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
- 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 Scientific Initiation Studentship, within the framework of project SmartRetail (SMART RETAIL - Contrato 00018 - IST-ID) financed by national funds PRR (Plano de Recuperação e Resiliência - C645440011-00000062), through IAPMEI - Agência para a Competitividade e Inovação
Workplan: We aim to use an autonomous mobile robot (CoBot - http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~coral/projects/cobot/) for specific tasks in retail settings. In this scope, we will implement and develop object detection/recognition methods and path planning strategies and address some social robotics challenges.
Duration: The research fellowship will have the duration of 4 months. It’s expected to begin in April 2024 and may be eventually renewed up to the maximum of 12 months, including the duration of the initial contract.
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) proof of enrollment at a Master or Integrated Master;
v) declaration on honour that the applicant does not exceed with this contract, including the possible renovations, an accumulated period of one year in this type of studentship, continuously or with interruptions, and has not held any other fellowship directly or indirectly funded by FCT.
Applications must be submitted to the email:manuel@isr.tecnico.ulisboa.pt
Requirements
- Research Field
- Engineering » Electrical engineering
- Education Level
- Undergraduate
Admission Requirements:
a) To be enrolled at an integrated master or master degree,
b) not to exceed with this contract, including the possible renovations, an accumulated period of two years in this type of studentship, continuously or with interruptions
Additional Information
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 601,12€, being the payment method an option of the Fellow by Wire Transfer.
Admission Requirements:
a) To be enrolled at an integrated master or master degree,
b) not to exceed with this contract, including the possible renovations, an accumulated period of two years in this type of studentship, continuously or with interruptions
Robotics/Computer Vision experience with a respective weight of 50%/30%/20%. There may be a possible individual interview, eliminatory in nature, to be used only if the previous selection method is not enough for a decision.
Composition of the selection Jury: Professor João Paulo Costeira, João Sequeira and Doctor Manuel Marques.
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.
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Work Location(s)
- Number of offers available
- 1
- Company/Institute
- IST-ID
- Country
- Portugal
- Geofield
Where to apply
- manuel@isr.tecnico.ulisboa.pt
Contact
- City
- Lisbon
- Website
- Street
- Av. Rovisco Pais
- Postal Code
- 1049-001 Lisboa