Call for the attribution of one (1) Research Initiation Scholarship (BII) within the scope of the Project Echoes from the Past: Unveiling a Lost Soundscape with Digital Analysis(ECHOES) (2022.01957.PTDC), financed by national funds through FCT/MCTES (PIDDAC).

Offer description This studentship is for a software engineer undergraduate student. The project ECHOES requires technical assistance from an undergraduate software engineer to implement the algorithm for automatic analysis.

Working plan The initiation student will assist the research team in carrying out the tasks performed during the term of the project, with particular emphasis on the implementation of the algorithm for automatic musical analysis. The research fellow will work under the supervision of the post-doctoral research fellow in music technology within the same project, the PI and external project collaborators: Prof. Ichiro Fujinaga (McGill University) e Dr Craig Sapp (Stanford University, CCARH/PHI). 

Research fields: Information Technology applied to musicology

Required qualifications Enrolment in a Bachelor’s Degree Course in Computer Engineering or equivalent. Basic knowledge of music (reading and writing). Fluency in English (written and spoken).

Preferential requirements: Experience with music21. Second year completed by the beginning of the studentship. This research will be carried out in an interdisciplinary and cosmopolitan environment. It is expected that the selected candidate is able to communicate in a clear, efficient way with a group of individuals with a diverse set of skills and talents.

Duration of the fellowship 12 months, starting on November 1, 2023. The Research Initiation Scholarship cannot be renewed.

Work location: Centro de Estudos de Sociologia e Estética Musical (CESEM) – Campolide Campus / UNL, Lisbon, Portugal

Benefits: The Studentship for scientific initiation corresponds to €541,12 monthly, according to the table of scholarships awarded directly by the FCT, I.P. in Portugal. (http://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/valores). Added to this amount is the voluntary social insurance corresponding to the first category, if the candidate so chooses, as well as a personal accident insurance.

Application Deadline: Applications must be submittedfrom the 24th July 2023 to the 4th of August 2023.

Application: The candidate must send an application letter, including identification and contact details, accompanied by the following: Curriculum Vitae, proof of enrolment in a Bachelor´s Degree Course in Computer Engineering or equivalent, declaration by the candidate that she/he does not exceed, with the conclusion of the studentship contract in question, an accumulated period of one year in this type of scholarship, followed or interpolated, and has not already been a beneficiary of any other research scholarship directly or indirectly financed by the FCT and, optionally, other supporting documents deemed relevant.

In the case of academic degrees obtained in foreign higher education institutions, it is necessary to present the recognition of the degrees obtained, in accordance with DL Nº 66/2018, of August 16; or, in the absence of recognition at the time of application, declaration under oath that the candidate will provide this this recognition before contracting the Scholarship in case one is the selected candidate.

However, it is mandatory to present the acknowledgment by the time the scholarship is contracted.

Applications should be sent by e-mail to cesem@fcsh.unl.pt, with the reference “ECHOES - – BII MT” in the subject line. The chosen candidate will be notified via e-mail.

Selection process

The selection methods will be the following: a) curriculum evaluation with weighting of the academic background and the preferential requirements; b) optional interview, carried out by decision of the jury. In the event of an interview, the weighting of each of the selection methods, a) and b), will be 50%. The approved candidates will be notified by e-mail in due course. The candidates will be notified of the date and place of the interview by the same means.

Composition of the Jury:

 President: Elsa De Luca, PI of ECHOES;

1st member: Manuel Pedro Ferreira, Univeristy Professor, co-PI.

2nd member: Dr Martha Thomae, Postdoctoral researcher on ECHOES

1st substitute member: Rui Araújo, Coordinator Digital Development of Research Nucleus - NOVA FCSH

2nd substitute member: Dr Craig Sapp, researcher at Stanford University, collaborator on ECHOES

Form of advertising / notification of results: 

The final results, in the form of a list ordered according to the points obtained by each candidate, will be published on the CESEM website (http://cesem.fcsh.unl.pt), and the successful candidate will be notified by e-mail.

Applicable legislation and regulations:

Research Initiation Scholarships - Compliance with the provisions of article 5 of the FCT Research Scholarships Regulation (Reg. no. 950/2019):

a) be enrolled in a higher professional technical course, a degree, an integrated master's degree or a master's degree, or be a graduate and be enrolled in a non-academic degree course integrated in the educational project of a higher education institution, developed in association or cooperation with one or several R&D units;

b) not exceed, with the conclusion of the fellowship contract in question, including possible renewals, an accumulated period of one year in this type of fellowship, consecutive or interspersed;

c) not have already benefited from any other research grant directly or indirectly financed by FCT.

Academic degrees obtained in foreign countries require registration by a Portuguese institution, in accordance with Decree-Law No. 66/2018, of August 16, and Ordinance No. 33/2019, of January 25. The presentation of the certificate is mandatory for the signature of the contract. More information can be obtained at: https://www.dges.gov.pt/pt/pagina/reconhecimento?plid=374 Law no. 40/2004, of 18 August (Statute of Scientific Research Fellows), as amended by Decree-Law no. 123/2019, of 28 August; FCT Research Grants Regulation, available at https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/docs/RegulamentoBolsasFCT2019.pdf and https://dre.pt/application/file/a/127230968.