#NOVAID-B211 - COMPETITION FOR GRANTING 1 RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIP FOR A MASTER’S STUDENT

14 May 2024
Job Information

Organisation/Company

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

Department

NOVA Laboratory for Computer Science and Informatics / Universidade do Algarve

Research Field

Engineering » Computer engineering

Researcher Profile

First Stage Researcher (R1)

Country

Portugal

Application Deadline

28 May 2024 - 23:59 (Europe/Lisbon)

Type of Contract

Other

Job Status

Full-time

Hours Per Week

35

Offer Starting Date

15 May 2024

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

Not funded by an EU programme

Reference Number

#NOVAID-B211 - UIDP/04516/2020/BIL/06

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

No

Offer Description

Work Plan:
The main objective of the work is to develop a prototype (base) of a real-time sentiment analysis system in crowds and/or groups of people. The work will be divided into the following tasks:
• Literature review on sentiment analysis in crowds and groups of people.
• Compilation of a database of sentiments in crowds and groups of people.
• Development of a prototype of a sentiment analysis system.
• Publication of a scientific article on the developed prototype.

Workplace: The work will be developed at NOVA Laboratory for Computer Science and Informatics / Universidade do Algarve, under the supervision of Professors Doutor Pedro Jorge Sequeira Cardoso e João Miguel Fernandes Rodrigues.

Fellowship duration: The scholarship will last for 6 months, eventually renewed within the duration of the project.

Application deadline and form of application submission:
This call is open from 15/05/2024 to 28/05/2024.

The application must include the following documents: CV, motivation letter, copy of academic records/certificates* and proof of enrollment in a MSc program (or, if not registered in a MSc program on the date of application, a declaration on honor by the candidate that he or she meets the requirements to enroll in a MSc program).
Applications should be sent by e-mail to Professor Pedro J. S. Cardoso ([email protected] ) and CC to [email protected] with the subject UIDP/04516/2020/BIL/06
Documents that are of mandatory submission, for purposes of the studentship contracting: proof of enrollment in a MSc program.
* In case of foreign academic degrees, and to guarantee the application of the principle of equal treatment to applicants with national and foreign academic degrees, it is mandatory to submit the recognition of such degrees and the conversion of the respective final grade to the Portuguese grading scale.

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

Engineering » Computer engineering

Education Level

Bachelor Degree or equivalent

Skills/Qualifications

Recipients profile/category
Mandatory requirements:
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering.
• Attending a Master's degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Preferred factors:
• Have in-depth knowledge of programming in Python;
• Have in-depth knowledge of machine learning;
• Have knowledge, at least, of the computational libraries Pandas, TensorFlow & Sklearn.
• Have knowledge of computer vision;
• Have knowledge of natural language processing;
• Have knowledge of relational and non-relational databases;
• Have knowledge in the field of affective computing, particularly in sentiment analysis.

Research Field

Engineering » Computer engineering

Internal Application form(s) needed
NOVAID- B211.pdf
English
(149.56 KB - PDF)
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Additional Information
Benefits

Monthly maintenance allowance amount: The amount of the monthly maintenance allowance corresponds to €990.98 euros.

Eligibility criteria

Selection criteria:
The selection methods to be used are as follows: a rating will be made, on a scale from 0 to 20, taking into account the weighting of the following selection methods: Curriculum Evaluation and Interview, with the respective weights 40% and 60%.

Selection process

Composition of the Selection Jury:
President: Professor Pedro J. S. Cardoso
Effective members: Professor João M. F. Rodrigues, Professor Robero C. L. Lam
Substitute members: Professor Pedro Guerreiro, Professor Doutor Joel Guerreiro

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/uploads/2024/02/NOVAID- B211.pdf

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

NOVA Laboratory for Computer Science and Informatics / Universidade do Algarve

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 de Caparica

Postal Code

2829-516 Caparica

E-Mail

[email protected]

STATUS: EXPIRED