QS Rank:

221

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

North Holland
,Netherlands

Program Name
PhD in computer science

Deadline
January 10th, 2026
Overview
We are looking for a motivated PhD candidate to join an interdisciplinary project exploring how artificial intelligence can help us better understand and assess human wellbeing./nThis project aims to change that by developing AI-driven methods to assess wellbeing through video-based sentiment analyses./nAs a PhD student, you will develop and refine machine learning models to analyze multimodal video data (facial expressions, tone, behavior, and speech) for dynamic wellbeing assessment. You will work with open-source datasets as well as video material from participants of the Netherlands Twin Register, integrating genetic and psychological data where relevant. The project is a collaboration between the Department of Biological Psychology and the Department of Computer Science, AI research programme. Location: Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam campus, Zuidas).

Duration
3 Months
Ranking
#84
US World and News Report
#115
The World University Rankings
#221
QS World University Rankings
Class Profile
Application Requirements
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Application Deadlines
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