Public notice for 1 (one) uncertain-term work contract for Researcher reference 2024.016.CTTRI Application submission from April 18 to May 3 of 2024

Public notice for 1 (one) uncertain-term work contract for Researcher

Center for responsible AI Candidature C628696807-00454142

funded by Recovery and Resilience Plan (RRP) and Next Generation EU European Funds

reference 2024.016.CTTRI

Application submission from April 18 to May 3 of 2024

WHO WE ARE

INESC-ID (www.inesc-id.pt), “Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores: Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa” is a Research and Development and Innovation Organization (R&D+i) in the fields of Computer Science and Electrical and Computer Engineering.

INESC-ID’s research impact is focused on four Thematic Lines

Energy transition

Life and health technology

Security and privacy.

Societal digital transformation.

INESC-ID promotes cooperation between academia and industry by addressing research on daily life issues, such as healthcare, space, mobility, human language technologies, agri-food, industry 4.0, and smart grids. This high level of knowledge transfer is achieved through both competitive research projects and direct contracted research. Therefore, public and private entities have access to a pool of knowledge, resources and services provided through the unique competencies available at the institution.

INESC ID has a strong international academic environment and inclusive work environment.

The Executive Board of INESC-ID approved an international selection call for 1 (one) uncertain-term work contract for researcher on the scope of project Center for responsible AI Candidature C628696807-00454142, funded by Recovery and Resilience Plan (RRP) and Next Generation EU European Funds under the following conditions:

TASKS

Development of a platform for synchronizing concurrent programs running on GPUs

Support in the administration tasks of the computational infrastructure used in the CRAI project by the INESC-ID DPSS group

BINDING LEGISLATION  

Código do Trabalho (Labor Code), approved by Law nº. 13/2023, of April 3, in its current wording.

https://diariodarepublica.pt/dr/legislacao-consolidada/lei/2023-211366691

DURATION

Starting in May, 2024.

Maximum period set for this type of contract – 4 years.

The termination of the project or completion of the tasks that are the subject of this call shall determine the expiration of the contract that will operate with the communication referred to in article 345 (1) of the Código do Trabalho (Labor Code), meaning that the employer shall notify the termination of the contract to the employee, at least 7, 30 or 60 days in advance, according to whether the contract lasted up to six months, six months to two years, or per longer period.

SALARY | MEAL ALLOWANCE

Salary, prior to any deductions or withholdings – 1915,46€ (One thousand, nine hundred and fifteen euros and forty-six cents), working in an exclusive dedication basis.

Meal allowance per work day of 6€ (six euros).

WORKPLACE

INESC ID Headquarters Rua Alves Redol, 9, 1000-029 Lisboa

INESC-ID - Taguspark Avenida Professor Cavaco Silva, Edifício IST 2744-016 Porto Salvo

INESC-ID Energia IST - Departamento de Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores, Área de Energia, Av. Rovisco Pais 1049-001 Lisboa

SCIENTIFIC SUPERVISION

The contract activity will be supervised by Professor Paolo Romano, Associate Professor at Instituto Superior Tecnico (IST) and researcher at INESC-ID

The employee will be integrated in the INESC-ID team.

ELIGIBILITY CONDITIONS | Required education Level and research experience

The candidates should have an MsC in computer engineering or computer and electical engineer, or other related areas.

Preference will be given to candidates with suitable scientific and professional curriculum such as:

Expertise in CUDA programming, provable via public code repositories (e.g., GitHub)  or publications

Expertise with concurrent programming, ideally via the use of transactions in memory, provably via public code repositories (e.g., GitHub) and/or publications

General call admission requirements include those specified in the previous point and that, from the candidate’s curriculum vitae, one may validate the compliance with productivity criteria such as:

Carrying out tasks within the expected deadlines.

Carrying out tests and documentation.

Participation in project publicity actions.

Required language skills: proficiency in Portuguese and English, both written and spoken.

EVALUATION CRITERIA AND EVALUATION PANEL

The selection will be based on the following criteria:

a) Academic record; [30%]

b) Expertise in CUDA programming, provable via public code repositories (e.g., GitHub) or publications; [40 %]

c) Expertise with concurrent programming, ideally via the use of transactions in memory, provably via public code repositories (e.g., GitHub) and/or publications; [30 %]

If an interview is conducted, the classification proposed by each member of the jury is obtained by assigning a weighting factor of 80% to the curriculum vitae and other documentation presented, and a weighting factor of 20% to the interview

Candidates with an average score below 70, are not recommended for hiring

Evaluation Panel

Each member of the evaluation panel assigns a classification to each of the candidates on a scale of 0 to 100 points, ranking the candidates according to their classification consisting on the sum of the partial classifications assigned in each evaluation criterion, and considering the weighting factor given to each parameter. In this process abstentions are not allowed.

Candidates will be ordered by the successive voting method.

If the requirements mentioned above are not fulfilled, the evaluation panel may choose not to select a candidate

Minutes of the evaluation panel meeting are drawn up containing a summary of what has taken place in the meeting, as well as the votes cast by each of the members and their reasons, being available to the candidates whenever requested.

The final deliberation of the evaluation panel must be approved by Executive Board of INESC-ID.

APPLICATION | SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS

The application and supporting documents must be submitted via email to rh@inesc-id.pt.

Applications submitted elsewhere will not be considered.

The application email should clearly state the reference 2024.016.CTTRI on the subject and the supporting documents must be presented in pdf form.

Documents

1. detailed curriculum vitae
2. motivation letter
3. single copy of official academic degree certificate required in education level
4. detailed list of grades.

The candidates must indicate his / her consent so that the communications and notifications in the context of this hiring procedure can take place to the electronic address rh@inesc-id.pt.

The application and documents may be submitted in Portuguese or English, although the President of the Jury, and when a member of the Jury is a non-native Portuguese speaker, may request that, within a reasonable time, the candidate translates into English a document previously presented in Portuguese.

In the application submission, the candidates may replace the copy of official academic degree certificate, by a declaration of honor stating that they have the required academic degree.  It is mandatory for the approval and start date of the contract, that the selected candidate present a single copy of the official academic degree certificate, required in the education level.

For candidates with degrees granted by foreign higher education institutions it is mandatory to have a degree or diploma recognition according to the provisions of Decree-Law no. 66/2018 of 16th of August, (https://www.dges.gov.pt/en/pagina/degree-and-diploma-recognition) and all formalities established therein must be fulfilled, by the selected candidate, until the date of signature of the contract.

COMPLAIN AND APPEAL DEADLINES AND PROCEDURES

Candidates who submit their application incorrectly or who do not prove the requirements required in this public notice are excluded from admission. In case of doubt, the evaluation panel may demand any candidate to present documents proving those statements.

False statements by the candidates will be punished according to the law.

The admitted and excluded candidates will be notified by email of the final ranking list.

Prior Hearing and Deadline for Final Decision: After being notified, candidates have 10 working days to submit a formal rebuttal. Within the term of 30 days, counted from the deadline for the presentation of the candidacies, the final decisions of the evaluation panel are given.

This call is exclusively intended to fill the vacancy (s) indicated and may be terminated until the homologation of the final ranking list of candidates and expiring with the respective occupation of the working position on offer.

Non-discrimination and equal access policy: INESC-ID actively promotes a policy of non-discrimination and equal access, so that no candidate can be privileged, benefited, disadvantaged or deprived of any right or exemption from any duty owing, in particular, to ancestry, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, family status, economic situation, education, social origin or condition, genetic heritage, reduced working capacity, disability , chronic illness, nationality, ethnic origin or race, territory of origin, language, religion, political or ideological beliefs and trade union membership.

Under the terms of D.L. No. 29/2001, of February 3, a disabled candidate has a preference when in equal classification, which prevails over any other legal preference. Candidates must declare on the application form their respective degree of disability, the type of disability and the means of communication / expression to be used in the selection process, under the terms of the aforementioned diploma.