General information
Organisation
The French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) is a key player in research, development and innovation in four main areas :
• defence and security,
• nuclear energy (fission and fusion),
• technological research for industry,
• fundamental research in the physical sciences and life sciences.
Drawing on its widely acknowledged expertise, and thanks to its 16000 technicians, engineers, researchers and staff, the CEA actively participates in collaborative projects with a large number of academic and industrial partners.
The CEA is established in ten centers spread throughout France
Reference
2025-38401
Description de l'unité
Within the LIST Institute, at the NanoINnov Campus (Palaiseau), the Embedded and Autonomous
Systems Design Laboratory (LSEA) works on methods and tools for the design & development of
trustworthy autonomous systems that incorporate AI-based components. In particular, the LSEA's
Sustainable, Intelligent and Autonomous Systems (SIAS) team conducts research on enhancing the
reasoning, planning and adaptability capabilities of robotics systems.
Position description
Category
Information system
Contract
Internship
Job title
Stage - Ontology aided Neuro-Symbolic Reasoning with LLMs H/F
Subject
Study the SOA and approaches on LLMs/VLMs + reasoning, with emphasis on Ontologies and
other formal Knowledge Representation approaches.
• Research on the ways the interaction can be exploited and provide added value (e.g. conformity).
• Propose, produce and integrate into experiments that demonstrate the principles.
• Redact, propose, refine theoretical background supporting and explaining the claims.
The position is hybrid :
• Reading, research and writing.
• Coding and implementation.
Contract duration (months)
6 months
Job description
Rejoignez-nous en Stage !
The latest advances on AI and LLMs (and their variations) mean a next stage on technological
advancements. These technologies in turn, lead to new services, products and interactions, which are
currently shaping and impacting businesses, industries and people on daily basis, and at an
increasing pace. Yet, in part due to the fast advancement, in part due to the extraordinary tasks
accomplished by these technologies, the real capabilities and limits of LLMs along with their
integration with already existing approaches is still being unveiled.
This position is aimed at exploring and experimenting on hybrid (Neuro-Symbolic) technologies where
the interaction of LLMs and Symbolic AI is studied. Specifically, the work will be framed by the use of
Ontologies (Konwledge Representation artifacts) as domain specific knowledge, that guides, restricts
and conditions the interaction and responses of the LLMs/VLMs.
The integration of symbolic AI contibutes with traceability, interpretability, proveability and well
understood semantics, which we intend to propagate to generative AI solutions.
Internship Objectives
• Study the SOA and approaches on LLMs/VLMs + reasoning, with emphasis on Ontologies and
other formal Knowledge Representation approaches.
• Research on the ways the interaction can be exploited and provide added value (e.g. conformity).
• Propose, produce and integrate into experiments that demonstrate the principles.
• Redact, propose, refine theoretical background supporting and explaining the claims.
The position is hybrid :
• Reading, research and writing
Applicant Profile
Qualifications:
- Students in the 2nd year of Master studies (M2 – France)
- Programming skills. Expected to use: Python & Java.
- Web technologies knowledge is a plus.
- Basic understanding of Docker, Containers, GIT and command line commands.
- LLMs basics knowledge.
Position location
Site
DAM Île-de-France
Job location
France, Ile-de-France, Essonne (91)
Location
Palaiseau
Candidate criteria
Languages
English (Intermediate)
Prepared diploma
Bac+5 - Master 2
Recommended training
Python, Java, LLMs, Logic (DL/OWL), Web Services