Contract Researcher: Embodied Conversational Agents and Adaptation of the Learning Experience in Immersive Environments

UNIVERSITE DE TECHNOLOGIE DE COMPIEGNE; France; Sur place; EUR 36 000 - 47 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

L'Université de Technologie de Compiègne cherche un postdoc en informatique pour concevoir et évaluer des agents conversationnels incarnés basés sur l'IA générative, afin d'adapter l'interaction avec l'apprenant. Le travail porte sur la modélisation de représentations et de comportements, l'intégration d'agents génératifs et la conduite d'études utilisateur dans des environnements immersifs.

Le poste est temporaire, 24 mois, basé à Compiègne avec déplacements possibles, et vise des résultats

Qualifications

• Doctorat en informatique ou discipline connexe requis.
• Expérience en postdoctorat fortement préférée.
• Connaissance des environnements virtuels et des agents génératifs souhaitable.

Responsabilités

• Concevoir et évaluer des agents conversationnels incarnés basés sur l'IA générative.
• Intégrer des agents génératifs et des mécanismes d'adaptation à l'interaction.
• Réaliser des études utilisateur dans deux contextes d'apprentissage.
• Contribuer à la diffusion scientifique et encadrer des étudiants.

Connaissances

Génération IA

Environnements virtuels

Etudes utilisateur

Expérience postdoctorale

Formation

Doctorat en informatique

Description du poste

Organisation/Company UNIVERSITE DE TECHNOLOGIE DE COMPIEGNE Department Department of Computer Engineering Research Field Computer science Researcher Profile Recognised Researcher (R2) Positions Postdoc Positions Application Deadline 23 Nov 2026 - 17:00 (Europe/Paris) Country France Type of Contract Temporary Job Status Full-time Hours Per Week 35 Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description

department of Computer Engineering.

Mission

Designing and evaluating embodied conversational agents, based on generative AI, that adapt the interaction with the learner to what they have just experienced in an immersive or interactive environment, and studying the effect of their representation, role and behaviour on engagement, curiosity, understanding and trust.

• Designing virtual characters and their variations in representation and animation;
• Integrating grounded generative agents and interaction-adaptation mechanisms;
• Designing and running user studies across two learning contexts;
• Contributing to generalising the approach across the two partner teams' environments;
• Scientific dissemination and involvement in student supervision.

Experience with virtual environments and characters and with user studies is expected; familiarity with generative models is a plus.

Qualification required

PhD in computer science or a related discipline.

Experience

First postdoctoral post strongly preferred.

Additional Information

Gross monthly salary

Depending on experience and funding

Additional comments

From 23/10/2026 to 23/11/2026

Type of contract and anticipated starting date

Fixed-term contract - expected duration of 24 months - to start as soon as possible

Hours

1,607 hours per year

Work environment and context

This position is part of the PostGenAI@Paris cluster, winner of the "IA-Cluster" call for expressions of interest (France 2030, €35M over five years), led by Sorbonne Université, and more specifically of its Collaborative Acceleration Programme "Integrated multimodal AI to adapt learning content to multiple users' needs". It is jointly carried by the Heudiasyc laboratory (UTC, UMR CNRS 7253) and the MOCAH team at LIP6 (Sorbonne Université), and builds on the ANR ITS-STORY project, which is developing a mixed-reality experience for memorial mediation at the Mémorial de Royallieu. Based at Heudiasyc, Compiègne, with regular stays at LIP6.