Inesc Tec Is Accepting Applications To Award 1 Research Grant For Degree Holders

Organisation/Company INESC TEC Research Field Computer science » Programming Computer science » Modelling tools Researcher Profile First Stage Researcher (R1) Application Deadline 11 Nov ***:59 (UTC) Country Portugal Type of Contract Temporary Job Status Full-time Hours Per Week 36 Offer Starting Date 1 Dec Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Reference Number AE* Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No INESC TEC is now accepting grant applications to award 1 Research Grant (BI) within the scope of the project PTX, with reference * (NORTE-FEDER-**) Co-funded by ERDF
- European Regional Development Fund through the NORTE *
* Regional Program under the scope of Portugal *. GRANT DESCRIPTION Type of grant: Research Grant (BI) General scientific area: COMPUTER SCIENCE Scientific subarea: Programming,Modelling tools Grant duration: 3 months, starting on ** , with the possibility of being renewed until the end of the project. Workplace: INESC TEC, Porto, Portugal Maintenance stipend: *, according to the table of monthly maintenance stipend for FCT grants ( ), paid via bank transfer. Grant holders may be awarded potential supplements, according to a quarterly evaluation process (Articles 19, 21 and 22 of the Regulations for Grants of INESC TEC and Annex II), up to a maximum limit of 50 of the monthly maintenance stipend. The grant holder will benefit from health insurance, supported by INESC TEC. 2. OBJECTIVES: Development of an Embodied Conversational Agent (ECA) in the context of Personal Training. 3. BRIEF PRESENTATION OF THE WORK PROGRAMME AND TRAINING: Study of the domain.; Pre-processing of video streams.; Development of algorithms in Python. 4. REQUIRED PROFILE: Admission

requirements:
Degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or a related field. The awarding of the fellowship is dependent on the applicants' enrolment in study cycle or non-award courses of Higher Education Institutions. Preference factors:
Experience participating in development projects; Experience in Machine Learning and Data Mining; Knowledge of Portuguese is relevant. Minimum

requirements:

Final undergraduate degree grade of 15 or higher; Fluency in English (spoken and written). 5. EVALUATION OF APPLICATIONS AND SELECTION PROCESS: Selection criteria and corresponding valuation: the first phase comprises the Academic Evaluation (AC), based on the criteria referred to in Article 12 of the Regulations for Grants of INESC TEC, while the second phase comprehends the Individual Interview (EI). All factors are evaluated on a scale of 0 to 100, taking into account the applicants' merit, suitability and conformity with the preference factors. The weight of the AC factors are as follows: Academic Qualifications (FA, 50), Scientific Publications (PC, 10), Experience (EX, 10) and Motivation Letter (CM, 30). Candidates who score less than 50 points in the AC average will be considered excluded on absolute merit. The top five candidates approved on absolute merit will be qualified for the individual interview. The Final Grade (CF) is obtained by the weighted average of AC (70) and EI (30). DISABILITY INCENTIVE
Candidates who present a degree of disability equal to or greater than 90% will benefit from an incentive (20) in the score of the CV Assessment. Candidates who present a degree of disability equal to or greater than 60% and less than 90% will also benefit from an incentive (10) in the score of the CV Assessment. Said score may, in these cases, exceed 100 points. Candidates must demonstrate the degree of disability during the application, namely through the submission of the Multi-Purpose Medical Certificate of Disability, issued in accordance with Decree-Law no. **, of October 23
- currently in effect. The Selection Jury is composed of the following members: President of the Jury: Ricardo Teixeira Sousa Full member: Ana Rita Nogueira Full member: Alípio Jorge Substitute member: João Mendes Moreira Release of results and prior hearing: the results of the selection process, as well as the terms and procedures for prior hearing, will be released to the applicants by email, under the terms referred to in Article 13 of the Regulations for Studentships and Fellowships of INESC TEC. 7. BINDING LEGISLATION AND REGULATION The hiring process shall comply with the current legislation regarding the Research Grant Holder Statute, approved by Law no. * of August 18, in its current wording, as well as by the Regulations for Grants of INESC TEC and for Grants Regulation in force. For more information, please check the Regulations for Grants of INESC TEC and relevant annexes at Academic

qualifications:
Degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or a related field. Minimum profile:
- Final undergraduate degree grade of 15 or higher;,
- Fluency in English (spoken and writt