Postdoctoral Researcher in AI for Understanding Visual Narratives

Laplace Apply; Tilburg; Hybrid; EUR 40,000 - 53,000; Part time

Job summary

Tilburg University in Tilburg, Netherlands, invites applications for a Postdoctoral Researcher in AI for Understanding Visual Narratives. The project focuses on visual narrative analysis and interpretable AI in palliative care, designing or evaluating vision-language methods and developing reproducible analysis tools, in collaboration with health researchers.

Applicants should hold a PhD in computer science, AI, cognitive science, HCI or a related field with ML research experience.

Qualifications

• PhD in a relevant field with ML research experience.
• Strong background in computer vision and multimodal learning.
• Experience with Python/PyTorch and vision-language methods is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Explore how AI can interpret visual narratives in healthcare contexts, especially for palliative care.
• Design or evaluate computer-vision or multimodal-language methods for complex images.
• Develop reproducible analysis tools and pipelines.
• Collaborate with healthcare or social-science partners to assess usefulness and limitations of approaches.

Skills

Python

PyTorch

Computer vision

Vision-language models

Education

PhD in Computer Science / AI / cognitive science / HCI

Job description

Postdoctoral Researcher in AI for Understanding Visual Narratives

Tilburg University

Netherlands

About This Opportunity

Tilburg University offers Postdoctoral Researcher in AI for Understanding Visual Narratives in Tilburg, focused on visual narrative analysis and interpretable ai in palliative care. Tilburg University is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher to explore how AI can interpret visual narratives or rich-picture communications in healthcare settings. The project aims to support understanding of how patients depict experiences, needs or concerns, with an emphasis on palliative care communication. The work includes designing or evaluating computer-vision or multimodal-language methods for complex, meaningful images, developing reproducible analysis tools, and collaborating with healthcare or social‑science partners to assess usefulness and limitations. The documented technical environment includes Python, PyTorch and vision‑language approaches. A PhD in computer science, artificial intelligence, cognitive science, human–computer interaction or a related methodological discipline is required, with relevant machine‑learning research experience. Part‑time appointment at 0.8–0.9 FTE; anticipated start February 2027. Compensation or funding: EUR 3,546–4,728 gross monthly full‑time scale, prorated for 0.8–0.9 FTE.

Who This Opportunity Is Best Suited For

Applicants with computer vision, multimodal representation learning and experience engaging interdisciplinary health researchers may have strong alignment.

Potential Challenges / Who May Find It Less Suitable

The role requires careful treatment of subjective visual meaning and sensitive healthcare contexts. The contract is part‑time, and its research goal differs from generic object detection.

Visual narrative analysis and interpretable AI in palliative care

Level Postdoc

Attendance Hybrid

Time Commitment Part‑time

Field Artificial Intelligence and Human‑Centred Computing

Specialization Health Professions

Organization Type University

Funding & Compensation

Amount Paid

Funding Type Salary

Funding Status Paid

Period Per Month

Requirements

• Education: A PhD in computer science, artificial intelligence, cognitive science, human–computer interaction or a related methodological discipline is required, with relevant machine‑learning research experience.
• Experience: Technical Skills Python, PyTorch, Computer vision, Vision‑language models.