Post-doctorant : « Artificial Intelligence for Sustainable Renewable Energy Production and Storage in Subsurface Reservoirs”
Job description
A two-year postdoctoral position researching artificial intelligence, especially reinforcement learning, for controlling induced seismicity and optimizing renewable energy production and storage in subsurface reservoirs.
At a glance
- Employment
- Contract · Employee (employment agreement)
- Work mode
- Hybrid · Palaiseau, France
- Languages
- English – fluent
What you'll do
- Advance AI methods to control systems governed by nonlinear and non-smooth partial differential equations.
- Develop robust, stable and adaptable reinforcement learning algorithms that improve predictive models for induced seismicity and production control and optimization.
- Conduct interdisciplinary research integrating AI with geomechanics and control theory.
- Carry out research, develop experimental devices and tools, and write scientific articles with the project PI and INJECT group members.
- Contribute to any department activity according to retained priorities.
- Contribute to the Quality approach, including drafting and updating procedures and tracking indicators.
- Contribute to the school's CSR approach within its missions and activities.
What we're looking for
- Strong scientific skills and high motivation.
- Mandatory spoken and written English proficiency.
- Solid background in applied mathematics.
- Programming skills, e.g. Matlab/Python/C++.
- Knowledge of machine learning.
- Knowledge of dynamics/mechanics/geomechanics/geophysics.
- Knowledge of ODE control and/or non-smooth systems and/or PDEs.
- Laboratory experience and team spirit.
Your team
INJECT group
Research group working on the INJECT project on mathematical control theory for induced seismicity.
Benefits
- Employer covers 75% of public transport costs.
- Sustainable mobility allowance up to €300/year.
- Possibility of remote work after manager approval and submitting a request.
- Employer subsidy for the administrative restaurant and/or cafeteria.
- Social action committee with events, gym on membership, and holiday center for staff children from age 6.
- Health insurance with 50% employer contribution.
- 25 days annual leave and 18 RTT days per year.
Apply
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About ECOLE NATIONALE SUPERIEURE DE TECHNIQUES AVANCEES
A higher education and research institution under the supervision of the Ministry of the Armed Forces.
ENSTA resulted from the merger on 1 January 2025 of ENSTA Paris and ENSTA Bretagne, with its headquarters in Palaiseau on the Paris-Saclay campus and another campus in Brest.
Mission
To train civil and military engineering students, including armament engineers, as well as highly qualified executives and doctors for the public and private sectors, particularly in defense and security, transport, energy, maritime activities, digital and advanced technologies.
Key facts
- 2025
- Palaiseau, France
- Has 3 training and research units organized around 9 research laboratories.
- Founding member of the Institut Polytechnique de Paris (IP Paris).
- Originated the creation of the Mers & Océans interdisciplinary center, inaugurated in January 2025.
- Headquarters in Palaiseau (91) on the Paris-Saclay campus, with another campus in Brest.
Partners & customers
What they value
- Committed to parity, professional equality, diversity and support for staff with disabilities.
- Active policy on working conditions based on a fair work-life balance.
- Committed to recruitment promoting equality, diversity and inclusion.