Researcher Technician in Computer Science - VERTEX

12 Mar 2024
Job Information

Organisation/Company

Universitat de Barcelona

Department

OPIR- International Research Projects office

Research Field

Computer science
Neurosciences

Researcher Profile

First Stage Researcher (R1)

Country

Spain

Application Deadline

26 Mar 2024 - 23:59 (Europe/Madrid)

Type of Contract

Temporary

Job Status

Full-time

Hours Per Week

35

Offer Starting Date

15 Apr 2024

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

H2020 / ERC

Reference Number

Nº GA 101123120

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

No

Offer Description

A new ERC-PoC Grant started at the University of Barcelona in January 2024 for 15 months. The grant is awarded to Dr Mel Slater, Director of the Event Lab (www.melslater.me) . The Event Lab is an internationally known research lab in the field of virtual reality, and is also addresses interdisciplinary problems in psychology and neuroscience using virtual reality. Please see publications on http://publicationslist.org/melslater .

The international project aims to use virtual reality (VR) to improve the well-being of older adults. The project aims to evaluate the effects of various approaches to reminiscence therapy on aging and provide evidence for the benefits of such an intervention, with the goal of disseminating results to society.

Gross salary oper year: 37.217,26 €

Requirements

Research Field

Computer science

Education Level

Master Degree or equivalent

Research Field

Neurosciences

Education Level

Master Degree or equivalent

Skills/Qualifications

Applications are invited from technician researchers who meet the following requirements.

• Applicants must a degree computer science or a closely related subject that includes computer graphics and virtual reality or demonstrable equivalent experience.
• Applicants must have extensive experience of computer programming (for example, C, C++, C#), and demonstrated expertise using Unity3D.
• It will be advantageous to been previously involved in work that has formed the basis of experimental studies involving virtual reality.

Specific Requirements

Applicants must have excellent written and spoken English.

It would be an advantage to speak Spanish and Catalan; Reference letter.

Languages

ENGLISH

Level

Excellent

Research Field

Computer scienceNeurosciences

Years of Research Experience

1 - 4

Additional Information
Eligibility criteria

The selection is carried out by means of an interview, in which one or two questions related to the main function to be carried out in the programme or project will be asked. The interview is assessed with an overall score of zero (0) to ten (10).

The minimum score to pass is five (5) points. The assessment criteria for the interview are as follows:

- Suitability of the candidate to the main function to be carried out.

- Curricular experience

- Professional knowledge and skills

- Communication skills and motivation.

The selection board will preferably conduct the interview using a suitable online procedure.

Selection process

A resolution of adjudication is issued to the person who, having passed the selection procedure, obtains the highest score and publishes the prioritised list of applicants who have passed the selection process, indicating the scores obtained, for subsequent recruitment, if necessary.

Additional comments

Duration of the contract of employment:  12 months, renewable up to 30/06/2025.

The candidate proposed for hiring must accept the job offer within 5 working days from the date of notification of selection.

Priority will be given to people with disabilities (Law 89/2015 of June 2, reserve of quota 2% in favour of people with disabilities in companies of 50 or more people).

Be aware that the starting date set in this offer is an estimate date. The official starting date will depend on the bureaucratic time that will take the preparation of the labour contract and presentation of the necessary documents to be hired by the selected candidate.

The technician appointee will be expected to help define the details of the research programme, and play a leading role in its execution.

All applicants must be highly motivated towards research and publications.

The research will be conducted in English and all appointees will have excellent written and spoken English.

 

 

For additional information regards this offer, please, contact Dr. Mel Slater: [email protected]

*All persons applying in the UBeTRAM, may send a notice to Dr. Mel Slater to verify that the application has been submitted correctly.

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

Universitat de Barcelona

Country

Spain

State/Province

Barcelona

City

Barcelona

Postal Code

08035

Street

Pg. de la Vall d'Hebron, 171

Where to apply

Website

https://t.ly/s9Y9-

Contact

State/Province

Barcelona

City

Barcelona

Website

http://www.ub.edu/opir

Street

Pg. de la Vall d'Hebron, 171

Postal Code

08035

E-Mail

[email protected]

STATUS: EXPIRED