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WASP Postdoctoral
Fellowships

About the Programme

Sweden’s largest research program, the Wallenberg AI, Autonomous Systems and Software Program (WASP), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Imperial College London. This agreement aims to enhance collaboration in research and programs in the areas of artificial intelligence, autonomous systems and software. The partnership will be centred around I-X. The MOU includes a prestigious postdoctoral program for academic exchanges, and innovative activities designed to foster knowledge-sharing across borders. The WASP PhD students will be hosted at I-X.

WASP is by far the largest individual research program in Sweden. The program is financed by Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation and the ambition is to advance Sweden into an internationally leading position in the areas of artificial intelligence, autonomous systems and software. Collaborations with selected internationally leading universities is important in achieving this goal.

Besides Imperial, the WASP’s current exclusive university partnerships includes: Stanford, NTU Singapore, UC Berkeley, Aalto, MIT, ETH Zurich, Caltech, and Mila – Quebec AI Institute.

About I-X

I-X forms an interdisciplinary AI community, bringing together over 200 researchers from 20 departments across Imperial College London. Our space connects PhD students, post-doctoral researchers and academic staff, fostering excellence, creativity and innovation in AI. At I-X, we are committed to advancing scientific excellence through the interdisciplinary collaboration. As a fellow, you will become part of our vibrant community, co-locating and working alongside top specialists in artificial intelligence and machine learning. We believe that by breaking the disciplinary barriers, we can push the boundaries of scientific discovery and contribute to AI advancements that will benefit humanity.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about the WASP Postdoctoral Programme, please contact Professor Thomas Parisini (t.parisini@imperial.ac.uk), coordinator at Imperial of this flagship initiative.

I-X Academics

Roberto Bondesan

Senior Lecturer

I-X Academics Quantum & AI
Expertise
  • Machine Learning
  • Optimisation
  • Quantum Computing

Home Department:
Computing

Ryan Cory-Wright

Assistant Professor of Analytics and Operations

I-X Academics I-X Economy I-X Planet
Expertise
  • Machine Learning
  • Optimisation
  • Renewable Energy

Home Department:
Analytics and Operations

Brendan Delaney

Professor in Medical Informatics and Decision Making

I-X Academics I-X Health
Expertise
  • AI of Medical Diagnosis
  • AI Validation
  • Medical knowledge models

Home Department:
Surgery & Cancer

Andrew Duncan

Senior Lecturer in Statistics and Data-Centric Engineering

I-X Academics I-X Science Explainable, safe & Robust AI
Expertise
  • Machine Learning
  • Generative Models
  • Uncertainty Quantification
  • AI for Science

Home Department:
Mathematics

Patrick Dunne

Lecturer (Future Leader Fellow)

I-X Academics I-X Science Systems & Infrastructure for AI
Expertise
  • High-dimensional data sets
  • Machine Learning
  • Markov Chain Monte Carlo

Home Department:
Physics

Pietro Ferraro

Lecturer in Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning

I-X Academics Systems & Infrastructure for AI
Expertise
  • Control Theory
  • Distributed Systems
  • Safe Reinforcement Learning

Home Department:
Dyson School of Design Engineering

Eleonora Giunchiglia

Lecturer

I-X Academics Explainable, safe & Robust AI
Expertise
  • Deep Learning
  • Neuro-symbolic AI
  • Safe AI

Home Department:
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Nicola Gnecco

Lecturer

I-X Academics I-X Science
Expertise
  • Causal Inference
  • Extreme Value Theory
  • Distribution Generalization

Home Department:
Mathematics

Hamed Haddadi

Professor of Human-Centred Systems

I-X Academics I-X Resilience Humans, Robots & AI Sensing & AI Systems & Infrastructure for AI
Expertise
  • Cybersecurity
  • Explainable, Safe & Robust AI
  • Human-Data Interaction
  • IoT

Home Department:
Computing

Nick Jones

Director of I-X Centre for AI in Science and Professor of Mathematical Sciences

I-X Academics I-X Board I-X Team I-X Science I-X Health I-X Life I-X Planet
Expertise
  • Bayesian Inference
  • Public Health
  • Single Cells
  • Statistical Genetics
  • Stochastic Processes

Home Department:
Mathematics

Alessio Lomuscio

Professor of Safe Artificial Intelligence

I-X Academics I-X Economy I-X Resilience Explainable, safe & Robust AI
Expertise
  • AI Verification
  • Explainable, Safe & Robust AI

Home Department:
Computing

Thomas Parisini

Chair in Industrial Control

I-X Research Initiatives
Expertise
  • I-X Resilience

Peter Pietzuch

Co-Director and Professor of Distributed Systems

I-X Academics I-X Board I-X Team I-X Resilience Systems & Infrastructure for AI
Expertise
  • Cloud Computing
  • Cybersecurity
  • Systems & Infrastructure for AI

Home Department:
Computing

Chen Qin

Lecturer in Computer Vision and Machine Learning

I-X Academics I-X Health
Expertise
  • Computer Vision
  • Deep Learning
  • Machine Learning
  • Medical Imaging

Home Department:
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Islem Rekik

Associate Professor

I-X Women in AI I-X Academics I-X Health I-X Life Humans, Robots & AI
Expertise
  • Computer Vision
  • Machine Learning
  • Medical Imaging
  • Neuroimaging

Home Department:
Computing

Alessandra Russo

Professor in Applied Computational Logic

I-X Academics I-X Research Initiatives I-X Resilience Explainable, safe & Robust AI Humans, Robots & AI
Expertise
  • Explainable, Safe & Robust AI
  • Intelligible AI
  • Machine Learning

Home Department:
Computing

Nicole Salomons

Lecturer and Assistant Professor

I-X Academics I-X Health Humans, Robots & AI
Expertise
  • Robot/Human Interaction
  • Robotics
  • User Modelling

Home Department:
Computing

Cristopher Salvi

Assistant Professor in Mathematics and Machine Learning

I-X Academics I-X Science I-X Economy
Expertise
  • Deep Learning
  • Signal Processing
  • Stochastic Analysis

Home Department:
Mathematics

Susan Scott

Professor of Management and Artificial Intelligence

I-X Academics I-X Economy
Expertise
  • Digital Transformation of Work
  • Information Systems
  • Responsible Innovation

Home Department:
Management and Entrepreneurship

Sarab Sethi

Lecturer in Artificial Intelligence/ Machine Learning

I-X Academics I-X Planet Sensing & AI
Expertise
  • Acoustics
  • Biodiversity
  • IoT

Home Department:
Life Sciences

Felipe Tobar

Senior Lecturer in Machine Learning

I-X Academics I-X Science I-X Economy
Expertise
  • Probabilistic Generative Models
  • Optimal Transport
  • Signal Processing

Home Department:
Mathematics

Christopher Tucci

Co-Director and Professor of Digital Strategy & Innovation

I-X Academics I-X Board I-X Team I-X Economy
Expertise
  • AI Ventures
  • Business Model Innovation
  • Digital Strategy
  • Innovation and Technology Management

Home Department:
Management and Entrepreneurship

Sen Wang

Senior Lecturer and Associate Professor

I-X Academics Humans, Robots & AI
Expertise
  • Computer Vision
  • Machine Learning
  • Robotics

Home Department:
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Gege Wen

Assistant Professor

I-X Academics I-X Planet
Expertise
  • AI for Scientific Computing
  • Climate Change
  • Energy Transition

Home Department:
Earth Science and Engineering

Sophia Yaliraki

Co-Director and Professor of Theoretical Chemistry

I-X Academics I-X Board I-X Team I-X Science I-X Health I-X Life I-X Planet
Expertise
  • Allosteric drug design
  • Digital chemistry
  • Graph learning

Home Department:
Chemistry

Guang Yang

Senior Lecturer and Associate Professor

I-X Academics I-X Health
Expertise
  • AI in Drug Discovery
  • AI in Medicine
  • Digital Healthcare

Home Department:
Bioengineering

Dandan Zhang

I-X Academics I-X Health Humans, Robots & AI
Expertise
  • Biomedical Robotics
  • Human-Robot Interaction
  • Multi-Modality Sensing
  • Robot Learning for Simulation

Home Department:
Bioengineering