ONE research grant for candidates with master degree with reference number BI| 2021/198 is now available under the scope of project SLICE – PTDC/CCI-COM/30787/2017, funded by FUNDAÇÃO PARA A CIÊNCIA E A TECNOLOGIA IP
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ORGANISATION/COMPANYINESC ID
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RESEARCH FIELDEngineering
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RESEARCHER PROFILEFirst Stage Researcher (R1)
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APPLICATION DEADLINE30/11/2021 23:00 - Europe/London
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LOCATIONPortugal › Lisboa
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TYPE OF CONTRACTOther
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JOB STATUSOther
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REFERENCE NUMBERSLICE – PTDC/CCI-COM/30787/2017 - BI| 2021/198
OFFER DESCRIPTION
Public notice for research grant
SLICE – PTDC/CCI-COM/30787/2017
INESC-ID - Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores, Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa is a R&D institute dedicated to advanced research and development in the fields of Information Technologies, Electronics, Communications, and Energy. INESC-ID has participated in more than 50 research projects funded by the European Union and more than 190 funded by national entities. Until today, our researchers have published more than 700 papers in international journal papers, more than 3000 papers in international conferences, and have registered 15 patents and/or brands.
1 | RESEARCH GRANT TYPE
ONE research grant for candidates with master degree with reference number BI| 2021/198 is now available under the scope of project SLICE – PTDC/CCI-COM/30787/2017, funded by Fundação para a ciência e a tecnologia IP, and under the following conditions:
2 | DURATION
6 months, starting in January 2022
- Renewable, if the candidate is enrolled in a PhD program - art. 6º, n.4 c)
(https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/docs/RegulamentoBolsasFCT2019.pdf)
subject to suitable performance within the period of the project, not exceeding the maximum period set by FCT for such grants – 4 years (included contract renewals)
- Renewable, if the candidate is enrolled in a non-degree programme – art. 6º, n. 4 a)
(https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/docs/RegulamentoBolsasFCT2019.pdf )
subject to suitable performance within the period of the project, not exceeding the maximum period set by FCT for such grants – 1 year (included contract renewals)
3 | LEGISLATION
A fellowship contract will be celebrated according to:
- Law 40/2004 of 18th of August (Scientific Research Fellow Status) and its successive amendments, including the amendments introduced by the Decree Law n. 123/2019 of 28 th of August
- Regulations for Research Grants of the Foundation for Science and Technology in force (https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/docs/RegulamentoBolsasFCT2019.pdf )
- INESC-ID Lisboa Grant Regulations
https://www.inesc-id.pt/scholarship-regulations/
The fellowship contract is awarded on an exclusive dedication basis – art. 5 of Scientific Research Fellow Status and art. 16 of Regulations for Research Grants of the Foundation for Science and Technology.
4 | MONTHLY AMOUNT
The monthly amount of the grant 1104.64€ is in accordance with the values stipulated in the “Regulations for Research Grants of the Foundation for Science and Technology” in force (https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/docs/Tabela_Valores_SMM_LOE_2021.pdf ) and shall be rendered through a monthly bank transfer to an account held by the grantee.
5 | OBJECTIVES/WORKPLAN
The candidate will work on the project SLICE, which aims to develop and validate an authoring-friendly framework for the creation of transparent social intelligent agents capable of being deployed as virtual characters in training simulations or games or used to drive the behaviour of social robots. This framework joins two until now disparate areas of artificial intelligence research, namely, social agent architectures and machine learning. In particular, the candidate will work on the implementation in the agent framework FAtiMA of an authoring pipeline that allows agent creation by automatic interpretation and machine comprehension of narrative.
6 | SCIENTIFIC SUPERVISION
The activity will be supervised by Pedro Alexandre Simões dos Santos , researcher at INESC-ID and Assistant Professor at Instituto Superior Técnico.
INESC ID will integrate the grantee in the research team of the scientific advisor
7 | ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
The candidates should have an Master Degree in Computer Science or related area .
By the grant start date, the candidate must be enrolled in
- a PhD programme – art. 6º, n.1
(https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/docs/RegulamentoBolsasFCT2019.pdf)
or
- a non-degree programme – art. 6º, n. 2
(https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/docs/RegulamentoBolsasFCT2019.pdf )
Preferential factors:
preference will be given to candidates who have practical experience in Machine Learning techniques, Natural Language processing, the OCC Model of emotions, FAtiMA-Toolkit, and integrating/using Predpatt, Framenet, ConceptNet, Wordnet, Comme il Faut, Allen NLP, Word2Vec, Spacy, GPT-2 and the Atomic Dataset.
8 | EVALUATION CRITERIA AND COMMITEE
The selection will be according to the following criteria:
1- Academic Record, including proof of knowledge and experience with the above mentioned technologies: 80%
2- Personal References: 20%
The jury may also decide not to assign the scholarship, if none of candidates meets the required conditions
Jury
Name
Professional Status
Institutions
President
Pedro Alexandre Simões dos Santos
Assistant Professor
INESC ID - Tecnico
Member
João Miguel de Sousa de Assis Dias
Assistant Professor
INESC ID - UALG
Member
Joana Carvalho Filipe de Campos
Researcher
INESC ID
Substitute member
Rui Filipe Fernandes Prada
Associate Professor
INESC ID - Tecnico
Substitute member
Manuel Fernando Cabido Peres Lopes
Associate Professor
INESC ID - Tecnico
9 | COMPLAIN AND APPEAL DEADLINES AND PROCEDURES
The jury has the faculty not to select a candidate who does not prove the requirements mentioned in required education Level and research experience
The admitted and excluded candidates will be notified by email of the final ranking list, including the copy of the Preliminary Report of the jury.
Prior Hearing and Deadline for Final Decision: After being notified, candidates have 10 working days to submit, if applicable, a formal rebuttal.
After that period, the jury notifies the candidates of the Final Report.
Excluded applicants may complain about the jury's final report for 15 working days after notification or appeal the jury's decision to the INESC ID Board of Directors for 30 working days after notification.
According to the Portuguese Law, a disabled candidate has a preference when in equal classification, which prevails over any other legal preference. Candidates must declare their respective degree of disability, the type of disability and the means of communication / expression to be used in the selection process, under the law.
10 | FORMALISATION OF APPLICATIONS
Applications are formalised by sending an email to rh@inesc-id.pt with the documents stated bellow and in pdf form.
The application email should clearly state the reference of the research grant and project.
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Single copy of official academic degree certificate in the required education level
a) In the application submission, the candidates from portuguese education institutions may replace the copy of official academic degree certificate by a declaration of honour stating that they have the required academic degree.
- It is mandatory for the approval of the fellowship contract that the selected candidate presents a single copy of the official academic degree certificate, required in education level
b) In the application submission, the candidates from foreigner education institutions may replace the copy of official academic degree certificate by a declaration of honour stating that they have the required academic degree.
- It is mandatory for the approval of the fellowship contract that the selected candidate presents a single copy of the official diploma recognition, required in education level
- For more information about diploma recognition:
https://www.dges.gov.pt/en/pagina/degree-and-diploma-recognition
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Detailed list of grades (pdf form);
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Proof of enrolment required on 7 a) or 7 b) (pdf form);
In the application submission, the candidates may replace the proof of enrolment by a declaration of honour stating that they are/will be enrolled required in 7 a) or 7 b)
- It is mandatory for the approval of the fellowship contract that the selected candidate presents an official copy of the enrolment, required in 7 a) or 7 b)
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Detailed curriculum vitae (pdf form);
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Motivation letter explaining the interest in the position (pdf form);
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Name of two personal references (pdf form).
Application Dates
From
To
13-09-2021
30-11-2021
More Information
Benefits
The monthly amount of the grant 1104.64€ is in accordance with the values stipulated in the “Regulations for Research Grants of the Foundation for Science and Technology” in force (https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/docs/Tabela_Valores_SMM_LOE_2021.pdf ) and shall be rendered through a monthly bank transfer to an account held by the grantee.
Eligibility criteria
The candidates should have an Master Degree in Computer Science or related area .
By the grant start date, the candidate must be enrolled in
- a PhD programme – art. 6º, n.1
(https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/docs/RegulamentoBolsasFCT2019.pdf)
or
- a non-degree programme – art. 6º, n. 2
(https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/docs/RegulamentoBolsasFCT2019.pdf )
Preferential factors:
preference will be given to candidates who have practical experience in Machine Learning techniques, Natural Language processing, the OCC Model of emotions, FAtiMA-Toolkit, and integrating/using Predpatt, Framenet, ConceptNet, Wordnet, Comme il Faut, Allen NLP, Word2Vec, Spacy, GPT-2 and the Atomic Dataset.
Selection process
The selection will be according to the following criteria:
1- Academic Record, including proof of knowledge and experience with the above mentioned technologies: 80%
2- Personal References: 20%
The jury may also decide not to assign the scholarship, if none of candidates meets the required conditions
Additional comments
Offer Requirements
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REQUIRED EDUCATION LEVELEngineering: Master Degree or equivalent
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REQUIRED LANGUAGESENGLISH: Good
Skills/Qualifications
The candidates should have an Master Degree in Computer Science or related area .
By the grant start date, the candidate must be enrolled in
- a PhD programme – art. 6º, n.1
(https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/docs/RegulamentoBolsasFCT2019.pdf)
or
- a non-degree programme – art. 6º, n. 2
(https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/docs/RegulamentoBolsasFCT2019.pdf )
Specific Requirements
Preferential factors:
preference will be given to candidates who have practical experience in Machine Learning techniques, Natural Language processing, the OCC Model of emotions, FAtiMA-Toolkit, and integrating/using Predpatt, Framenet, ConceptNet, Wordnet, Comme il Faut, Allen NLP, Word2Vec, Spacy, GPT-2 and the Atomic Dataset.
EURAXESS offer ID: 681714
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a) In the application submission, the candidates from portuguese education institutions may replace the official academic degree certificate by a declaration of honour stating that they have the required academic degree.
- It is mandatory for the approval of the fellowship contract that the selected candidate presents a single copy of the official academic degree certificate, required in education level
b) In the application submission, the candidates from foreigner education institutions may replace the official academic degree certificate by a declaration of honour stating that they have the required academic degree.
- It is mandatory for the approval of the fellowship contract that the selected candidate presents a single copy of the official diploma recognition, required in education level
- For more information about diploma recognition please press https://www.dges.gov.pt/en/pagina/degree-and-diploma-recognition