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Unique identifier: 4a3b3572-73e8-4421-b787-c526549e5ec6

1. Descrição do cargo/posição/bolsa
1. Job description

Job:
Research Grant

Job/Fellowship Reference: CMU-PT/SAI/0045/2009

Main research field: Engineering

Sub research field: Computer engineering

Job summary:

There is an open call to assign a Research Grant in the scope of the project “SENODS – Cyber-Physical Technologies for Energy Optimization in Data Centers” /Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto, FCT CMU-PT/SAI/0045/2009, financed by national funds through FCT/MCTES (PIDDAC) and co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) through COMPETE – Programa Operacional Factores de Competitividade (POFC).

Job description:

Scientific area: Computers Engineering / Informatics Engineering

Admission requirements: Master in Electronics, Computer or Telecommunications Engineering or equivalent. Proficiency in oral and written English.

Work plan:  Design and development of data routing techniques in sensor networks using virtual channels created with bandwidth reservations.

Applicable legislation and regulations: Law Nº. 40/2004, from 18th of August (Bylaws of the Scientific Research Grantee); Regulations for Advanced Training and Qualifications of Human Resources 2010 and Regulations for Grants from the University of Porto.

Work place: The work will be developed in the Electrical and Computers Engineering Department of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto, in the Distributed and Real-time Embedded Systems lab (DaRTES) under the scientific supervision of Professor Luís Miguel Pinho de Almeida.

Grant duration and working regime: The grant will be assigned for an initial period of 4 months with estimated start on the 1st of September of 2012, in exclusivity. The grant contract can possibly be renewed for a period of 6 months.

Grant monthly allowance: The amount of the grant allowance is €980 per month, according to the regulations of the grants directly assigned by FCT, I.P., for work carried out in the country (http://alfa.fct.mctes.pt/apoios/bolsas/valores).

The payment will be carried out by bank transfer.

Selection methodology: 1- Assessment of the quality of the candidate’s Curriculum Vitae; .  E Adequacy of the candidate’s experience to the project. Each criterion is evaluated on a 1 to 5 points scale, each weighting 50% of the final grade. 

Grant selection committee :

President: Luís Miguel Pinho de Almeida 
Member: Paulo José Lopes Machado Portugal    
Member: Mário Jorge Rodrigues de Sousa

Way of notifying/publicizing the results: the final assessment results will be published in a list sorted by final grade and posted in a visible place in the Electrical and Computers Engineering Department of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto, and the selected candidate will be notified by email.

Dates of call opening and closing and way of submitting applications: The call is opened between the 11th and the 25th of August of 2012. The applications must be formalized, mandatorily, by sending a letter with the following documents: Curriculum Vitae, copy of a certificate of the highest grade achieved and a motivation letter.

The applications must be sent, by email, to:

Prof. Luís Almeida (lda@fe.up.pt)





Vacant posts: 1

Type of contract: Other

Job country: Portugal

Job city: Porto

Job company/institute: Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto


Application deadline: 25 Agosto 2012
(The Application's deadline must be confirmed on the Job Description)

2. Dados de contactos da organização
2. Organization contact data

Organization/institute: Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto

Address:
Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, s/n
Porto - 4200-465
Portugal

Email: idi@fe.up.pt

Website: http://www.fe.up.pt

3. Habilitações académicas
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5. Experiência exigida em investigação
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