Chercheur contractuel F/H - Agents conversationnels incarnés et adaptation de l'expérience d'apprentissage en environnements immersifs

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 Université de technologie de Compiègne is seeking to fill a contract research position in the Heudiasyc laboratory (UMR CNRS 7253) - 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. Principal activities 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. Where to apply Website: https://utc.recruitee.com/o/chercheur-contractuel-fh-agents-conversationnels-incarnes-et-adaptation-de-lexperience-dapprentissage-en-environnements-immersifs Requirements Research Field: Computer science Education Level: PhD or equivalent Skills/Qualifications Skills 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 Benefits Gross monthly salary Depending on experience and funding Additional comments Application dates 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. Work Location(s) Number of offers available: 1 Company/Institute: UNIVERSITE DE TECHNOLOGIE DE COMPIEGNE Country: France State/Province: HAUTS DE FRANCE City: COMPIEGNE Postal Code: 60200 Street: Rue du docteur Schweitzer Contact State/Province: HAUTS DE FRANCE City: COMPIEGNE Website: https://www.utc.fr/en/ Street: Rue du docteur Schweitzer Postal Code: 60200