francesco Locatello's group at ISTA lists multiple PhD student and postdoc positions. 6
Research direction: The group works on causal learning and AI, including causal representation learning, causal discovery, and dynamical systems. 6
Timing and contract: The page does not list a fixed deadline, so applicants should treat the roles as rolling until the page changes. 6
Requirements: The public group page confirms the openings but does not publish a detailed requirement list for each track. 6
Application route: PhD applicants should use ISTA's PhD application route, and postdoc applicants should contact Francesco Locatello through the group page instructions. 6

University of Bonn: PhD positions in Earth observation

Advisor and institution: Marc Rußwurm's MEO Lab at the University of Bonn lists 1-2 full-time doctoral researcher positions. 7
Research direction: The project is on implicit neural representations in Earth observation and is part of the AI Emmy Noether Research Group "Earth Embeddings." 7
Timing and contract: The position is open until filled, applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, and the anticipated start date is late summer 2026. 7
Requirements: The page lists the role as a full-time doctoral researcher position funded by the German Research Foundation and the Taylor Geospatial Institute, with salary at TV-L E13. 7
Application route: Apply through the MEO Lab job openings page. 7

Status changes to note

SDU deadline extension: Kandemir's postdoc deadline has moved from July 31, 2026 to August 31, 2026; the listing metadata also shows an apply-before timestamp on September 1, 2026, at 05:59. 2
INRIA Sophia removed: The Giovanni Neglia / Chuan Xu INRIA Sophia Antipolis PhD listing now returns a page-not-found message after its June 21, 2026 deadline, so it should no longer be treated as an active opening. 9
CopeNLU has no new active opening this week: The University of Copenhagen CopeNLU news page still shows the May 6, 2026 DFF-funded PhD/postdoc round as the most recent job-related item, and that round's May 31 deadline has passed. 12

For applicants with near-term bandwidth, the order is simple: handle INRIA Paris first because July 17 is the closest fixed deadline, then ETH Zurich because July 19 follows two days later, then SDU because the deadline extension creates a longer runway. 1 8 2 Rolling roles still deserve early contact, but they do not impose the same calendar risk.

Cover image: image from ETH Zurich Jobs Portal.