COFAC, Cooperativa de Formação e Animação Cultural crl/ Universidade Lusófona, hereby opens a call to recruit a Ph.D. researcher, corresponding to position 195 of the Research Career Statute, under the terms of the applicable legislation, with an Open-Ended Employment Contract, within the scope of contract program between Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, I.P. (FCT), and the above-mentioned Cooperative, supported by national funds inscribed in the budget of the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) – and carried out at the Research Unit COPELABS UI&D Cognitive and People-centric Computing.

1. Main Duties: The work to be carried out will be: i) develop advanced and international research at COPELABS, within the scope of the research lines “Telecommunications and Networking” and “Information and Data Sciences”, in particular in the areas of (a) computer networks, (b) internet of things, (c) artificial intelligence applied and control, (d) security; (e) telecommunications; ii) contribute to the promotion of the internationalization of COPELABS; iii) lead and cooperate in application processes for competitive international funding; iv.) collaborate in training activities in scientific research included in the scientific strategy of COPELABS.
2. Contractual terms:

• The position of the Ph.D. researcher is made effective using an open-ended employment contract, co-funded by FCT, under the terms of Decree-Law nº 57/2016, of 9 August, amended by Law nº 57/2017, of 19 July, and the Portuguese Labour Code;
• The tasks to be carried out in the fulfillment of this position are those considered in the scope of the Research Unit - COPELABS – UI&D Cognitive and People-centric Computing;
• The contract to be made is scheduled to begin on February, 11th 2025.
• The tasks comprehended in the object of the employment contract take place in the facilities of Campo Grande 376, in Lisbon, or in such places deemed necessary to implement the research plan;
• The gross base monthly salary to be paid is 3 230.21 Euros according to paragraph a) of n.º 1 of article 15 of Decree-Law nº 57/2016, of 9 August, amended by Law nº 57/2017, and to the first remuneration position of the initial level as laid down in article 2 of the Regulatory Decree Nº 11-A/2017, of 29 December, corresponding to position 195 of the Research Career Statute, approved by Decree law n. 124/99, of 20th April.

“COPELABS research center hosted by Lusofona University is a part of CTS/UNINOVA, which in the last assessment by FCT in 2018, was classified as EXCELLENT. Through CTS, COPELABS is an active member of the Associated Lab on Intelligent Systems, integrating 13 research centers in Portugal focused on AI research. The research proposed to be caried out is in concordance with the CTS and LASI strategy for the period 2025-2029. We aim to make substantial scientific & technological contributions to the development of a new generation of human- AI-centric, collaborative, safe, sustainable, and resilient cyber-physical systems. COPELABS/Lusofona covers a broad spectrum of expertise, which is bolstered in this proposal within the realms of AI, telecommunications, and signal processing.”

See http://copelabs.ulusofona.pt/