Postdoc Position On Non-verbal Behavior and

vor 2 Monaten

Martigny, Schweiz Perception & Activity Understanding Vollzeit

**Role Summary**
The Perception and Activity Understanding group seeks one motivated PostDoctoral researcher to join the project TUNASBE (Towards a Unified Understanding of Attention and Social Behaviors In-the-Wild). TUNASBE is a project funded by the SNSF aiming to advance AI’s understanding and interpretation of human states, activities, and behaviors in natural settings. Beyond recognizing basic actions, the focus is on discerning complex social behaviors by interpreting non-verbal cues, such as gaze, gestures, emotion, attention and intentions. These elements are central to social intelligence, enabling AI to predict others’ actions, infer mental states, and facilitate meaningful social interactions.

The project uses gaze following as an anchor, linking attention with broader social cues to explore human-centric behaviors across different scenes. Current computational models largely reduce gaze following to a machine-learning problem of predicting 2D gaze target locations. However, this project intends to design more holistic models that go beyond this narrow focus, incorporating contextual, semantic, and social dimensions of gaze, attention, and related behaviors.

The project will be supported by two PhD students and one postdoc. They will work on the design of computational models for the project tasks, integrating existing datasets and devising new ones.
**Your profile**

The postdoc position is for one year, renewable for two years depending on results.

**How to apply**

Please provide the following information, as two separate pdf files:

- File 1: (i) updated CV with list of publications; (ii) grades from Bachelor and Master.
- File 2: (i) a motivation letter (max 2 pages); (ii) a list of 3 relevant published works including links for access; (iii) reference letters (if available).
- Contact details of 3 reference persons.

For information, you can contact Dr Jean-Marc Odobez

**Application deadline**

**About Idiap**
Idiap is a research institute of national importance that engages in fundamental research, education and technology transfer in artificial intelligence, machine learning and signal processing. Idiap offers competitive salaries and conditions in a young, high-quality, dynamic, and multicultural environment. 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. English is the official working language.

At Idiap we place great emphasis on diversity and we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong. Employment at Idiap is based solely on a person's merit and qualifications. Idiap does not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, marital status, pregnancy, or any other basis protected by law.

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