Research Grant in CS: Embodied Conversational Agent

Inesc Tec; Portugal; On-site; EUR 11,000 - 13,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Job summary

INESC TEC is inviting grant applications for 1 Research Grant (BI) in Porto, Portugal, for 3 months with starting date 2026-12-01 and potential renewal until project end. The grant includes a maintenance stipend and health insurance provided by INESC TEC.

The role focuses on developing an Embodied Conversational Agent (ECA) for personal training, with tasks including domain study, video pre-processing and Python-based algorithm development.

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or a related field.
• Final undergraduate degree grade of 15 or higher.
• Fluency in English (spoken and written).
• Knowledge of Portuguese is relevant.

Responsibilities

• Develop an Embodied Conversational Agent (ECA) in the context of Personal Training.
• Study the domain and pre-process video streams.
• Develop algorithms in Python.

Skills

Machine Learning

Data Mining

Development projects experience

Portuguese language

Fluency in English

Python

Education

Degree in Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering or related field

Tools

Python

Job description

INESC TEC is inviting grant applications for 1 Research Grant (BI) in Porto, Portugal, for 3 months with starting date 2026-12-01 and potential renewal until project end. The grant includes a maintenance stipend and health insurance provided by INESC TEC.

The role focuses on developing an Embodied Conversational Agent (ECA) for personal training, with tasks including domain study, video pre-processing and Python-based algorithm development.