We are continuously looking for excellent interns, PhD students, Postdocs and engineers in the following areas:

HCI & Cognitive Neurosciences: User modelling; Cognitive control; Skill acquisition; Role of practice; Decision-making; Behavioral change; Cognitive bais; Computational Rationality -> PhD_topic
HCI & ML/AI: Interactive Machine-Learning (ML); Human-AI interaction; Human-Robot interaction (HRI); Deep-Learning; Reinforcement Learning; Trust; Transparency -> PhD topic
HCI & Virtual Reality: Visio-haptic illusions; Haptic feedback; Robotic Graphics
HCI & Health: Surgical Telementoring; Surgical Learning; Rehabilitation; Surgical Robots -> PhD topic
HCI & Society: Sociotechnical systems; Science and Technology Studies; Critical studies -> PhD topic

Postdoctoral and Research Engineer positions

!!! We have multiple research engineering positions, especially in VR / Extended Reality !!!!

We are searching for curious minds who want to conduct cutting-edge research at the intersection of HCI with VR, Haptics, Robotics or AI.

Possible topics/areas of research are:

– Novel Interaction techniques in VR

– VR and haptics for gaming or training

– Computational models of decision-making and human performance

– AI-based recommendation systems

– Human learning and remote collaboration in surgery

Ph.D. Theses

Learning and making decisions with GUIs: a neuroscience approach
Keywords: Computational neuroscience; HCI; User behaviours; Reinforcement Learning; Computational models; Learning; Decision-making
Contact: Gilles Bailly
Collaborative Human-centered Machine Learning for Archival Practice: Enhancing Accessibility, Transmission, and Curation
Keywords: Human-centred Machine Learning; Sociotechnical systems; Data decolonisation
Contact: Baptiste Caramiaux

And do not hesitate to contact us if you are interested in one the topics above.

Master Internships

Studying Trust in AI-assisted Decision Making (contact: Gilles Bailly and Baptiste Caramiaux)
Revisiting Gesture shortcuts (contact: Gilles Bailly)
Learning and Decision Making (contact: Gilles Bailly)
Using Deep Learning to Predict User Intention in Virtual Environment

How to apply?

If you choose to apply for one of the listed positions, please send an e-mail to the person indicated in the listing of the position.
In your email please include

A short statement of your interest in the position you are applying for,
A recent CV,
If applicable: a list of your previous HCI publications / HCI projects with links to the full-text of your publications,
1 reference (2 references for Post-docs) who can write a letter of recommendation for you.

Why apply at HCI Sorbonne?

The development and the success of our students (from Bachelor to PhD) is a high priority in our group. We provide regular and personal guidance to ensure that students learn to lead successful research projects.

Our group has a strong track record at the CHI conference and is part of the exciting and multi-disciplinary ISIR laboratory (robotics, machine learning, perception, cognitive science, haptics, social interaction, etc.). The ISIR lab is a part of Sorbonne University, formerly Pierre et Marie Curie University, merged in 2018 with the University Paris-Sorbonne to form three autonomous faculties: Humanities and Social Sciences, Sciences and Medicine.

Key Figures
58 800 students (10 000 are international students), 5 200 doctoral candidates, 7 700 professor-researchers in 200 laboratories.