Job description:
Public notice for research grant
EPEEC
H2020-MG-2016-2017 - 801051
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 BSc degree with reference number BI|2021/126 is now available under the scope of project EPEEC (H2020-MG-2016-2017 – 801051) funded by European commission and under the following conditions:
2 | DURATION
7 months, starting in March 2021
- Renewable, if the candidate is enrolled in a MSc program - art. 6º, n.4 b)
(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 – 2 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:
1. 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
https://dre.pt/web/guest/legislacao-consolidada/-/lc/124281176/201912061112/73740605/diploma/indice?lcq=estatuto+do+bolseiro,
2. Regulations for Research Grants of the Foundation for Science and Technology in force (https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/docs/RegulamentoBolsasFCT2019.pdf )
3. 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 | MONTLY AMOUNT
The monthly amount of the grant 805,98 € 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_2020.pdf) and shall be rendered through a monthly bank transfer to an account held by the grantee
5 | OBJECTIVES/WORKPLAN
This grant is offered in the context of the European project EPEEC, "European joint Effort toward a Highly Productive Programming Environment for Heterogeneous". The main general objective of EPEEC is to develop and deploy a well-integrated, comprehensive parallel programming environment targeting exascale systems that turns next-generation supercomputers into manageable platforms for domain application developers.
One important component of this project is the development of weakly consistent collectives that achieve better performance by relaxing some of the semantics of these primitives. The goal of this work is to develop a collective for the GASPI platform, based on allreduce, geared towards machine learning computations, and that allows us to explore the design space of state of the art machine learning techniques, including but not limited to the use of a parameter server, and bounded staleness processing. This collective will then be applied, in a first step, to a drug discovery application that uses BPMF, and, time permitting, to deep learning.
6 | SCIENTIFIC SUPERVISION
The activity will be supervised by Rodrigo Seromenho Miragaia Rodrigues, Full Professor at IST and Researcher at INESC-ID.
INESC ID will integrate the grantee in the research team of the scientific advisor
7 | ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
The candidates should have an BSc in Computer Science and Engineering, or related areas.
By the grant start date, the candidate must be enrolled in
a) a MSc programme – art. 6º, n.1
(https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/docs/RegulamentoBolsasFCT2019.pdf)
or
b) 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 strong knowledge of parallel programming, namely OpenMP and MPI.
The candidates should have strong language skills, especially proficiency of the Portuguese and English languages.
8 | EVALUATION CRITERIA AND COMMITEE
The selection will be according to the following criteria:
I. 50% BSc grade
II. 50% proficiency in parallel programming
The jury may also decide not to assign the scholarship, if none of candidates meets the required conditions
|
Jury
|
name
|
Professional Status
|
Institutions
|
|
|
President
|
João Pedro Faria Mendonça Barreto
|
Assistant Professor
|
INESC ID | Tecnico ULisboa
|
|
member
|
Rodrigo Seromenho Miragaia Rodrigues
|
Full Professor
|
INESC ID | Tecnico ULisboa
|
|
member
|
José Carlos Alves Pereira Monteiro
|
Full Professor
|
INESC ID | Tecnico ULisboa
|
|
Substitute member
|
Luis Jorge Brás Monteiro Guerra e Silva
|
Assistant Professor
|
INESC ID | Tecnico ULisboa
|
|
Substitute member
|
Luis Miguel Teixeira D Avila Pinto da Silveira
|
Full Professor
|
INESC ID | Tecnico ULisboa
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
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 this document 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 this document 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 here
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2
|
Detailed list of grades (pdf form);
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3
|
Proof of enrolment required on 7 a) or 7 b) (pdf form);
|
|
|
|
In the application submission, the candidates may replace this document 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)
|
|
|
|
|
|
4
|
Detailed curriculum vitae (pdf form);
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5
|
Motivation letter explaining the interest in the position (pdf form);
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6
|
Name of two personal references (pdf form).
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Application Dates
|
|
From
|
|
To
|
|
|
11-02-2021
|
|
25-02-2021
|
|