L’INSA Rennes est la plus importante école publique d’ingénieurs de Bretagne. 2040 étudiants et apprentis y sont accueillis. Plus de 340 ingénieurs, 60 étudiants de masters et 40 docteurs y sont diplômés par an. Composé de 9 départements d’enseignement, 8 spécialités d’ingénieurs dont 2 par apprentissage, et tutelle de 7 laboratoires de recherche, l’INSA emploie environ 540 agents publics (enseignants chercheurs, enseignants, BIATSS) et plus de 70 vacataires venant des entreprises.
This project will recruit a post-doc or engineer, depending on the candidate motivation and career, in the domain of frugal Machine Learning (ML). The aim of this position is to propose full-stack methods and open-source tools to train and infer ultra-lightweight AIs, by extending, implementing, and optimizing a new ML technique that relies on the light-by-construction and adaptive Tangled Program Graph (TPG) model.
Objectives will be adapted based on the post-doc or engineer candidate experience and interest.
The main objectives pursued are to:
Integrate research developments of the FOUTICS project in the GEGELATI framework. Those development spans two PhD thesis on 1. Energy-aware low-complexity reinforcement learning and 2. HW-SW co-optimization for ultra-low power reinforcement learning.
Support experiments and demonstrator development, optimize training for genetic algorithms, implement on low power microcontroler or reconfigurable devices.
Lead new development in GEGELATI to integrate energy models and optimizations in gegelati, develop new learning environments, propose new gegelati implementation in python while keeping GEGELATI essence of fast, parallel and deterministic framework.
Development in C++, Python
Integration with bash, git, CI
English and French : read, written, spoken
Machine learning, genetic algorithms
Programming on embedded systems, reconfigurable devices
Applications (cover letter, CV) must be submitted no later than September 5th, 2025.
For more information, please contact:
Karol Desnos (IETR, Vaader Team, Rennes) – kdesnos@insa-rennes.fr
Mickaël Dardaillon (IETR, Vaader Team, Rennes) – mdardail@insa-rennes.fr
13-month fixed-term contract
Position to be filled as soon as possible from September 2025
45 days of annual leave + additional RTT days possible depending on working hours
Gross monthly salary: €2,800 (fixed rate)
Our recruitment is based on skills, without distinction of origin, age, or gender, and all our positions are open to people with disabilities.