Mathematical Physicist (PhD)
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About the Role
This role centers on a public benchmark initiative aimed at assessing if advanced AI models possess genuine research-level reasoning capabilities in physics, moving beyond basic textbook solutions. You will join a team of physicists tasked with developing, solving, assessing, and auditing intricate problems tailored to your area of expertise. This project demands a level of precision comparable to mathematical standards, requiring exhaustive and transparent reasoning that enables peer verification. We collaborate with participants to assign tasks that correspond with their specific backgrounds in domains like conformal geometry, combinatorial physics, integrable systems, and special functions.
Requirements
- You must hold a PhD in theoretical physics, mathematical physics, or mathematics.
- We are targeting junior faculty, research scientists, and postdoctoral researchers, although senior PhD students with a robust first-author publication history may be considered.
- You are required to submit a verifiable list of three to five publications, including DOIs or arXiv IDs, preferably from the last five years.
- Your past academic work must demonstrate a focus on phenomena relevant to our current research goals.
- You need high proficiency in Jupyter, SymPy, Python, and LaTeX, as symbolic computation is central to these tasks.
- You are expected to have a B2 level of English proficiency or higher to guarantee that all written documentation is clear.
Responsibilities
- You will tackle research-oriented physics challenges aligned with your professional specialization.
- Your tasks will involve drafting original physics problems, solving existing queries, and conducting audits or reviews of completed research.
- You must thoroughly document your logical process to ensure every piece of work meets the high standards required for validation by other subject matter experts.
- Your specific project duties will be defined through mutual agreement, reflecting your academic publication history and how well your expertise fits our ongoing research priorities.
Benefits & Perks
- Compensation is set between 80 and 110 dollars per hour, contingent upon the extent of the alignment with your subdomain.
- The position is entirely remote and asynchronous with no set schedule.
- You are expected to dedicate 10 hours per week for the duration of an 8 to 10 week period.
Note: This listing is summarized and paraphrased by WorkNow from a publicly posted role. For the original wording and full details, please refer to the employer's official posting.
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