Pica Code-106 Efficient multimodal foundation models: optimization, compression and transfer to the services of the Italian AI Factory
Organisation/Company Unimore Research Field Engineering » Industrial engineering Researcher Profile Recognised Researcher (R2) Leading Researcher (R4) First Stage Researcher (R1) Established Researcher (R3) Application Deadline 23 Nov 2026 - 13:00 (UTC) Country Italy Type of Contract To be defined Job Status Not Applicable Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No
Offer Description
The position is part of Work Package 4 "Horizontal Services" of the IT4LIA project, in which the Department is a participant, and specifically of Task 4.2 "AI Development", which includes among the services offered by the AI Factory support for model optimization (pruning, quantization, distillation)
for deployment on HPC, cloud and edge devices, the integration of multiple data modalities (text, images, video) into unified models, and an on-premises hub of pre-trained models; the results will be transferred to Task 5.4 "Manufacturing" of Work Package 5 "Vertical Services", which foresees foundation models for quality control and visual inspection. (omissis)
- Italy
Eligibility of fellows: country/ies of residence:
- OTHER
Eligibility of fellows: nationality/ies:
- OTHER
Selection process
selective public procedure based on qualifications and interview
Offer Description
The position is part of Work Package 4 "Horizontal Services" of the IT4LIA project, in which the Department is a participant, and specifically of Task 4.2 "AI Development", which includes among the services offered by the AI Factory support for model optimization (pruning, quantization, distillation)
for deployment on HPC, cloud and edge devices, the integration of multiple data modalities (text, images, video) into unified models, and an on-premises hub of pre-trained models; the results will be transferred to Task 5.4 "Manufacturing" of Work Package 5 "Vertical Services", which foresees foundation models for quality control and visual inspection. (omissis)
- Italy
Eligibility of fellows: country/ies of residence:
- OTHER
Eligibility of fellows: nationality/ies:
- OTHER
Selection process
selective public procedure based on qualifications and interview