AI, LLMs - PhD, thesis offer

EURECOM and Aily Labs are recruiting a PhD candidate for a 36-month doctoral thesis in Data Science, at the heart of today’s challenges in decision-making AI and large language models (LLMs).

Enterprises are turning to LLMs for high-stakes, data-driven decisions over structured data, such as databases and knowledge graphs. This PhD sets a three-year agenda to build and validate thinking-with-tools, an approach where the model embeds live tool use (e.g. SQL/SPARQL, Python) inside its reasoning. Beyond accuracy gains, the goal is an efficient decision system that knows when it’s unsure, asks for clarification, and escalates when judgment matters. Consider the question: “If we cut Product X’s price by 5% next quarter, what revenue should we expect?”, the system reasons, pulls the right numbers, exposes its assumptions, and invites a human to confirm or adjust when needed. This aligns with broader research priorities on human-AI d...