PhD studentship - Efficient Generation of Conversational Databases, Conversational AI Technologies for Digital Characters

PhD studentship - Efficient Generation of Conversational Databases – Conversational AI Technologies for Digital Characters​

This project will be part of BU Doctoral Training Centre - Centre for Digital Entertainment (CDE).

The Intelligent Virtual Personal Assistant consists of three landmark components that enable Intel-PA to perform human-like communications with real humans. These are:

• Sensible conversations
• Appropriate body gestures
• Facial expressions; and ability to detect the motion and emotions of the human user.

By performing such human-like functions, Intel-PA will be able to play a huge role in assisting mankind in countless applications, such as healthcare, training, education, marketing and decision making, to name but a few.

Working as a multidisciplinary team of researchers and supervisors, we will demonstrate the research by developing an Intelligent Neur-Assistant, an AI-powered conversational animated avatar that can have a plausible initial consultation with a patient with neurological conditions by integrating these six projects.

All students will have to contribute to the overall objectives of the research with each of them concentrating on an individual research project.

Find out more about the Centre for Digital Entertainment.

This is a fully-funded PhD studentship which includes a stipend of £15,450 each year to support your living costs.

This project is conditional upon the funding being secured.

The closing date for applications is 31st October 2021.

How to apply:

Click the green ‘Apply now’ button at the top of the institution webpage and complete the online application form. You can find further guidance about applying for a postgraduate research degree in our Postgraduate Research section.

Entry requirements:

Outstanding academic potential as measured normally by either a 1st class honours degree or equivalent Grade Point Average (GPA), or a Master’s degree with distinction or equivalent. If English is not your first language you'll need IELTS (Academic) score of 6.5 minimum (with a minimum 6.0 in each component, or equivalent). For more information check out our full entry requirements.