#NOVAID-B180 - Competition for granting 1 research scholarship for PhD student

7 Mar 2024
Job Information

Organisation/Company

NOVA.id.FCT- Associação para a Inovação de Desenvolvimento da FCT

Department

NOVA Laboratory for Computer Science and Informatics, Departamento de Informática / Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Research Field

Computer science » Informatics

Researcher Profile

First Stage Researcher (R1)

Country

Portugal

Application Deadline

20 Mar 2024 - 23:59 (Europe/Lisbon)

Type of Contract

Other

Job Status

Full-time

Hours Per Week

35

Offer Starting Date

7 Mar 2024

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

Not funded by an EU programme

Reference Number

#NOVAID-B180 - UIDP/04516/2020/BIM/14

Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?

No

Offer Description

Work Plan: The student will develop work that explores the use of lock-free data structures to optimize the performance of various types of systems when subjected to high contention rates, in particular it is expected that the candidate will develop activities along the following lines:

• Explore the use of lock-free data structures in programming languages without automated memory management (i.e., garbage collection), through the study and development of a design for a high-performance lock-free memory allocator with built-in memory recovery.

• Study the possibility of designing and implementing a software sensor capable of measuring the amount of memory fragmentation of a program generated by its memory allocator.

• Explore the use of lock-free data structures in the context of real-time operating systems, to develop wait-free algorithms (which provide stronger properties than non-blocking algorithms, as they guarantee that operations finish in a limited number of computation steps) to be used in this context.

• Collaborate in research activities and NOVA LINCS as well as research projects hosted at the research center.

Workplace: The work will be developed at NOVA Laboratory for Computer Science and Informatics, Departamento de Informática / Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, under the supervision of Professor João Lourenço and co-supervision of Professor João Leitão.

Fellowship duration: The scholarship will last for 12 months, and may eventually be renewed.

Application deadline and form of submission: The competition is open from 07/03/2024 to 20/03/2024.

Documents to be provided when applying: Applications must be formalized by sending the following documents: Curriculum Vitae, letter of motivation, copy of qualifications certificate*, proof of enrolment in doctoral program**. How to submit applications: Applications should be sent by email to Professor João Leitão at the following email address: [email protected] and cc [email protected] , quoting the reference UIDP/04516/2020/BIM/14.

*In the case of academic degrees awarded by foreign higher education institutions, and in order to guarantee the application of the principle of equal treatment for candidates who hold foreign and national academic degrees, it is mandatory to recognize these degrees and convert the respective final classification to the Portuguese classification scale. ** In the event that, at the time of application, candidates are not enrolled in a doctoral course, they must submit a sworn statement that they are eligible for enrolment in that same training offer and specific academic year, and at the contractualization stage they will be required to submit proof of enrolment. Documentation to be provided at the contractualization stage: Proof of enrolment in the doctoral program.

Applicable legislation and regulations: Law No. 40/2004, of August 18, amended and republished by Decree-Law No. 202/2012 of August 27 (Statute of the Scientific Research Fellow) and amended by Decree-Law No. 233/2012 of October 29, by Law No. 12 /2013 of 29 January, by Decree-Law No. 89/2013, of 9 July and Decree-Law No. 123/2019, of 28 August; Regulation of Research Grants of the Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P. in force (https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/regulamento.phtml.pt );

Requirements

Research Field

Computer science » Informatics

Education Level

Master Degree or equivalent

Skills/Qualifications

Recipients profile/category Mandatory requirements: Master in Computer Science and Engineering. Enrollment in a Doctoral Program in Computer Science. Preferred factors: a) Previous research experience in one (or more) of the topics covered in the work plan. b) Master's or integrated master's average grade equal to or greater than 17,5 (out of 20).

Research Field

Computer science » Informatics

Internal Application form(s) needed
#NOVAID-B180 - UIDPBIM14-Aviso-de-Abertura-Euraxess.pdf
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Additional Information
Benefits

Monthly maintenance allowance amount: The amount of the monthly maintenance allowance corresponds to €1,259.64 euros.

Eligibility criteria

Selection criteria: A rating will be made, on a scale from 0 to 20, taking into account the weighting of the following selection methods: a) curriculum assessment (50%); b) prior knowledge of concepts and technologies relevant to the execution of the project (25%); and c) Motivation letter (25%). The scholarship may not be awarded if the applications are not suitable.

Selection process

Composition of the Selection Jury: President: Professor João Carlos Antunes Leitão Effective members: Professor Nuno Manuel Ribeiro Preguiça, Professor Carla Maria Gonçalves Ferreira. Substitute members: Professor João Lourenço, Professor João Costa Seco

Form of advertising/notification of results: The evaluation results proposed by the juri will be notified, up to 90 days after the deadline for the submission of applications, by email, of the results proposed by the jury, with access to the minutes and the final ranking list. After notification, candidates will have 10 working days to comment on the draft decision (prior hearing of interested parties, under the terms of the Code of Administrative Procedure). The final decision will be taken after the expiry of the prior hearing period, again notified to all candidates by e-mail. Of this final decision the candidates can file a complaint within 15 working days (to the e-mail address used for the notification), or a hierarchical appeal, within 30 working days, addressed to NOVA.ID.FCT's Board through the address [email protected] .

Additional comments

Drafts: The drafts of: i) fellowship contract, ii) final report to be presented by the fellowship holder, iii) final report to be presented by the scientific advisor, and; iv) declaration on honor, can all be found on NOVA.id.FCT website

Website for additional job details

https://www.novaidfct.pt/wp-content/calls/call/%23NOVAID-B180 - UIDPBIM14-Aviso…

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

NOVA.id.FCT- Associação para a Inovação de Desenvolvimento da FCT

Country

Portugal

State/Province

Caparica

City

Caparica

Postal Code

2829-516 Caparica

Street

Campus da Caparica

Geofield

Where to apply

E-mail

[email protected]

Contact

State/Province

Caparica

City

Caparica

Website

http://www.novaid.fct.unl.pt/

Street

Campus da Caparica

Postal Code

2829-516 Caparica

E-Mail

[email protected]

STATUS: EXPIRED