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Relocation support is available for those based outside of Sydney.\nTechnical Background\nAI / Machine learning systems, preferably with application to audio, video, text, and multimedia\nHuman-computer interfaces and AI applications\nMultimodal / cross-modal representation learning\nTrustworthy and explainable AI\nGenerative AI for media creation\nSpatial computing for 6DoF multimedia\nMultimodal and immersive audio and video creation\n3D deep learning (including NeRF, Gaussian Splatting, etc.)\nExample Project Areas\nLive events or sports\nData provenance, attribution, and authenticity\nControllable generation of audio, video, textual, or multimedia content\nMultimodal experience creation\nFuture devices (e.g., smart glasses and holographic displays)\nNext-generation entertainment experiences in automotive\nThese points are examples. We are actively looking for new ideas, and if your research project does not fall precisely in the above categories, please still consider applying. For example, if you are doing a PhD in quantum computing algorithms with AI or a project that involves user interfaces with robots or Internet of Things applications - come tell us about it, because we are flexible!\nSkills and Specialty Areas\nWe are interested in PhD research candidates from Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Science, Music Technology, Media Technology, or Media Content Creation.\nWe are not prescriptive of skill sets, but it is useful if the research intern has ability in using appropriate tools e.g., a project in machine learning may require programming in Python or MATLAB, or a project in XR creation may use Max/MSP or Final Cut / Logic Pro. 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