CALL FOR RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP | 978864

15 Mar 2024
Job Information

Organisation/Company

Universidade de Coimbra

Research Field

Engineering » Computer engineering
Engineering » Electrical engineering

Researcher Profile

First Stage Researcher (R1)

Country

Portugal

Application Deadline

1 Apr 2024 - 23:59 (Europe/Lisbon)

Type of Contract

Temporary

Job Status

Full-time

Hours Per Week

35

Offer Starting Date

18 Mar 2024

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

Not funded by an EU programme

Reference Number

IT137-24-139

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

No

Offer Description

University of Coimbra opens a call for one research fellowship, in the framework of the  project PI0069- “Welmo”, financed by own revenues, in the following conditions:

 

Scientific area: Informatics Engineering, Data Science Engineering, Electrical Engineering or related.

 

Skills/Qualifications/Admission requirements: A master’s degree in the area of Informatics Engineering, Data Science Engineering, Electrical Engineering or related, enrolled in a course not conferring an academic degree.

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“Courses not conferring an academic degree” must be related to the research fellowship’s activity type.

“Courses not conferring an academic degree” are the courses referred to in paragraph e) of number 3 of article 4 of Decree-Law no. 74/2006, of 24 March, in the current wording, provided that they are developed in association or cooperation between the higher education institution and one or more R&D units, in accordance with the provisions of paragraph e) of article 3 of the Regulation for Research Fellowships of the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT).

 

Although the recipients must be enrolled in a course not conferring an academic degree, at the time of application it is not necessary for the candidate to have made such an enrollment, and proof of enrollment must be presented until the fellowship is contractualized. Candidates are only required to meet the requirements to enroll in the training offer. If there are candidates already enrolled (including attending a course), they compete on an equal footing with those who are not enrolled.

 

According to the RBI in paragraph 5 of article 6, it only admits BI attributions to graduates and masters enrolled in cycles of study that do not confer an academic degree who have not exceeded two years to be fulfilled in different scholarship contracts.

 

Work plan/Objectives:

Title: Music Emotion Recognition Software Integration and Optimisation

 

The objectives to be achieved in this project are the following:

1.  Integration of different Music Emotion Recognition (MER) software components developed by our team in different languages and software platform

2.  Optimisation of the mentioned software components

 

Work Plan:

1. Study of the software developed by the team

2. Definition of the requirements and architecture of the proposed integration solution

3. Implementation of the integration solution

4. Code optimisation

5. Evaluation of the implemented solution: performance metrics, etc.

6. Preparation of a software sharing plataform (e.g., GitHub) and software upload.

 

Regime: The attribution of the fellowship does not generate or entitle a relation of a legal-labour nature, and the fellowship is undertaken in an exclusive dedication regime. The fellowship holder is awarded the Fellowship Statute of the UC, in its current wording, according to the Research Fellowship Holder Statute , and according to the Regulation for Research Fellowships of the Foundation for Science and Technology, both in their current wording.

 

Location: Department of Informatics Engineering of the Faculty of Science and Technology  at the University of Coimbra.

 

Duration: 6 months.

 

Renewal: Possibly renewable.

 

Scientific orientation: Rui Pedro Pinto de Carvalho e Paiva, Renato Eduardo Silva Panda and Ricardo Manuel da Silva Malheiro .

 

Financial conditions: The amount of the fellowship is € 1259,64 corresponding to the monthly compensation stipulated in the FCT table (https://www.fct.pt/en/financiamento/programas-de-financiamento/bolsas/ ), plus  personal accidents insurance. The payment will be made by bank transfer. This amount will not be increased during the entire period of the fellowship duration.

 

Selection methods: Curricular Assessment (50%) and Interview (50%).

 

Selection criteria:

In the Curricular Assessment will be considered the following criteria:

- Masters average (70%);

- Publications in scientific journals and minutes (30%).

 

In the Interview will be considered the following criteria:

- Motivation and interest (40%);

- Interest and ability for acquisition of knowledge and research in the area of Music Information Retrieval / Music Emotion Recognition (60%)

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Jury responsible for selection: Rui Pedro Pinto de Carvalho e Paiva (President), César Alexandre Domingues Teixeira (1st effective member), Filipe João Boavida Mendonça Machado de Araújo (2nd effective member), Fernando Amílcar Bandeira Cardoso (1st alternate member) e Fernando Jorge Penousal Martins Machado (2nd alternate member).

 

Formalization of application: Applications must be formalized, mandatorily, by sending the following elements:

- Motivation Letter;

- Curriculum vitae;

- Proof of enrolment - course not conferring an academic degree (optional), mandatory only in the contracting phase;

- Certificate of qualifications;

- Master’s degree academic transcript.

 

Declaration on the honor of the candidate(s) with the indication of the fellowship(s) of the typology to which the contest was held and the respective duration(s).

 

Applicants with academic degrees obtained abroad will be required to present a Certificate of Recognition in accordance with applicable law. This document is mandatory only in the contractualization phase.

 

Applications submission: Applications must be submitted through https://apply.uc.pt/ IT137-24-139 .

 

Submission of applications: Between 18/03/2024 and 01/04/2024.

 

Submission deadline date: 01/04/2024.

 

Additional information: The evaluation results will be announced within 90 working days after the end of the applications submission deadline, by notifying the applicants via email. After the announcement of the results, candidates are considered automatically notified to, if they wish to do so, comment on the results on a preliminary hearing period within 10 days after that date. After this, the selected candidates will have to declare in writing their acceptance. Unless a justification worthy of consideration is presented, if the declaration is not submitted within the referred period, it is considered that the candidate waivers the fellowship. In case of resignation or withdrawal of the selected candidate, the next candidate with the highest evaluation score will be notified immediately.

Once the selection process is completed, the fellowship contract will be drawn up in accordance with the draft contract provided by the FCT.

After the contracted period, the fellowship holder and supervisor must prepare the final report in accordance with the respective assessment criteria that were established.

 

Pursuant to subparagraph h) of Article 9 of the Portuguese Constitution, the University of Coimbra, as employer, actively promotes a policy of equal opportunities between men and women in access to employment and professional development, and acts to prevent each and every kind of discrimination.

Therefore, no one can be privileged, benefited, harmed or deprived of any right or immune from any duty on account of, in particular, ancestry, age, sexual orientation, gender, marital status, family, economic situation, education, origin or social condition, genetic heritage, reduced work capacity, disability, chronic illness, nationality, ethnic or racial origin, territory of origin, language, religion, political or ideological beliefs and trade union membership.

 

Selection reserve list: Not applicable. 

Requirements
Additional Information

Website for additional job details

https://apply.uc.pt/IT137-24-139

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

Universidade de Coimbra

Country

Portugal

Geofield

Where to apply

Website

https://apply.uc.pt/IT137-24-139

Contact

City

Coimbra

Website

https://www.uc.pt/administracao/dpa

Street

Rua Larga

STATUS: EXPIRED