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September 8, 2025

**Job Description**
This Ph.D. position, part of the LEAP-AI project, addresses challenges in autonomous greenhouse control to ensure sustainable, affordable, and reliable local food production. The project aims to design the next generation of autonomous greenhouse control systems by integrating formal methods from computer science (program synthesis and probabilistic programming) with control systems analysis. The role involves deriving human-understandable strategies from data-driven AI techniques, connecting short-term actions to long-term effects, and explaining these insights to growers to improve system flexibility and explainability. The successful candidate will collaborate with other Ph.D.s, researchers, and industrial partners specialized in machine learning, climate control, and computer vision for high-tech greenhouses.

**Skills & Abilities**
• Strong background or interest in formal methods in computer science (program synthesis, probabilistic programming), systems and control, machine learning, and biological systems.
• Experience conducting, designing, and/or managing experiments for physical/biological systems (a plus, but not required).

**Qualifications**
Required Degree(s) in:
• Computer Science
• Systems and Control
• Engineering
• Applied Mathematics
• Related field

Other:
• Completed (or in the process of completion) a relevant MSc degree.
• English proficiency at a certain level.

**Experience**
Other:
• Some experience conducting, designing, and/or managing experiments for physical/biological systems is a plus, but not required.

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Experience
Other: • Some experience conducting, designing, and/or managing experiments for physical/biological systems is a plus, but not required.
Work Level
Ph.D
Employment Type
Scholarship
Salary
Annual Salary: Increasing from Promovendus gross per month, from the first year to the fourth year based on a full-time contract (38 hours), plus 8% holiday allowance and an end-of-year bonus of 8.3%. Union Affiliation: Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities Benefits: Customisable compensation package, discounts on health insurance, monthly work costs contribution, flexible work schedules, Dual Career Programme for accompanying partner.
Valid Until
October 5, 2025
Details
Temporary Duration: 4 years Location Requirement: Relocation required to the Netherlands Campus-based
School / Department / Center / Lab
• Computer Science Department • Delft Center for Systems and Control • Faculty Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EEMCS)
Supervisor(s)
Dr. Sebastijan Dumančić Dr. Manuel Mazo
Supervisor Email
s.dumancic@tudelft.nl
Wageningen University and Research
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