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PhD position in Generating Interactive Multimodal Virtual Humans (1.0 FTE) |
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Job description |
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Virtual humans are becoming part of our daily communication practices as in social media, instructional videos, in health care etc. However, their communicative abilities, especially regarding the use of visual features of communication are far beyond ideal. The aim of the PhD project is to simulate communicatively efficient and believable multimodal language use in interactional contexts in 3D virtual humans - building on findings in human multimodal language research. PhD student will investigate how 3D virtual humans can communicate with humans using speech and gesture (hand gestures, facial expressions, eye gaze) in conversational interactions and in believable ways. To do so it will use state-of-the-art motion capture and virtual reality technologies, statistics and machine learning, computational modeling and experimental design. The project will break into new grounds on the one hand on how human like multimodal interactive communicative behavior can be simulated with 3D virtual humans and on the other hand will investigate whether such features enhance their realism, facilitate and ease humans’ interaction with them (e.g. whether the appearance and animations of the virtual humans lead to intended perception of the gestures, facial expressions and communicative intent). |
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Qualifications |
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We are looking for a candidate that meets the following criteria:
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Offer |
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You will be employed by the Max Planck Institute (MPI). Please visit the MPI website for more information about their terms of employment: PhD MPI . |
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About the organization |
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The Max Planck Institute in Nijmegen is an internationally recognized, leading research institute, with a stimulating environment and excellent facilities and resources for linguistic, psycholinguistic and multimodal language research. The Multimodal Language Department at Max Planck Institute in Nijmegen provides opportunities for training in a range of, frequent research and public engagement meetings, and support from an excellent team of researchers in multimodal linguistics and psycholinguistics. The department also benefits from close connection to the Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior and AI Department at Radboud University. Cross-departmental projects and interdisciplinary work are strongly encouraged. |
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Additional information |
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The recruitment and selection for this position is done through the Max Planck Institute (not Utrecht University). |
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Apply |
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The recruitment and selection for this position is done by the Max Planck Institute (not Utrecht University). Applications should be in .pdf format and should include: |
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The application deadline is |
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13/04/2023 |
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