Application deadline: March 15, 2026.
Join the HAICu project at the University of Groningen and help transform how we engage with history. As a Postdoc in Artificial Intelligence, you will advance continual machine learning and human-in-the-loop systems to analyze diverse digital heritage collections. This multidisciplinary position offers opportunities to collaborate with leading researchers and major Dutch cultural institutions, with a focus on developing algorithms for deep, multimodal understanding of historical documents. If you are a motivated researcher eager to connect AI and the Humanities in a renowned research environment, we encourage you to apply to help make cultural heritage more accessible and advance AI research.
What are you going to do?
In this role, you will lead the development of machine learning and deep learning algorithms with continual learning capabilities to improve the analysis of complex historical manuscripts. As part of the HAICu research project, you will collaborate with PhD researchers and digital humanities experts to design systems that integrate human labeling and machine-based clustering. Your work will address multimodal challenges, including layout analysis, logical reading order, and the detection of specialized textual and graphic patterns. In addition to research, you will publish your findings in international journals and make your algorithms available to project partners under open-access conditions.
Find all details and info on the Academic Transfer website.