INESC-ID Public Notice Number UIDP/50021/2020-AIPS

NOTICE OF OPENING OF AN INTERNATIONAL CALL FOR THE RECRUITMENT OF A DOCTORATE UNDER DECREE-LAW No. 57/2016, OF AUGUST 29, WITH THE AMENDMENTS INTRODUCED BY LAW 57/2017, OF 19 JULY AND COMPLEMENTARY LEGISLATION

INESC-ID Public Notice Number UIDP/50021/2020-AIPS

1. At the meeting held at November 15 of 2022 the Executive Board of INESC-ID – Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores INESC-ID made the decision to open an international selection call for one doctorate position in the scope of the project UIDP/50021/2020 funded by FCT, in the form of an employment contract under an uncertain term work contract – in the framework of abovementioned legislation being the basis of the contracting the performance of a specific service, precisely defined and non-durable, with a view to performing the following functions:

To develop a comprehensive model of user experience, that supports automation of testing of user experience properties. The model will be published in a high ranked journal. This work will support the development of computational tools to test user experience based on models of emotion and cognitive load.

An additional function is to support the definition and implementation of two user-studies that evaluate the quality, including human-factors, of the computational tools developed.

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.

2. Applicable law

Decree-Law No. 57/2016, of August 29, the regulations for hiring doctorates to stimulate scientific and technological employment in all areas of knowledge (RJEC), with the amendments introduced by Law No. 57 / 2017, dated July 19, also taking into account the provisions of Regulatory Decree No. 11-A / 2017, of December 29.

“Código do Trabalho” (Labor Code), approved by Law No. 7/2009, of February 12, in its current wording.

3. In compliance with article 13 of RJEC, the jury of the call is composed as follows:

4. The workplace shall be at INESC ID Headquarters Rua Alves Redol, 9, 1000-029 Lisboa or at any other facilities namely in INESC-ID Energia IST - Departamento de Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores, Área de Energia, Av. Rovisco Pais 1049-001 Lisboa or in INESC-ID - Taguspark Avenida Professor Cavaco Silva, Edifício IST 2744-016 Porto Salvo, in accordance with the requirements and needs of research projects.

5. In compliance with Portaria nº 1553-c/2008 of 31 of December 2008 the monthly remuneration corresponds to level 38 of the single remuneration table (TRU) in force, which corresponds to a monthly remuneration of 2 414,50€ subject to the legally applicable discounts.

6. Any national, foreign and stateless candidate(s) holding a doctorate degree and relevant experience in Social Psychology, Cognitive Science, User Experience and Human Factors may submit an application.

In case of doctorate degrees awarded by a foreign higher education institution, the degree must comply with the provisions of Decree-Law no. 66/2018 of 16^th of August, and by the Normative Order nº 33/2019, of January 25^th, changed by the Normative Order nº 43/2020, of February 14^th, and all formalities established therein must be fulfilled, by the selected candidate, until the date of signature of the contract.

7. 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:

1. PhD with at least 5 years of experience
2. Track record with publications and experience in research projects involving social, emotional and cognitive models of human behaviour and human computer studies, including interaction with autonomous and intelligent systems.

Applicants must be enthusiastic, proactive, collaborative and able to work individually and as a team, and with various levels of internal organization.

The candidate should have good proficiency in English (both written and spoken).

8. The evaluation of the scientific and curricular path focuses on relevance, quality and timeliness in the scientific area of

the call:

1. 70%) Academic record of the candidate (including performance in related courses, publication record and past experience in research projects) with respect to the goals of the tasks in the project;
2. (20%) Personal references;
3. (10%) English language level.

9. The period of five years referred to in point 7, may be increased by the jury, at the request of the candidate, when justified on grounds of suspension of scientific activity for socially protected reasons, namely for reasons of parental leave, prolonged serious illness, and other situations of unavailability for work legally protected.

10. The evaluation of the scientific and curricular career has two components, namely:

1. The assessment of the curriculum vitae and other documentation presented is made in according to point 8 of this notice. This component of the evaluation is expressed in a scale of 0 to 100.
2. The Juri may interview the first three candidates with higher classification in person or in the impossibility of attending by video conference.

If an interview is conducted, the punctuation proposed by each member of the jury is obtained by assigning a weighting factor of 90% to the curriculum vitae and other documentation presented, and a weighting factor of 10% to the interview.

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

12. Candidates shall be ordered by applying the successive voting method.

13. The jury has the faculty not to select a candidate in case the requirements mentioned in points 6 and 7 are not fulfilled.

14. Minutes of the jury meeting are drawn up, which contain 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.

15. The final deliberation of the jury is approved by the President of INESC-ID, and it is his responsibility to establish the respective contract.

16. Formalisation of applications

16.1 Applications are made by sending an email to rh@inesc-id.pt, with the documents stated in 16.2 and 16.3.

16.2 Applications are formalised by sending a Motivation Letter, addressed to the Board of INESC ID, including this announcement identification, full name, parents’ names, ID card / passport number and expiration date, taxpayer ID number, date and place of birth, marital status, occupation, residence and contact address, including email address and telephone.

16.3 Applications shall include all supported documents encompassed by point 6 and 7 for call admission, namely:

1. Copy of certificate or diploma;
2. Detailed curriculum vitae, structured in accordance with the items in point 8.

* The administrative verification of the recognition of doctoral degrees obtained abroad will be fulfilled for the purpose of contracting, in case of approval of the candidatures.

17. This call is open from November 17 to 30 of 2022.

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

19. The false statements made by the candidates will be punished according to the law.

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

21. 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 jury are given.

22. 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.

23. 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.

24. 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.

25. The selection panel approved this announcement on November 8 of 2022.