Question 1

What is Academix?

Accepted Answer

Academix is an automated, self-hosted platform that aggregates academic job offers (PhDs, postdocs, faculty roles) from major international portals, translates them locally, extracts structured requirements with local LLMs, and matches them to candidate research profiles.

Question 2

Which job boards does Academix support?

Accepted Answer

Academix connects to EURAXESS, AcademicTransfer, Association Bernard Gregory (ABG), Nature Careers, ResearchGate, and EuroScienceJobs, covering over 20,000 active academic listings across Europe and globally.

Question 3

How does the Academix matching algorithm work?

Accepted Answer

The matching engine uses a four-step funnel: 1) Hierarchical degree verification, 2) Semantic degree field compatibility check (0.71 cosine threshold), 3) Pre-computed skill and research embedding dot products, and 4) Asymmetric Max-Dominance pooling (0.70 * max + 0.30 * min) with LLM-generated match explanations.

Question 4

How does Academix handle non-English listings?

Accepted Answer

Academix includes a local CTranslate2 NLLB-200 engine that splits listings into paragraphs and sentences, detects languages with Lingua in sub-milliseconds, and translates French, German, Dutch, and other languages to English while preserving markdown formatting.