Connectionists: [Jobs] AI for Social Behavior Understanding – IDIAP/EPFL, Switzerland

[Jean-Marc Odobez]

Dear colleagues,

The Perception and Activity Understanding group (Jean-Marc Odobez) at Idiap Research Institute invites applications for a PhD position within a French–Swiss SNSF project (AIMANT) on social-AI models for behavior understanding in the context of autism early screening, diagnosis, and monitoring.

The project focuses on developing multimodal behavior models (face and body gestures, gaze, audio, semantics) with temporal structure, at both individual and interaction (child–clinician) levels. A central objective is to leverage these models to derive clinically relevant ASD profile scores from video data.

The work will be carried out at Idiap, in collaboration with Inria (STARS team, Sophia-Antipolis), LIRIS (IMAGINE team, Lyon), and Université Côte d’Azur (Nice) as healthcare partner. The selected candidate will be enrolled at École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL, EDEE doctoral school; http://phd.epfl.ch/applicants).

Idiap provides a strong research environment in machine learning and computer vision, along with competitive salary and conditions.

Application:
https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4389217973/?alternateChannel=search&refId=NotAvailable

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About Idiap: Idiap is an independent, not-for-profit, research institute recognized and funded by the Swiss Federal Government, the State of Valais, and the City of Martigny. Idiap offers competitive salaries and conditions at all levels in a young, high-quality, dynamic, and multicultural environment. Idiap is an equal opportunity employer and is actively involved in the "Advancement of Women in Science" European initiative. The Institute seeks to maintain a principle of open competition (on the basis of merit) to appoint the best candidate, provides equal opportunity for all candidates, and equally encourage both genders to apply.


Idiap is located in the town of Martigny in Valais, a scenic region in the south of Switzerland, surrounded by the highest mountains of Europe, and offering exceptional quality of life, exciting recreational activities, including hiking, climbing and skiing, as well as varied cultural activities. It is within close proximity to Lausanne and Geneva. Although Idiap is located in the French part of Switzerland, English is the official working language. Free French lessons are also provided on a complimentary basis.


For frequently asked questions (FAQs) about living in Switzerland, please go to http://www.idiap.ch/en/faq

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