Job Information
- Organisation/Company
- Universitat de Barcelona
- Department
- OPIR- International Research Projects office
- Research Field
- Computer scienceNeurosciences
- Researcher Profile
- First Stage Researcher (R1)
- Country
- Spain
- Application Deadline
- Type of Contract
- Temporary
- Job Status
- Full-time
- Hours Per Week
- 35
- Offer Starting Date
- Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?
- H2020 / ERC
- Reference Number
- Nº GA 101123120
- Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?
- No
Offer Description
A new ERC-PoC Grant started at the University of Barcelona in January 2024 for 15 months. The grant is awarded to Dr Mel Slater, Director of the Event Lab (www.melslater.me). The Event Lab is an internationally known research lab in the field of virtual reality, and is also addresses interdisciplinary problems in psychology and neuroscience using virtual reality. Please see publications on http://publicationslist.org/melslater.
The international project aims to use virtual reality (VR) to improve the well-being of older adults. The project aims to evaluate the effects of various approaches to reminiscence therapy on aging and provide evidence for the benefits of such an intervention, with the goal of disseminating results to society.
Gross salary oper year: 37.217,26 €
Requirements
- Research Field
- Computer science
- Education Level
- Master Degree or equivalent
- Research Field
- Neurosciences
- Education Level
- Master Degree or equivalent
Applications are invited from technician researchers who meet the following requirements.
- Applicants must a degree computer science or a closely related subject that includes computer graphics and virtual reality or demonstrable equivalent experience.
- Applicants must have extensive experience of computer programming (for example, C, C++, C#), and demonstrated expertise using Unity3D.
- It will be advantageous to been previously involved in work that has formed the basis of experimental studies involving virtual reality.
Applicants must have excellent written and spoken English.
It would be an advantage to speak Spanish and Catalan; Reference letter.
- Languages
- ENGLISH
- Level
- Excellent
- Research Field
- Computer scienceNeurosciences
- Years of Research Experience
- 1 - 4
Additional Information
The selection is carried out by means of an interview, in which one or two questions related to the main function to be carried out in the programme or project will be asked. The interview is assessed with an overall score of zero (0) to ten (10).
The minimum score to pass is five (5) points. The assessment criteria for the interview are as follows:
- Suitability of the candidate to the main function to be carried out.
- Curricular experience
- Professional knowledge and skills
- Communication skills and motivation.
The selection board will preferably conduct the interview using a suitable online procedure.
A resolution of adjudication is issued to the person who, having passed the selection procedure, obtains the highest score and publishes the prioritised list of applicants who have passed the selection process, indicating the scores obtained, for subsequent recruitment, if necessary.
Duration of the contract of employment: 12 months, renewable up to 30/06/2025.
The candidate proposed for hiring must accept the job offer within 5 working days from the date of notification of selection.
Priority will be given to people with disabilities (Law 89/2015 of June 2, reserve of quota 2% in favour of people with disabilities in companies of 50 or more people).
Be aware that the starting date set in this offer is an estimate date. The official starting date will depend on the bureaucratic time that will take the preparation of the labour contract and presentation of the necessary documents to be hired by the selected candidate.
The technician appointee will be expected to help define the details of the research programme, and play a leading role in its execution.
All applicants must be highly motivated towards research and publications.
The research will be conducted in English and all appointees will have excellent written and spoken English.
For additional information regards this offer, please, contact Dr. Mel Slater: melslater@ub.edu
*All persons applying in the UBeTRAM, may send a notice to Dr. Mel Slater to verify that the application has been submitted correctly.
Work Location(s)
- Number of offers available
- 1
- Company/Institute
- Universitat de Barcelona
- Country
- Spain
- State/Province
- Barcelona
- City
- Barcelona
- Postal Code
- 08035
- Street
- Pg. de la Vall d'Hebron, 171
Where to apply
- Website
Contact
- State/Province
- Barcelona
- City
- Barcelona
- Website
- Street
- Pg. de la Vall d'Hebron, 171
- Postal Code
- 08035
- melslater@ub.edu