Research Studentship for PhD students - (BL62/2024_IST-ID)

15 Mar 2024
Job Information

Organisation/Company

Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento _IST-ID

Department

DRH

Research Field

Engineering » Electrical engineering

Researcher Profile

First Stage Researcher (R1)

Country

Portugal

Application Deadline

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

Type of Contract

Not Applicable

Job Status

Not Applicable

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

European Union / Next Generation EU

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

No

Offer Description

Applications are open for 1 Research Studentship for PhD Students, within the framework of project Responsible.AI (Contrato nº 12 - IST-ID) financed by national funds PRR (Plano de Recuperação e Resiliência), through IAPMEI - Agência para a Competitividade e Inovação

Workplan:  Robotics in Autism have been developed in the last 25 years, tackling the development of motor, social and cognitive capabilities. Several children with autism show behaviours towards robots that neurotypical children have towards neurotypical adults. However, robots are still not present in clinical practice. One of the main reasons is the lack of quantitative measures for the evaluation of these studies, which normally are graded based on a therapist's opinion. On the other hand, there are few randomized controlled trials which can prove the efficacy of the robotic protocols in relation to the standard therapies. This thesis pretends to analyse several pilot studies and a randomized control trial, through a quantitative measure to understand how a robotic protocol can impact the attention of the children during a therapeutic session. The methods use comprehend computer vision, motion analysis, gaze estimation from video, robotics, control, and machine learning.

Duration: The research fellowship will have the duration of 12 months. It’s expected to begin in April 2024, and may be eventually renewable.

It is mandatory to formalize applications with the submission of the following documents:

i) B1 Form – Fellowship application (https://ist-id.pt/concursos/bolsas/ );

ii) Curriculum Vitae;

iii) official academic degree certificate;

iv) proof of enrollment in a doctoral program;

v) motivation letter.

 

Applications must be submitted to the email[email protected]

Requirements

Research Field

Engineering » Electrical engineering

Education Level

Master Degree or equivalent

Skills/Qualifications

Admission Requirements: To be enrolled at a PhD.

Additional Information
Benefits

Monthly maintenance allowance: According to the values for Research Fellowships awarded by FCT in Portugal (https://www.fct.pt/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Tabela-de-Valores-SMM_atualizacao-2024.pdf ), the amount of the monthly maintenance allowance is € 1259,64 €, being the payment method an option of the Fellow by Wire Transfer/Check.

Eligibility criteria

Admission Requirements: To be enrolled at a PhD.

Selection process

Selection methods: The selection methods will be the following: Curriculum evaluation, namely background in the research area defined in the workplan, with the respective weight of 100%.

 

Composition of the selection Jury: Professors José A. R. Santos-Victor, Alexandre Bernardino, and Plínio Moreno.

 

Announcement/ notification of the results: The final evaluation results will be communicated to all applicants by email.

 

Deadlines and procedures of complaint and appeal: a complaint may be lodged from the final decision within 15 working days, or an appeal to the Executive Board of IST-ID within 30 working days, both counted from the respective notification.

 

Additional comments

Legislation and Regulations: Statute of Scientific Research Fellow, approved by Law nr. 40/2004, of August 18, as worded by Decree-Law nr. 123/2019, of August 28; FCT Regulation for Research Studentships and Fellowships, available on https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/docs/RegulamentoBolsasFCT2019.pdf and https://dre.pt/application/file/a/127230968 .

 

Workplace: The work will be developed at Institute for Systems and Robotics / LARSyS of Instituto Superior Técnico, under the scientific supervision of Professor José Alberto Rosado dos Santos Victor.

Website for additional job details

https://ist-id.pt/concursos/bolsas/

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

IST-ID

Country

Portugal

Geofield

Where to apply

E-mail

[email protected]

Contact

City

Lisbon

Website

http://ist-id.pt/

Street

Av. Rovisco Pais

Postal Code

1049-001 Lisboa

STATUS: EXPIRED