CF202649461
Integration of Adaptive Causal Learning into Federated Continual Learning for Personalized Homecare Monitoring
D-37
Doctorate Full Doctorate
Disciplines
Artificial Intelligence, Bioinformatics
Laboratory
DECISION, INFORMATION FOR PRODUCTION SYSTEMS
Host institution
UNIVERSITE LUMIERE- LYON 2
Doctoral school
Lyon Doctoral program in informatics and mathematics - ED 512

Description

This PhD project aims to develop an Adaptive Causal Federated Continual Learning framework for personalized homecare monitoring. The proposed approach will enable AI models to learn collaboratively from decentralized and privacy-sensitive patient data, adapt continuously to changes in health conditions, devices, and lifestyles, and preserve previously acquired knowledge. By integrating causal representation learning, the framework will distinguish medically meaningful relationships from spurious correlations and provide interpretable explanations for clinical decision-making. The resulting system will be evaluated on temporal healthcare datasets and validated with clinical experts to ensure personalization, robustness, privacy compliance, and clinical relevance.

The full description of the PhD research project and the application details are availabe via this link

Skills required

The ideal candidate holds a Master's degree (or equivalent) in one or more of the following disciplines: computer science, biomedical engineering, applied mathematics, or a related quantitative field. The following competencies are sought: - Solid foundations in deep learning, Federated Learning, Continual Learning, Causal Inference, etc. - Proficiency in Python and relevant libraries (PyTorch or TensorFlow, scikit-learn, transformers, etc.). - Experience or strong interest in Edge Computing. - Capacity for interdisciplinary collaboration with clinical partners. - Scientific writing skills and ability to communicate results to both technical and clinical audiences.

Keywords

Federated Learning, Continual Learning, Causal Inference, Personalized medicine, Homecare, Edge AI, Privacy preservation, Model adaptation, Interpretability.

Funded offer

Funding type
Contrat de recherche

Dates

Application deadline 01/10/26

Duration36 months

Start date01/10/26

Creation date29/07/26

Languages

Level of french requiredB2 (upper-intermediate)

Level of English requiredC1 (advanced)

Opportunity to make his thesis in English

Miscellaneous

Annual tuition fee0 € / year

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