[Tccc] Call for 10 Post-docs at the University of Coimbra, Portugal

Edmundo Monteiro edmundoatdei.uc.pt
Fri Dec 14 07:25:27 EST 2012



 Project iCIS - Intelligent Computing in the Internet of Services
University of Coimbra, Portugal
Number of positions: 10
Contact person: Jorge vila, CISUC, Polo 2 University of Coimbra, 3030-290 
Coimbra, Portugal
Email: av... at dei.uc.pt   

Call for interest are open for 10 positions of  PostDoc, within the Project 
iCIS  Intelligent Computing in the Internet of Services, supported by the 
+Centro Programme of the CCDRC - Comisso de Coordenao e Desenvolvimento 
Regional do Centro, Portugal. 

Candidates must have a PhD degree and research experience in one or more of the 
following areas:
- Future Networks
- Cloud Computing, Internet of Services and Advanced S/W Engineering
- Internet of Things
- Trustworthy ICT
- Networked Media
- Intelligent algorithms for disease diagnosis and prediction
- Knowledge extraction for clinical data interpretation and decision support
- Intelligent algorithms for planning and management of mobility
- Intelligent methods for accessibility and extraction of internet information
- Extraction of knowledge from high volumes of data produced dynamically

For each of the above-listed areas there is one post-doc position at one of the 
following research institutions of the University of Coimbra under the iCIS 
project: DEI - Department of Informatics Engineering, DEEC - Department of 
Electrotechnical Engineering and Computers,  CISUC  Center for Informatics and 
Systems of the University of Coimbra, INESC-Coimbra  Instituto de Engenharia 
em Sistemas e Computadores de Coimbra.

The research activities will involve several projects, national and 
international ones, including the possibility of performing research within 
European Projects. It is expected a strong commitment to explore new ideas and 
funding opportunities in the above-mentioned areas. 

The monthly amount to be paid is 1495, 12 months a year, according to the 
Scientific Research Career regulation. The contract includes social benefits 
and retirement fund. Any effective hiring/contract is subject to available 
vacancies supported by the iCIS project. The duration of the grants is up to 30 
months with tentative beginning in February, 2013.

The Centre for Informatics and Systems of the University of Coimbra (CISUC) is 
a large Portuguese research centre in the fields of Informatics Computer 
Science and Communications, which was created in 1991 under the Program 
Science. CISUC aims at carrying out original R&D at a pre-competitive level, 
training highly qualified young researchers, co-operating in national and 
international projects and programs, and promoting the dissemination of results 
by means of contracts with different companies. To get more information on the 
Centre visit the website www.cisuc.uc.pt. The main intervention areas of CISUC 
are:
 Cognitive and Media Systems
 Adaptive Computation
 Software and Systems Engineering
 Communications and Telematics
 Information Systems
 Evolutionary and Complex Systems
 
INESC Coimbra is a non-profit R&D institute, affiliated with the University of 
Coimbra (UC). It integrates about 90 researchers, 60 of them holding a PhD 
degree, from three departments of the Faculty of Sciences and Technology 
(Electrical Engineering and Computers, Civil, and Mathematics) and the Faculty 
Economics (UC), and the Polytechnic Institutes of Leiria, Coimbra, Viseu and 
Setbal, among other high-education schools. The main intervention areas of 
INESC Coimbra are: 
 Decision support systems and methodologies
 Teletraffic engineering and telecommunication networks planning
 Regional and urban planning
 Rational use of energy and energy planning
 Computational mechanics applied to structural systems
 
The University of Coimbra has over 20000 students, both undergraduate and 
postgraduate. It's international prestige is the result of a set of multiple 
factors, which includes the cosmopolitan character of its academy (with over 70 
nationalities). The University of Coimbra develops high added-value research 
activities in more than 70 research centers in partnership with over one 
thousand national and international organizations. The University of Coimbra 
and its research centers are a Portuguese and international reference in the 
production of science, in many fields.

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