PhD Researcher, Multimodal AI for Human Experience

About the role

A paid research internship exploring how multimodal AI can capture human experience in real and simulated built environments. The intern joins a multidisciplinary team spanning AI, spatial computing, architecture and human perception.

What you will do

• Research multimodal AI methods for understanding built environments and human experience
• Develop approaches using foundation models, AI agents or world models
• Work with visual, spatial, behavioural and physiological datasets
• Design experiments and benchmarks comparing AI predictions with human responses
• Build and test research prototypes for real and simulated settings
• Share findings through papers, presentations and demonstrations

What they look for

• Research background in AI or machine learning, computer vision, human perception or a similar computational field
• Strong programming skills, ideally Python and modern machine learning frameworks
• Experience designing computational experiments and handling complex datasets
• Good collaboration and communication skills

Nice to have

• Multimodal AI or vision language models
• World models, AI agents or spatial intelligence
• 3D, simulation or virtual environments
• Human perception or human centred AI

Benefits

• Paid 16 week internship running from late May to early September 2027
• Tech talks and development opportunities
• Flexible workplace with office, remote or hybrid arrangements