PhD in Robotics

The Research in Orthopedic Computer Science (ROCS) group at the University of Zurich develops advanced solutions for surgical context understanding training, guidance, and robotics./nWe are offering a PhD position in a Swiss National Science Foundation project on Surgical Digital Twins. The PhD project focuses on modeling how surgical tools interact with bone and soft tissues, reconstructing these interactions from multi-modal sensor data, and generating dynamic, high-fidelity 3D representations suitable for both scientific analysis and interactive replay. The research will span 3D scene reconstruction, physics-aware modeling, and data-driven deformation learning./nThis position is embedded in Zurich's MedTech and AI ecosystem with direct access to OR-X infrastructure and the Balgrist CAMPUS. Anticipated start date is spring 2026 (Mai - June)./nPlease apply via the University job portal jobs.uzh.ch.