We are looking for candidates for a three-year PhD scholarship that will be carried out at the Human Interfaces in Information Systems (HIIS) Laboratory at CNR-ISTI

The fellowship is associated with the PhD school at the Computer Science department of the University of Pisa and is to be trained and carry out research in the area of Intelligent User Interfaces, the intersection between human-computer interaction and artificial intelligence. The specific PhD topic will be defined taking into account the background and the interests of the candidate. 

The HIIS Laboratory is a creative and multi-disciplinary interactive technologies research laboratory, with deep and extensive research collaborations at the national and international levels,  industrial partners, and a supportive and inclusive working environment.  

Pisa is a lively small town located in Tuscany, near the coast, characterised by the presence of a rich research ecosystem (three Universities and many research centres), very active in the ICT area.  We are therefore looking for deserving candidates. It is useful to have some computational thinking abilities,  interest and passion for the considered topics, and to carry out research activities.

The application procedure is available at https://www.unipi.it/didattica/corsi/dottorati/bando2025-26/

The deadline is 18th July 2025 at 13.00 Italian time.

The candidate should select the scholarship associated with the topic INFO_06 on “Intelligent User Interfaces”. 

Applicants must have earned a master degree by the end of October 2025. 

The PhD fellowship will start on 1 November 2025

For more information, you can contact fabio.paterno at isti.cnr.it