[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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