Hiring 16 doctoral students to join the CONVERGENCE of Humans and Machines research field at TAU

In summer of 2022, Tampere University received €3 million in support from the Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation to establish the CONVERGENCE of Humans and Machines research field within the Doctoral Programme of Humans and Technologies – DPHAT.

Now, Convergence is looking to hire the 16 Ph.D. students to become holistic experts in the field.

CONVERGENCE of HUMANS and MACHINES project at the Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences is looking for a Doctoral Researcher to work on the topic of AI/Human-generated worlds: Merging psychophysiology and machine learning for creating virtual realities. Each student will be supervised by two leading senior faculty members (and, sometimes, a PostDoc or company/organization representative). The main supervisor and the co-supervisor are from different research fields: ENG and SSH. Acting as supervisors are e.g. Pauliina Hulkko and Riku Roihankorpi.

We are looking for a Doctoral Researcher in artistic research, to specifically pursue the research towards “Technologically Augmented Embodiment in Contemporary Theatre and Performance” (Cybernetics) field. Full-time doctoral studies are expected to be completed in four years. Supervisors are Professor Pauliina Hulkko, (main supervisor, theatre arts), Professor Jukka Vanhala, (co-supervisor, electronics), Senior Research Fellow D.A. Davide Giovanzana (theatre arts), Docent Ismo Rakkolainen (information technology) and External co-supervisor, CEO, D.A. Mikko Kanninen (Tampere Theatre).

Technologically Augmented Embodiment in Contemporary Theatre and Performance 

And we are also looking for a Doctoral Researcher in the area of creative industries and machine learning to pursue a doctorate in the field of “AI/Human-generated worlds: Merging psychophysiology and machine learning for creating virtual realities”. Full-time doctoral studies are expected to be completed in four years.  Supervisors are University Lecturer Riku Roihankorpi, Professor Moncef Gabbouj, Professor Juho Hamari, Postdoctoral Research Fellow Mila Bujić.

AI/Human-generated Worlds: Merging Psychophysiology and Machine Learning for Creating Virtual Realities 

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Read more about 16 open doctoral positions and supervisory team details here: http://tuni.fi/convergence