Applications are invited for a PhD fellowship/scholarship at Graduate School of Natural Sciences, Aarhus University, Denmark, within the Computer Science programme. The position is available from November 2025 or later.

Title:
Immersive Tutorials

Research area and project description:
We are seeking one or more PhD students to conduct research on immersive interfaces aimed at delivering situated and personalized tutorials. This project investigates how immersive technologies, including Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR), and view-adaptive instructional media, can provide adaptive, step-by-step guidance for complex tasks.

The project centres around two core challenges:

1. The generation of immersive instructions from sparse data sources, such as a limited number of demonstrations or existing tutorial videos. This involves research in view synthesis, perspective-aware reconstruction, and instructional modelling.
2. The personalized immersive replay and rendering of instructions, incorporating real-time overlays, activity recognition, dynamic perspective adjustments, and user-adaptive guidance.

Depending on each student’s background and interests, research topics can be tailored to focus on either one or both of these challenges. Applicants are invited, but not required, to submit a research proposal as part of their application to describe their interest.

This project offers a unique opportunity to contribute to cutting-edge research at the intersection of XR, Computer Graphics, View Synthesis and Human-Computer Interaction, helping to shape the future of personalized immersive assistance and interactive guidance tools.

The ideal candidates would have the following profile:

• A strong background in Visual Computing, in particular in one or more topics like Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, HCI, Computer Graphics, or Computer Vision.
• Experience with AR/VR development (Unity, Unreal Engine) and strong programming skills.
• Knowledge of, or strong interest in view synthesis and rendering technology

Desirably previous experience with or an interest in designing and conducting user studies and empirical research methods.

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Qualifications and specific competences:
Applicants must have a degree in Computer Science, Informatics, Computer Engineering or a related field.  We are looking for strong applications with a background in Visual Computing, in particular Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, HCI, Computer Graphics and Computer Vision.

Place of employment and place of work:
The place of employment is Aarhus University, and the place of work is Department of Computer Science Åbogade 34, 8200 Aarhus N, Denmark. 

Contacts:
Applicants seeking further information for this project are invited to contact: Associate Professor Stefanie Zollmann, stefanie.zollmann@cs.au.dk or Professor Tobias Langlotz, tobias.langlotz@cs.au.dk

How to apply:

For information about application requirements and mandatory attachments, please see the Application guide. Please read the Application guide thoroughly before applying.

When ready to apply, go to https://phd.nat.au.dk/for-applicants/apply-here/ (Note, the online application system opens 1 June 2025)

1. Choose August 2025 Call with deadline 1 August 2025 at 23:59 CEST.
2. You will be directed to the call and must choose the programme “Computer Science”.
3. In the boxed named “Study”: In the dropdown menu, please choose: “Immersive Tutorials (ImmTut)”

Please note:

• The programme committee may request further information or invite the applicant to attend an interview.

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