Postdoctoral Research Opportunity: Research Fellow – University College London

Postdoctoral Research Opportunity: Research Fellow – University College London

• Institution: University College London (UCL)

• Research Centre: University College London Interaction Centre (UCLIC)

• Project: XR-SENSE: Next-Generation Visuohaptic Media Representation, Coding and Interactive Rendering for Immersive and Inclusive XR

• Position: Research Fellow

• Appointment Type: Full-Time, Fixed-Term Postdoctoral Research Position

• FTE: 1.0

• Duration: 2 Years

• Location: London, United Kingdom

• Expected Start: November 2026 or soon after

• Salary / Remuneration: Approximately INR 55.72 lakh – INR 68.43 lakh annually

• Application Deadline: November 6, 2026

Overview of the Opportunity

University College London Interaction Centre (UCLIC) invites applications for a full-time Research Fellow position within XR-SENSE, a major EU Horizon-funded research project focused on the next generation of immersive and inclusive extended-reality technologies.

The project aims to develop realistic, scalable, inclusive, and affect-aware visuo-haptic XR experiences by combining sensing, streaming, rendering, affective computing, and human-centred interaction models.

The successful candidate will play a central role in developing affect recognition and modelling approaches for personalised XR experiences.

Research Focus

The position involves research across areas including:

• Affective Computing

• Extended Reality

• Human-Computer Interaction

• Computer Vision

• Machine Learning

• Multimodal Data Analysis

• Human Behaviour Analysis

• Gesture Recognition

• Physiological Sensing

• Large Language Models

• Human-Participant Studies

The successful candidate will work within an interdisciplinary European consortium involving academic and industry partners.

Key Responsibilities

The Research Fellow will:

• Design affect-elicitation protocols.

• Conduct human-participant data-collection studies.

• Work with sensing technologies including:

  • RGB cameras

  • Physiological sensors

  • Touch-sensing devices

  • Motion-sensing systems

• Process, curate, synchronise, and analyse multimodal datasets.

• Develop machine-learning models for multimodal affect recognition.

• Design novel architectures and algorithms.

• Evaluate model performance, robustness, and generalisability.

• Support integration of affect-recognition models into XR platforms.

• Collaborate with consortium research and industry partners.

• Ensure compliance with ethical and GDPR requirements.

• Maintain technical documentation and experimental pipelines.

• Contribute to EU project reports and deliverables.

• Publish findings in high-quality conferences and journals.

• Present research at workshops, conferences, and project meetings.

• Support reproducible research code and datasets.

Essential Qualification

Applicants should have a Ph.D. or equivalent research experience in an area such as:

• Affective Computing

• Machine Learning

• Computer Vision

• Body Gesture Recognition

• Related computational fields

Candidates should also demonstrate:

• Experience developing affect-recognition models.

• Experience analysing multimodal sensor data.

• Experience designing human-participant studies.

• Strong peer-reviewed research record.

• Expertise in Computer Vision and Machine Learning for analysing human affective behaviour.

• Experience analysing non-verbal signals.

• Experience using Large Language Models for verbal data analysis.

• Ability to work independently and collaboratively.

• Strong communication skills.

Preferred Research Profile

The position is particularly suited to candidates with experience in:

• Multimodal affect recognition

• Human-centred AI

• Physiological computing

• XR and immersive technologies

• Multimodal machine learning

• Behavioural sensing

• Computer Vision

• Human-subject experiments

• Research software development

• Interdisciplinary collaboration

Salary / Remuneration

The advertised annual salary range is:

GBP 43,981 – GBP 54,019

Approximately:

INR 55.72 lakh – INR 68.43 lakh annually

Benefits

UCL lists benefits including:

• 41 days of holiday including bank holidays

• Hybrid working

• Final Salary Pension Scheme

• Cycle-to-work scheme

• Season-ticket loan

• On-site nursery

• On-site gym

• Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption pay

• Employee assistance programme

• Discounted medical insurance

Research Environment

The position is primarily based at UCLIC, which brings together Human-Computer Interaction research across Computer Science and Psychology.

The role also offers:

• International collaboration

• Travel to consortium meetings

• Participation in European research events

• Opportunities for high-quality academic publication

• Collaboration with industry and academic partners across Europe

Nature of Appointment

• Full-Time

• 1.0 FTE

• Fixed-Term

• Postdoctoral Research Position

• Duration: 2 Years

• Expected Start: November 2026 or soon after

Important Dates

• Application Deadline: November 6, 2026

• Expected Start: November 2026 or soon after

• Appointment Duration: 2 Years

How to Apply

Apply here: Link

Contact: Martin Holland

Vacancy Source: FindAPostDoc / University College London

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