Physics Professor for AI Model Training
$80–$160/hr
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As a Physics Expert specializing in High Energy and Mathematical Physics, you will provide high-level domain guidance that significantly impacts the training of next-generation AI systems. Your expertise will directly influence how models learn, reason, and perform, contributing to the advancement of AI technology.
Key Responsibilities- Adjudicate and render expert judgment on contested or competing physics arguments, solutions, or interpretations within your subfield.
- Compare alternative approaches to the same problem, detailing which is superior, under what assumptions, and in which regimes.
- Identify and articulate meta-level criteria for evaluating the robustness and validity of competing physics work, including key assumptions and breaking points of approximations.
- Provide authoritative assessments while transparently acknowledging genuine uncertainty or open questions in the field.
- Draft defensible written evaluations suitable for review by fellow senior physicists, ensuring clarity and rigor.
- Utilize technical tools such as LaTeX, SymPy, Python, and Jupyter to verify or contrast technical claims as needed.
- Clearly communicate unresolved questions within the field and delineate the pertinent considerations.
- PhD in physics with demonstrated expertise and scholarly impact in your specified subfield.
- Current or former Associate Professor, Full Professor, Chair Professor, or Principal Investigator/Group Leader with a track record of independent research leadership.
- Ongoing research activity with methods such as AdS/CFT, onshell gravitational action, or Weyl, Fefferman, Graham gauge and/or tensor-algebra of boundary curvature invariants.
- 3, 5 recent representative publications in your target subfield, with arXiv or DOI references.
- Prior experience supervising PhD students or postdocs, or equivalent leadership in industry research settings.
- Proficiency with LaTeX, SymPy, Python, and Jupyter (please indicate any gaps in experience with these tools).
- Exceptional written communication skills, with the ability to articulate nuanced and well-reasoned judgments.
This is a contractor position with remote work flexibility.
CompensationThe hourly pay ranges from $80 to $160.
EligibilityCandidates must have a PhD in physics and relevant experience as outlined in the qualifications.