<html><body><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div><div>Dear colleagues,</div><div><br></div><div>We are inviting applications for a postdoctoral research position (F/M) at Inria Paris, within the ALMAnaCH team, as part of a large international project on adaptive personality in conversational agents.</div><div><br></div><div>The project investigates how interpersonal factors shape the verbal and nonverbal display of personality in both humans and embodied conversational agents. The position involves collecting and analyzing a corpus of multiparty dialogues, building machine learning models, and implementing these models in interactive agents.</div><div><br></div><div>Key responsibilities:</div><div>Conduct a literature review and maintain state-of-the-art knowledge</div><div>Lead the collection, annotation, and dissemination of a multimodal corpus</div><div>Analyze the influence of psychological, linguistic, and interpersonal factors on the expression of personality</div><div>Develop machine learning models and implement them in embodied agents</div><div>Write scientific publications and project reports</div><div>Mentor younger scholars (PhD students, master’s students, engineers)</div><div><br></div><div>Required qualifications:</div><div>PhD in computational linguistics, computer science, cognitive science, or a related field</div><div>Strong background in dialogue systems, conversational agents, or multimodal interaction</div><div>Experience with machine learning methods</div><div>Proven publication record in top venues</div><div>Ability to work in a team and manage junior researchers</div><div>High proficiency in written and spoken English (French is a plus)</div><div><br></div><div>Job details:</div><div>Contract: Fixed-term (1 year), renewable</div><div>Location: Inria Paris (France)</div><div>Start date: Ideally June 1, 2025</div><div>Application deadline: May 31, 2025</div><div>Application platform: Apply via Inria website or by email at sophie.etling@inria.fr</div><div><br></div><div>To apply, please send:</div><div>- A cover letter describing your relevant experience</div><div>- A CV</div><div>- Names and contact information for 3 referees (Please note: we will not accept any letters of recommendation sent by the candidate. You must send only the contact details for your referees.)</div><div><br></div><div>We warmly encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds, especially those with interdisciplinary experience.</div><div><br></div><div>Kind regards,</div></div><div><br></div><div data-marker="__SIG_PRE__"><div><strong>Sophie Etling</strong></div><div><em>Équipe ALMAnaCH / ArticuLab</em></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb( 255 , 255 , 255 )"><a href="http://www.inria.fr/" style="background-color:rgb( 255 , 255 , 255 )" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Inria Paris</a></span><em><br></em></div></div></div></body></html>