Topic: synthetic data

Develop perception and learning methods for humanoid robots in autonomous manufacturing. The doctorate combines RGB-D data, scene understanding, synthetic data, simulation-to-reality transfer and robot manipulation, with experimental validation on physical platforms. The project is hosted by the Advanced Manufacturing Lab and includes collaboration with researchers and industrial partners. Apply through the ETH online recruitment portal. The vacancy is currently advertised with an active application route; no closing date is stated.

Pleias co-founder Pierre-Carl Langlais describes language models built from documented open and public-domain sources alongside synthetic data. The conversation examines the SYNTH dataset, gaps in common web crawls, preservation of source material and ethical choices beyond copyright status. It also covers compact deployed models, benchmark incentives, reasoning-trace access and competing approaches to national AI development. Hosted by Ravid Shwartz Ziv and Allen Roush. Watch the full conversation on the publisher’s YouTube channel.

Maissam Barkeshli uses synthetic data of adjustable complexity to study how transformers learn. Sequences from graph, hypergraph and hierarchical random walks make it possible to investigate scaling laws, sample complexity and unexpected temperature effects in controlled settings. The presentation also considers how parameterisation changes hyperparameter scaling, including the importance of scaling the embedding-layer learning rate.