Frontier Development Lab
A Powerful Public-Private Partnership for Cutting-Edge AI/ML Research
The SETI Institute is looking for PhD/postdoctoral researchers for its 2025 Frontier Development Lab (FDL) program, which takes place June 16 – August 8, 2025. Now in its 10th year of operation, FDL is an applied artificial intelligence research accelerator hosted at the SETI Institute in Mountain View, CA. FDL brings together teams of brings together teams of experts from a variety of scientific fields and the commercial sector to enable PhD candidates, Postdocs and early career PhD researchers to push the frontiers of AI/ML research and develop new tools that solve some of the biggest challenges in Earth, energy, and space science.
Learn more about FDL at http://fdl4ai.com
Eligible candidates can apply for the 2025 program:

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