PhD Position F/M PhD thesis subject on Inferring Continuous-Time Reaction Models from Time-Series Data
Inria
Type d'offre :
Stage universitaire / V.I.E / V.I.A
Lieu de l'offre :
Palaiseau
Lieu du siège :
Île-de-France, France
Fonction :
R&D / Sciences / Formation
Date de publication :
21/10/2026
Offer #2026-10631
PhD Position F/M PhD thesis subject on Inferring Continuous-Time Reaction Models from Time-Series Data
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Contract type : Fixed-term contract
Level of qualifications required : Graduate degree or equivalent
Fonction : PhD Position
Level of experience : Recently graduated
About the research centre or Inria department
Created in 2008, the Inria Saclay Center is located at the heart of the Paris-Saclay scientific and technological excellence cluster, which alone accounts for 15% of French research. Serving the development of the Université Paris-Saclay and the Institut Polytechnique de Paris, the Inria Saclay center employs 80 people in research support services and 500 scientists of 54 nationalities.
Benefiting from continuous growth, the center now has a total of 42 project-teams and two in the process of being created, including 21 jointly with the Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 16 with the Université Paris-Saclay, as well as 7 Inria EPs, including one in collaboration with Onera and one with the Pôle Universitaire Centre Val de Loire. These research teams are spread over more than ten sites.
Context
Within the framework of a partnership (you can choose between)
public with {French National Research Agency (ANR), and German agency DFG project INCREl
a package/model/prototype/application
more specifically dedicated to CRN model inference (Inria LIfeware) and benchmarking (Rostock)
Is regular travel foreseen for this post ? Travel to Rostock Germany once a year
Assignment
Assignments :
PhD thesis co-supervised by François Fages and Sylvain Soliman
Collaboration :
The recruited person will be member of Lifeware and follow-up project team, withcollaboration with Prof Adelinde Uhrmacher, UNiv. Rostock, Germany.
Responsibilities :
The person recruited is responsible for some subtasks of the ANR-DFG project INCRE.
Steering/Management :
none
Main activities
Main activities (5 maximum) :
state of the art on model learning from temporal data
development of Reactmine-2prototype software based on beam search
design of synthetic benchmarks and comparative evaluation of Reactmine-2
model inference in presence of unobserved variables and evaluation on real biological data
publicationa and communications in scientific journals and conferences
Additional activities (3 maximum) :
participation to vulgarisation events and/or publications
Skills
Technical skills and level required :
Languages :English, French, German
Relational skills :
Other valued appreciated : curiosity
Benefits package
Subsidized meals
Partial reimbursement of public transport costs
Leave: 7 weeks of annual leave + 10 extra days off due to RTT (statutory reduction in working hours) + possibility of exceptional leave (sick children, moving home, etc.)
Possibility of teleworking and flexible organization of working hours
Professional equipment available (videoconferencing, loan of computer equipment, etc.)
Social, cultural and sports events and activities
Access to vocational training
Social security coverage
Remuneration
2300 € gross/month
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General Information
Theme/Domain : Optimization, machine learning and statistical methods
Biologie et santé, Sciences de la vie et de la terre (BAP A)
Town/city : Palaiseau
Inria Center : Centre Inria de Saclay
Starting date : 2026-12-01
Duration of contract : 3 years
Deadline to apply : 2026-10-30
Warning : you must enter your e-mail address in order to save your application to Inria. Applications must be submitted online on the Inria website. Processing of applications sent from other channels is not guaranteed.
Instruction to apply
Defence Security :
This position is likely to be situated in a restricted area (ZRR), as defined in Decree No. 2011-1425 relating to the protection of national scientific and technical potential (PPST).Authorisation to enter an area is granted by the director of the unit, following a favourable Ministerial decision, as defined in the decree of 3 July 2012 relating to the PPST. An unfavourable Ministerial decision in respect of a position situated in a ZRR would result in the cancellation of the appointment.
Recruitment Policy :
As part of its diversity policy, all Inria positions are accessible to people with disabilities.
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PhD Position F/M PhD thesis subject on Inferring Continuous-Time Reaction Models from Time-Series Data
Download job offer in PDF format
Contract type : Fixed-term contract
Level of qualifications required : Graduate degree or equivalent
Fonction : PhD Position
Level of experience : Recently graduated
About the research centre or Inria department
Created in 2008, the Inria Saclay Center is located at the heart of the Paris-Saclay scientific and technological excellence cluster, which alone accounts for 15% of French research. Serving the development of the Université Paris-Saclay and the Institut Polytechnique de Paris, the Inria Saclay center employs 80 people in research support services and 500 scientists of 54 nationalities.
Benefiting from continuous growth, the center now has a total of 42 project-teams and two in the process of being created, including 21 jointly with the Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 16 with the Université Paris-Saclay, as well as 7 Inria EPs, including one in collaboration with Onera and one with the Pôle Universitaire Centre Val de Loire. These research teams are spread over more than ten sites.
Context
Within the framework of a partnership (you can choose between)
public with {French National Research Agency (ANR), and German agency DFG project INCREl
a package/model/prototype/application
more specifically dedicated to CRN model inference (Inria LIfeware) and benchmarking (Rostock)
Is regular travel foreseen for this post ? Travel to Rostock Germany once a year
Assignment
Assignments :
PhD thesis co-supervised by François Fages and Sylvain Soliman
Collaboration :
The recruited person will be member of Lifeware and follow-up project team, withcollaboration with Prof Adelinde Uhrmacher, UNiv. Rostock, Germany.
Responsibilities :
The person recruited is responsible for some subtasks of the ANR-DFG project INCRE.
Steering/Management :
none
Main activities
Main activities (5 maximum) :
state of the art on model learning from temporal data
development of Reactmine-2prototype software based on beam search
design of synthetic benchmarks and comparative evaluation of Reactmine-2
model inference in presence of unobserved variables and evaluation on real biological data
publicationa and communications in scientific journals and conferences
Additional activities (3 maximum) :
participation to vulgarisation events and/or publications
Skills
Technical skills and level required :
Languages :English, French, German
Relational skills :
Other valued appreciated : curiosity
Benefits package
Subsidized meals
Partial reimbursement of public transport costs
Leave: 7 weeks of annual leave + 10 extra days off due to RTT (statutory reduction in working hours) + possibility of exceptional leave (sick children, moving home, etc.)
Possibility of teleworking and flexible organization of working hours
Professional equipment available (videoconferencing, loan of computer equipment, etc.)
Social, cultural and sports events and activities
Access to vocational training
Social security coverage
Remuneration
2300 € gross/month
Apply for this position
Share
General Information
Theme/Domain : Optimization, machine learning and statistical methods
Biologie et santé, Sciences de la vie et de la terre (BAP A)
Town/city : Palaiseau
Inria Center : Centre Inria de Saclay
Starting date : 2026-12-01
Duration of contract : 3 years
Deadline to apply : 2026-10-30
Warning : you must enter your e-mail address in order to save your application to Inria. Applications must be submitted online on the Inria website. Processing of applications sent from other channels is not guaranteed.
Instruction to apply
Defence Security :
This position is likely to be situated in a restricted area (ZRR), as defined in Decree No. 2011-1425 relating to the protection of national scientific and technical potential (PPST).Authorisation to enter an area is granted by the director of the unit, following a favourable Ministerial decision, as defined in the decree of 3 July 2012 relating to the PPST. An unfavourable Ministerial decision in respect of a position situated in a ZRR would result in the cancellation of the appointment.
Recruitment Policy :
As part of its diversity policy, all Inria positions are accessible to people with disabilities.
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