Postdoctoral Researcher in sustainable AI and cloud computing
Poste de Chercheur Postdoctoral en IA Durable et Informatique en Cloud
Aalto University, Finlande
Emplacement : Espoo, Helsinki
Salaire : 4100 € par mois
Date de début : 5 juillet 2025
Présentation de l’Université Aalto
Aalto University représente à la fois l’innovation scientifique et artistique, en fusionnant technologie et business. Située à Espoo, dans la région du Grand Helsinki, l’université regroupe une communauté dynamique de 14 000 étudiants, 400 professeurs et près de 5000 employés de 120 nationalités. Son engagement envers la diversité et l’inclusivité est un pilier fondamental de ses valeurs.
Description du Poste
Titre : Chercheur Postdoctoral (2 ans)
Project : « DecAI »
Le projet DecAI vise à décarboniser l’intelligence artificielle (IA) face à l’augmentation des émissions de carbone dues à la consommation énergétique croissante des centres de données. Le candidat retenu aura pour mission de développer un cadre d’évaluation des émissions de carbone lié au développement, à l’opération et à l’utilisation de l’IA, tout en créant des outils logiciels pour guider les stratégies de réduction des émissions.
Responsabilités
Le chercheur participera aux tâches suivantes :
- Identification et évaluation : des métriques de carbone pour atténuer l’impact environnemental de l’IA et de l’informatique en cloud.
- Évaluation empirique : des différentes phases du cycle de vie de l’IA (formation, inférence et utilisation).
- Développement de méthodologies : pour estimer l’impact à long terme de l’IA sur les émissions de carbone et autres indicateurs environnementaux.
- Création d’un cadre logiciel : pour quantifier l’impact environnemental à long terme de l’IA et de l’informatique en cloud.
Qualifications Requises
Le candidat idéal doit posséder :
- Un doctorat en informatique, ingénierie ou dans un domaine connexe.
- Un excellent parcours de recherche en IA durable ou en informatique en cloud.
- Atout : Expérience dans l’estimation, la mesure ou l’optimisation des émissions d’énergie ou de carbone dans les systèmes interconnectés.
- Atout : Compréhension de l’impact environnemental du matériel utilisé pour l’IA et/ou l’informatique en cloud.
- Capacité à guider et à encadrer des chercheurs doctorants.
Ce que Nous Offrons
Le candidat rejoindra le groupe Cloud and Network Computing, dirigé par le professeur assistant Gopika Premsankar. Ce groupe se concentre sur la réduction de l’empreinte environnementale des systèmes connectés, tout en améliorant la durabilité et la performance. Le salaire est compétitif et comprend des avantages de santé professionnels complets.
Processus de Candidature
Les candidates sont invitées à soumettre les documents suivants :
- Un CV détaillé
- Une lettre de motivation d’une page
- Une liste de publications, avec deux publications clés mises en avant
- Un échantillon de code, de préférence sur un dépôt de code
- Les contacts de deux référents
- Le certificat de doctorat
La date limite de candidature est le 31 octobre 2025. Les candidatures seront examinées au fur et à mesure de leur réception.
Pourquoi Choisir la Finlande ?
La Finlande se distingue par sa stabilité politique, sa sécurité et son organisation sociale exemplaire. La vie à Espoo est caractérisée par un environnement accueillant et une communauté active, avec un accès à une nature apaisante et un riche réseau de services.
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📅 Date de publication de l’offre : Sat, 05 Jul 2025 06:46:18 GMT
🏢 Entreprise : Aalto-yliopisto
📍 Lieu : Espoo, Helsinki
💼 Intitulé du poste : Postdoctoral Researcher in sustainable AI and cloud computing
💶 Rémunération proposée : €4100 per month
📝 Description du poste : Aalto University is where science and art meet technology and business. We shape a sustainable future by making research breakthroughs in and across our disciplines, sparking the game changers of tomorrow and creating novel solutions to major global challenges. Our community is made up of 120 nationalities, 14 000 students, 400 professors and close to 5000 faculty and staff working on our dynamic campus in Espoo, Greater Helsinki, Finland. Diversity is part of who we are, and we actively work to ensure our community’s diversity and inclusiveness. This is why we warmly encourage qualified candidates from all backgrounds to join our community.We are recruiting one Postdoctoral Researcher (2y) to join our team.What you will be working on:The project
The rapid growth of artificial intelligence (AI) has led to increased energy consumption in data centers, raising concerns about carbon emissions. To address these challenges and support sustainability goals, the project DecAI aims to decarbonize AI through long-term impact assessment and optimization. The goal is to develop a framework to estimate carbon emissions across AI’s development, operation, and use. This framework enables stakeholders, such as AI providers and data center operators, to evaluate and compare scenarios to reduce emissions. The framework will be released as a software tool to guide emissions reduction strategies. The project aims to optimize the operations (serving) of AI by developing algorithms that manage compute, network, and storage resources in a carbon-efficient way while supporting long-term benefits for the electricity grid. By addressing AI’s entire lifecycle, DecAI offers a holistic approach to reducing carbon emissions.Your role
You will work closely with our team on tasks to:
- Identify and evaluate carbon metrics for reducing the environmental impact of AI and cloud computing
- Empirically evaluate different parts of the AI lifecycle, including development (training), operation (inference) and use
- Develop methodologies to estimate the long-term impact of AI on carbon emissions and other environmental indicators
- Build a software framework to quantify the long-term environmental impact of AI and cloud computing
This project will enable building expertise in AI, cloud computing, networking technologies and energy systems (electricity markets, energy metrics, carbon metrics). Your work will often be interdisciplinary and require close cooperation with other research groups.The position requires
- PhD in computer science, engineering, or a related field
- Excellent research track record in AI and sustainability or cloud computing
- Merit: Experience in estimating, measuring or optimizing energy and / or carbon emissions in networked systems
- Merit: Understanding of the environmental impact of hardware used for AI and / or cloud computing
- Ability to provide guidance and mentorship to doctoral researchers, and collaborate with diverse research groups
What we offer
You will become a part of the Cloud and Network Computing group, headed by assistant professor Gopika Premsankar. Our group is dedicated to advancing research in networked systems, primarily focused on lowering the environmental footprint of such systems while enhancing sustainability, performance, and reliability. Our research leverages optimization techniques, applied machine learning, and statistical analysis to achieve these objectives. Through the DecAI project we will work closely with collaboration partners within Finland and internationally in the USA, Netherlands and Germany. There are opportunities for research visits to strengthen collaboration with leading experts in this field.You will receive a competitive salary, approximately 4100 EUR / month. The contract includes comprehensive occupational health benefits.Application documents
To apply, please share the following application materials (as PDFs) with us through our recruitment site (« Apply now!”):
- A CV
- A short letter of motivation, at most 1 page, which describes your interest and motivation (please try to include details that are not part of your CV and emphasize how you address the requirements listed above)
- List of publications with two key publications highlighted. Please describe in a short paragraph the relevance of the highlighted publications to the project.
- Sample code, preferably on a code repository. Provide a URL and describe in one paragraph your role in developing the software.
- Names and email addresses of two reference providers. They will be contacted directly at a later stage in the application process.
- Doctoral degree certificate (or information about defence, if defending soon)
Please note: Aalto University’s employees should apply for the position via our internal HR system Workday (Internal Jobs) by using their existing Workday user account (not via the external webpage for open positions).Application process
Please send your application as soon as possible, at the latest October 31st, 2025. We will go through applications, and we will hire the right candidate as soon as we find them, possibly already during the application period.After a preliminary interview, you may be asked to submit a 2-page research plan detailing the specific research questions you aim to address. Although this happens at a later stage, it will be worthwhile to think about your research directions in relation to the DecAI already during the application process.For more information about the open position, please contact Professor Gopika Premsankar, . Please contact ELEC’s HR Advisor’s in questions related to the recruitment process, .Why Finland and why this group
We hope you have a strong interest and an ambition to make meaningful contributions in improving the sustainability of networked systems. We also expect you to be goal oriented and working with focus towards the goals of the project. We are a young and growing team; there is some flexibility in defining your specific research goals and you will work closely with the PI and doctoral students in developing your research.Aalto University provides a vibrant and collaborative environment. We work in a hybrid way, and the primary workplace is Otaniemi, Espoo. The Otaniemi campus is a thriving and connected community of 100 nationalities, 13,000 students and 4,500 employees. Life at the campus is vibrant and filled with amazing architecture, calming nature, and a variety of cafes, restaurants, services and good transport connections.Finland is a great place for living – it is a safe, politically stable and well-organized Nordic society. For more information about living in Finland: &More about Aalto University:To view information about Workday Accessibility, please click .Please see more of our Open Positions
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