Pica Code IR-2026-106 Efficient multimodal foundation models: optimization, compression and transfer to the services of the Italian AI Factory

id="offer-description" class="ecl-u-type-heading-2 ecl-u-mt-none ecl-u-mb-l">Offer Description The position is part of Work Package 4 "Horizontal Services" of the IT4LIA project, in which the Department is a participant, and specifically of Task 4.2 "AI Development", which includes among the services offered by the AI Factory support for model optimization (pruning, quantization, distillation) for deployment on HPC, cloud and edge devices, the integration of multiple data modalities (text, images, video) into unified models, and an on-premises hub of pre-trained models; the results will be transferred to Task 5.4 "Manufacturing" of Work Package 5 "Vertical Services", which foresees foundation models for quality control and visual inspection. (omissis). Where to apply Website https://www.unimore.it/it . Requirements. Additional Information . Eligibility criteria. Eligible destination country/ies for fellows: . Italy. Eligibility of fellows: country/ies of residence: . OTHER. Eligibility of fellows: nationality/ies: . OTHER. Selection process. selective public procedure based on qualifications and interview. Additional comments. Contact email: [email protected] . Contact phone: 059/2056447-6075-7078. Annual budget: 27.754. Frequency of calls: 12. International mobility required: no. Website for additional job details https://titulus-unimore.cineca.it/albo/. <h2