Call for PhD & Postdoctoral Applications — Academic Year 2026/2027
BBQ Institute invites applications for fully funded Doctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowships in Machine Learning, Quantum Computing, and Distributed Systems. Applications close on September 30, 2026.
Director of BBQ Institute & Chair of Machine Intelligence
Department of Computer Science & Intelligent Systems · Laboratory for Machine Cognition & Neural Systems (MCNC Lab)
Director of BBQ Institute. Leading research in foundation model alignment, distributed neural verification, and neuro-symbolic reasoning architectures.
Deep Learning Theory & Generalization BoundsNeuro-Symbolic Reasoning & Formal Proof GenerationDistributed Computing & Verifiable Machine IntelligenceScientific Provenance in Large-Scale AI Systems
Email:j.kowalczyk@bbq.edu.pl · Office: CeNT Complex, Room 3.18, ul. Stanisława Pasteura 5, 02-093 Warszawa · Phone: +48 22 552 1432
Vice-Director for Scientific Research & Head of QIAF Lab
Department of Quantum Computing & Information Physics · Laboratory of Quantum Information & Algorithmic Foundations (QIAF Lab)
Vice-Director for Scientific Research at BBQ Institute. Leading research in fault-tolerant quantum algorithms, tensor network simulations, and quantum error-mitigating protocols.
Quantum Error Correction & Fault-Tolerant ArchitecturesTensor Network State Simulations on High-Performance ClustersQuantum Complexity Theory & Circuit OptimizationHybrid Classical-Quantum Distributed Systems
Email:e.markiewicz@bbq.edu.pl · Office: CeNT Complex, Room 2.04, ul. Stanisława Pasteura 5, 02-093 Warszawa · Phone: +48 22 552 1445
Department of High-Performance Systems & Scientific Provenance · Scientific Provenance & High-Performance Systems Lab (SP-HPC Lab)
Head of the BBQ Doctoral School. Expert in distributed systems reproducibility, verifiable workflow provenance, and large-scale parallel computing infrastructure.
Scientific Workflow Provenance & FAIR Data InfrastructureDistributed Computing & Petascale Storage SystemsDeterministic Execution Environments & Reproducibility AuditingHigh-Throughput Computing for Large Scientific Collaborations
Email:t.wisniewski@bbq.edu.pl · Office: CeNT Complex, Room 4.12, ul. Stanisława Pasteura 5, 02-093 Warszawa · Phone: +48 22 552 1450
Head of Autonomous Systems & Formal Verification Lab (ASFV Lab)
Department of Computer Science & Intelligent Systems · Autonomous Systems & Formal Verification Lab (ASFV Lab)
Associate Professor and Director of the BBQ HPC & Robotics Facility. Researching automated theorem proving, neural-network formal verification, and certified robotics control.
Formal Methods & Automated Theorem Proving (Coq, Isabelle/HOL)Certified Neural Network Invariants & Reachability AnalysisSafe Reinforcement Learning for Autonomous RoboticsReal-Time Embedded Systems with Verifiable Guarantees
Email:k.nowak@bbq.edu.pl · Office: CeNT Complex, Room 1.15, ul. Stanisława Pasteura 5, 02-093 Warszawa · Phone: +48 22 552 1461
Head of Computational Biology & Medical Data Group (CBMD Group)
Department of Computational Mathematics & Bio-Intelligence · Computational Biology & Medical Data Intelligence Group (CBMD Group)
Senior Research Fellow leading the Computational Biology Group. Specializing in single-cell multi-omics foundation models, genomic graph algorithms, and privacy-preserving clinical data pipelines.
Single-Cell Transcriptomics & Spatial Multi-Omics ModelingGeometric Deep Learning on Genomic Knowledge GraphsFederated Learning & Differential Privacy for Clinical DatasetsStructural Biology & Protein Interaction Prediction
Email:m.wojcik@bbq.edu.pl · Office: CeNT Complex, Room 3.25, ul. Stanisława Pasteura 5, 02-093 Warszawa · Phone: +48 22 552 1478
Senior Postdoc in Neuro-Symbolic Computing & Formal Reasoning
Department of Computer Science & Intelligent Systems · Laboratory for Machine Cognition & Neural Systems (MCNC Lab)
Postdoctoral Fellow in the MCNC Lab. Developing neuro-symbolic algorithms that combine foundation model representation learning with automated mathematical theorem proving.
Neuro-Symbolic Integration & Neural SMT SolversAutomated Mathematical Theorem Proving & Lean 4 ArchitecturesEfficient Attention Mechanisms & State Space Models (SSMs)Formal Language Theory & Differentiable Automata
Email:a.zielinski@bbq.edu.pl · Office: CeNT Complex, Room 3.09, ul. Stanisława Pasteura 5, 02-093 Warszawa · Phone: +48 22 552 1483
Joining the Faculty & Postdoctoral Center
BBQ Institute regularly recruits tenure-track faculty, senior research fellows, and postdoctoral scholars through international open calls. All positions offer competitive research allowances, relocation support, and direct access to the CeNT supercomputing cluster.
Inquiries regarding academic openings may be directed to the Office of the Director at office@bbq.edu.pl.
