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Important note: This is a summarized English version of the full original announcement written in Portuguese, provided for the convenience of non-Portuguese speakers. Only the full Portuguese version has official value for the evaluation and selection process.

1. By order issued by the Director General of Instituto de Telecomunicações on May 17, 2023, it was approved to open an international call to select one researcher with a PhD. degree in in Computer Science or Electrical and Computer Engineering, in the scope of the project Route 25, with reference n. C645463824-00000063, funded by the European Union/Next Generation, under the scope of an indefinite term working contract.

Job description:

The selected candidate will participate in the work areas of Digital Experience and Adaptive Connectivity for Cooperative Mobility, Connected Infrastructures for Resilient and Inclusive Cities, Scientific and Technological Training , Communication and Dissemination and Project coordination. Technically, the researcher will be responsible to: - evaluate AI architectures for online learning in mobile networks; - design of binary neural network architectures supporting adaptive protocols for mobile networks; - design of online and accurate neural classifiers and predictors for mobile wireless access to edge computing.

2. Applicable Legislation:

• Decree-Law no. 57/2016 of 29th of August, which approved the hiring of doctorate to stimulate scientific and technological employment for all areas of knowledge (RJEC), amended by the Law 57/2017 dated 19th of July, and regulated by Regulatory Decree nr 11-A/2017, dated 29th December
• Labour Code approved by Law no. 7/2009 of 12 February, under its current Reading.

3. According to article 13 of RJEC, the selection panel shall be:

• Prof. Ana Cristina Costa Aguiar, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (President of the jury)
• Prof. Cumhur Ozan Cetinaslan, Instituto de Telecomunicações Lisboa
• Prof. Rui Pedro de Magalhaes Claro Prior, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto
• Prof. Sérgio Armindo Lopes Crisóstomo, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto (Substitute)

4. The workplace shall be at Instituto de Telecomunicações (Delegação do Porto, Universidade do Porto - Faculdade de Engenharia, Departamento de Engenharia Eletrotécnica e de Computadores, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, s/n, 4200-465 Porto), or at any other facilities of Instituto de Telecomunicações namely in Aveiro, Coimbra, Lisboa, Covilhã, Leiria, in accordance with the requirements and needs of research projects.

5. The salary can from 3 077.94€ (TRU49) to 3 292.68€ (TRU53), depending on the selected candidate experience. Monthly remuneration is set by article 23 (3) of RJEC, corresponding to level 49 to level 53 of the Salary Table, approved by Order no. 1553-C/2008 of December 31st.

6. Any national, foreign and stateless candidate(s) holding a doctorate degree in Computer Science or Electrical and Computer Engineering or other related scientific area and a suitable scientific and professional curriculum may submit an application.

7. General tender admission requirements include those specified in the previous section and compliance with the productivity criteria in force at Instituto de Telecomunicações, (https://www.it.pt/docs/Política_de_Qualidade_2020_(V20.2)_-_Publicado.pdf), that must be verifiable from the candidate’s curriculum vitae.

8. According to article 5 of RJEC, selection is to be made based on the candidate’s scientific and curricular evaluation.

9. Scientific and curricular career evaluation is based on relevance, quality and up-to-dateness:

1. of scientific, technological production in the last five years, deemed most relevant by the candidate;
2. of research activities, applied or based on practical work, developed in the last five years, deemed most impactful by the candidate;
3. of knowledge extension and dissemination activities developed in the last five years, namely under the scope of the promotion of culture and scientific practices, deemed most relevant by the candidate;
4. of the activities of management of science, technology and innovation programmes, in Portugal or abroad.

10. The five-year period mentioned above may be extended by the panel, if requested by the candidate, whenever the suspension of scientific activities is justified on socially protected grounds like paternity leave, long-term serious illness, and other legal situations of unavailability to work.

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

i) The assessment of the curriculum vitae and other documentation presented, giving particular relevance to the contributions considered most relevant by the candidate in the last 5 years. This component of the evaluation is expressed in a scale of 0 to 20, taking into consideration:

• Scientific production of the candidate, namely articles in peer-reviewed journals (referred in Journal Ci-tation Report do ISI Web of Knowledge) and proceedings of international conferences. The jury will assess the scientific production taking into consideration the quality of the submitted items and their rele-vance to the field of the present call;
• Knowledge of the themes, the scientific and technical expertise to carry out the functions described in point 1, namely:
  Holding a doctorate degree in Computer Science or Electrical and Computer Engineering; Scientific leadership ability; Experience in mentorship PhD and MsC students; Member of IEEE; Excellent communication skills with fluency in English; Must have background: - distributed systems; - AI methods; - Computer architectures. In case of doctorate degrees awarded by a foreign higher education institution, the degree must comply with the provisions of Decree-Law no. 341/2007 of 12th of October, and all formalities established therein must be fulfilled, by the selected candidate, until the date of signature of the contract.

ii) Candidates with a classification of 14 or higher in the previous component shall make a public presentation of the results of their scientific activity and future perspectives. Following, members of the evaluation panel shall stimulate an open debate with the candidate. The evaluation of the presentation is expressed in a scale of 0 to 20 and should take into account the scientific knowledge and the capacity of communication demonstrated by the candidate, as well as the answers to the questions placed by the mem-bers of the evaluation panel.

Each panel member score is obtained by attributing a weighing factor to the following classifications:

• C1 (90%)
  Quality of the candidate's Curriculum Vitae considering the proximity of the scientific areas in which was developed work previously, as well as the existence of publications in international conferences with peer review, with preference for those of the IEEE. Suitability of the candidates’ profile to the project.
• C2 (10%)
  Interview

Candidates may be interviewed for clarification of any aspect related to the above criteria

Each criteria, and the final classification F will be evaluated in a scale (0-20). The candidates will be ordered according to:

F = C1 x 90% + C2 x 10%

In case of a tie, the tied candidates will be ordered according to C1, then C2...

The Jury has the right to not admit any of the candidates that applied for this position whenever they consider that no candidate meets the minimum requirements for the position.

12. The candidates’ final classification system shall be given based on a numerical scale from 0 to 20.

13. The panel shall deliberate by means of roll-call vote justified under adopted and disclosed selection criteria, with no abstentions allowed.

14. Minutes of panel meetings shall be written and shall include a summary of all occurrences, all votes casted by the members and respective reasoning, and shall be provided to candidates whenever required.

15. After applying the selection criteria, the panel will prepare a sorted list of approved candidates with their classification. The panel has the right of not selecting any of the candidates.

16. The panel’s final decision shall be validated by the leader of the institution, who is also in charge of deciding about hiring.

17. Formalisation of applications:

17.1. Applications are formalised by sending a Motivation Letter, addressed to the Board of Instituto de Telecomunicações, including this announcement identification, full name, parents’ names, ID card / Citizen Card number and date or passport number and date, or civil identification number, taxpayer ID number, date and place of birth, marital status, occupation, residence and contact address, including email address and telephone number.
17.2. Applications shall include all supported documents encompassed by section 6 and 7 for tender admission, namely:
17.2.1. Certificate or diploma copy*;
17.2.2. Doctorate thesis;
17.2.3. Curriculum vitae, detailed and structured pursuant to sections 9 and 11;
*- 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. Further information at https://www.dges.gov.pt);
All the selection process is conducted through the IT web portal. No actions outside this platform are valid.

17.3 Candidates shall submit their application files and supporting documentation on-line through the IT Job Applications Portal, following the "Apply now" link in this webpage or at the link https://www.it.pt/Positions/PostDoc/727. The submission period opens on May 19 until June 16, 2023.

18. All candidates who formalize their applications in an improper way or fail to prove the requirements imposed by this tender are excluded from admission. In case of doubt, the panel is entitled to request any candidate to present further documentation supporting their statements.

19. False statements provided by the candidates shall be punished by law.

20 Both admitted and excluded candidate list and final classification list shall be posted at Instituto de Telecomunicações – Delegação do Porto, Universidade do Porto - Faculdade de Engenharia, Departamento de Engenharia Eletrotécnica e de Computadores, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, s/n, 4200-465 Porto, all candidates shall be notified by email.
After the notification of the results, candidates have 10 working days if they wish to contest the decision.

21. Preliminary Hearing and Final Decision Deadline: After notified, all candidates have 10 calendar days to respond. Panel’s final decisions are pronounced within a period of 90 days, from application deadline.

22. This tender is exclusively destined to fill this specific vacancy and can be terminated at any time up to the approval of the final candidate list. It expires with the occupation of said vacancy.

23. Instituto de Telecomunicações actively promotes a non-discrimination and equal access policy.

24. The selection panel approved this announcement on May 08, 2023