CALL FOR RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP - "Agenda Mobilizadora Sines Nexus” (reference: 7113) - Process 977603/IT137-24-112

4 Mar 2024
Job Information

Organisation/Company

Universidade de Coimbra

Research Field

Other

Researcher Profile

First Stage Researcher (R1)

Country

Portugal

Application Deadline

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

Type of Contract

Temporary

Job Status

Full-time

Hours Per Week

35

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

European Union / Next Generation EU

Reference Number

7113

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

No

Offer Description

CALL FOR RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP

University of Coimbra opens a call for one research fellowship, in the framework of the NEXUS project “Agenda Mobilizadora Sines Nexus” (reference: Nº 7113), financed by the PRR - Recovery and Resilience Plan and by the Next Generation EU European Funds, following NOTICE No. 02/C05-i01/2022, Component 5 - Capitalization and Business Innovation - Mobilizing Agendas for Business Innovation, in the following conditions:

Scientific area: Informatics Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, or similar .

Skills/Qualifications/Admission requirements: Bachelor's degree in Informatics Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, or similar, enrolled in a Master's degree course in Informatics Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, or similar .

Although the recipients must be enrolled in a cycle of studies leading to the attribution of 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. 

Work plan/ Objectives: Title: Nexus Open Data platform - IA - data fusion for ML
Objective: These activities are intended for the scholarship holder to develop new knowledge and skills in Machine Learning, with an emphasis on data fusion techniques.

The activities planned for the scholarship period are:
Analysis of existing platform requirements for the Business Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence layer;
Analysis and study of computational learning models for data and information fusion;
Construction of a prototype for merging data of different types (text, image).
Experimentation and testing of the prototype.
Writing scientific documentation .

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 Computer Engineering, Faculty of Sciences and Technology at the University of Coimbra.

Duration: 6 months.

Renewal: Possibly renewable.

Scientific orientation: João Nuno Gonçalves Costa Cavaleiro Correia.

Financial conditions: The amount of the fellowship is € 990,98 corresponding to the monthly compensation stipulated in the FCT table (https://www.fct.pt/en/financiamento/programas-de-financiamento/bolsas/ ), plus social security (Seguro Social Voluntário, first level contributions) and  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: CV Analysis (50%) and Interview (50%).

Selection criteria: CV Analysis:
- Academic Achievement in the courses in the the relevant areas of the work plan (50%);
- Graduation average (50%);

Interview:
- Interest in developing research in the areas of Artificial Intelligence, Data Fusion (40%);
- Ability to express oneself and verbal fluency (20%);
- English Knowledge (20%);
- Knowledge and profile appropriate to the functions to be developed (20%).

Jury responsible for selection: João Nuno Gonçalves Costa Cavaleiro Correia (Presidente), Evgheni Polisciuc (1st effective), Catarina Sofia Henriques Maçãs (2nd effective), Nuno António Marques Lourenço (1st alternate member) and Fernando Jorge Penousal Martins Machado (2nd alternate member).

Formalization of application: 
- Motivation letter;
- Curriculum Vitae;
- Qualifications certificate;
- Bachelor's degree academic transcript;
- Proof of enrolment on masters degree (only mandatory at the contracting stage).
- Declaration mentioned below must be formalized in proper form in the platform apply.uc.pt.

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 on https://apply.uc.pt/IT137-24-112 .

Submission of applications: Between 06/03/2024  and 19/03/2024.

Submission deadline date: 19/03/2024.

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: N.A. 

Requirements

Research Field

Other

Education Level

Bachelor Degree or equivalent

Additional Information

Website for additional job details

https://apply.uc.pt/IT137-24-112

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

University of Coimbra

Country

Portugal

City

Coimbra

Geofield

Where to apply

Website

https://apply.uc.pt/IT137-24-112

Contact

City

Coimbra

Website

http://www.uc.pt

Street

Rua Larga

Postal Code

3004-504 Coimbra

STATUS: EXPIRED