The 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐭 Aalborg University Copenhagen (AAU-NLP) is growing fast in 2026, and we’re excited to announce that we are hiring 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐏𝐡𝐃 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 (3 years), and 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐬 (1–3 years each), to join us at the beautiful waterfront Copenhagen Campus of Aalborg University.

This new cohort will join our expanding research efforts on 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐒𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐈, with a strong emphasis on 𝐍𝐋𝐏 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐋𝐌𝐬 across diverse cultural and linguistic settings. We’re interested in candidates with solid backgrounds in 𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐍𝐋𝐏, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 as well as those coming from 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 who want to work at the intersection of language and AI.

Some example areas of interest include: • NLP/LLM security, adversarial robustness, and backdoor detection • Memorization and Privacy in LLMs • Safety, factuality, and trustworthy multilingual language technologies • Linguistically informed modelling and cross-cultural evaluation • Interpretability, semantics, and behaviour analysis of LLMs • Low-resource language processing and multilingual robustness

Within these areas, the projects offer 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐬 - we believe the best research is driven by curiosity and creativity.

Apply here: * PhDs (deadline 17 February): https://www.vacancies.aau.dk/phd-positions/show-vacancy/vacancyId/884796 * Postdocs (deadline 4 March): https://www.vacancies.aau.dk/scientific-positions/show-vacancy/vacancyId/884...

Interested applicants are encouraged to reach out to the project PI, Johannes Bjerva, at jbjerva@cs.aau.dk