Princeton and Basis recruit a postdoc for MARA, robotic agents learning code-based world models
tomssilver · x · 2026-09-17
Tom Silver's group at Princeton and Basis are jointly recruiting a postdoctoral researcher for MARA, an effort to build robotic agents that actively learn models of the physical world.
- Focus: robotics + code-based world models
- Profile: candidates excited about abstractions & planning, with hands-on real-robot experience
- Joint supervision between Princeton and Basis
Related event: Princeton and Basis Launch Postdoc Program on Robot World Models(3 posts)→
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