A research position for one Research Grant (?Bolsa de Investigação?) is opened at Instituto de Telecomunicações, in the scope of project fORESTER - PCIF/SSI/0102/2017. This project is funded by FCT/MEC through national funds.

Scientific Area:
Information and Data Sciences

Group:
Multimedia Signal Processing ? Lx

Admission Requirements:
Research grants are intended: - for students enrolled in a degree-conferring course to carry out R&D activities with the aim to consolidate their scientific training through the development of research work leading to the attainment of the respective academic degree or completion of the course (integrated or not in R&D projects). -for students enrolled in courses that do not confer an academic degree, but which are integrated in an educational project of a higher education institution and are developed in association or cooperation with one or several R&D units.

Candidates must be enrolled in a PhD syllabus in the areas of Electrical and Computing Engineering, or equivalent, with great-motivation and ability for teamwork.

Background and/or experience in the following areas will be also valued:

(i) Proficiency in Android Development in Java;

(ii) Proficiency in the ArcGIS Runtime SDK for Android;

(iii) Deep knowledge of the ArcGIS ecosystem;

(iv) Background in designing event-driven systems.

Work Objectives:
O1. Design and development of a backend to support real-time data transfer: A backend will be developed to support real-time data transfer for an in-app messaging system. It will be scalable to support the communication between many users. A database will be designed to store the messages as well as attachments included by users and geographical data such as Points, Lines and Polygons shared between them.

O2. Development of a new version of the mobile client application: A new version of the mobile client application will be developed that features a new and improved User Interface (UI), integration of new functionalities and an improved app architecture.

O2.1. Development and integration of an In-app messaging system: An in-app messaging system will be developed and integrated in the mobile client application for users to communicate in real-time, allowing them to share geographical data, images and documents. It will enable to choose the recipient of messages to be single users or groups of multiple users. This feature will have a significant impact in supporting communication in the field between firefighters.

O2.2. Integration of real-time data in the mobile client application: The mobile client application will be prepared to share real-time data of alerts and location data, allowing users to improve their situational awareness of the surrounding users in their area.

O2.3. Development and integration of a fire georeferencing module in the mobile client application: A new fire georeferencing module will be developed and integrated in the mobile client application to allow users to leverage their smartphone sensors for accurately georeference a fire spot. The use of crowdsourcing and citizen science in this functionality will be explored to involve citizen participation into improving the early warning system.

O3. Testing and validation of the system developed: A pilot demonstration will be conducted in a controlled environment to test the new developed features.

Applicable legislation:
A fellowship will be celebrated according to the regulations defined by FCT, ?Regulation of Instituto de Telecomunicações? fellowships? and ?Estatuto do Bolseiro de Investigação?, according to Law no. 123/2019, dated August 28 (Status of Scientific Research Fellow), in its actual redaction, and also by Fundação para Ciência e Tecnologia, I.P. Fellowship Regulation of Fundação para Ciência e Tecnologia. For direct access to the FCT RBI go to the following link https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/regulamento.phtml.pt (Reg. 950/2019, published in the DR of 16 December).

Place of work:
The work will be developed at the premises of Instituto de Telecomunicações at Instituto Superior Técnico - Lisbon, under the supervision of Professor Henrique Oliveira.

Duration:
3 months, with the possibility of renewal. Start date: September 1st, 2021 or soon thereafter.

Monthly salary:
1104,64? according to the table of grant amounts awarded directly by FCT for positions held in Portugal (www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/valores ). The payment will be made by bank transfer.

Selection criteria:

• C1 (40%)
  Curriculum vitae/Academic evaluation
  
• C2 (40%)
  Suitability of the candidates? profile to the project based on admission requirements and relevant work experience in the tasks described in the work plan


• C3 (20%)
  Interview of the candidate
  

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 40% + C2 x 40% + C3 x 20%

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.

Jury:

• Prof. Henrique José Monteiro Oliveira, Instituto Politécnico de Beja (President of the jury)


• Prof. Luis Bica Oliveira, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia / Universidade Nova de Lisboa


• Prof. Paulo Luis Serras Lobato Correia, Instituto Superior Técnico


• Prof. João Goes, (Substitute)

Communication of the results:
Results will be published at the Instituto de Telecomunicações - IST. The selected candidate will be notified by email.

Required Documents:
Motivation letter explaining the interest in the position, Detailed Curriculum Vitae with transcripts, degree certificate, and proof of enrollment in a higher education course. Apply online clicking on the ?Apply Now? button in this form.
After the notification of the results, candidates have 10 working days if they wish to contest the decision.
E-mail submissions will not be considered. (The cover letter and the CV are mandatory documents in the online application platform)
All the selection process is conducted through the IT web portal. No actions outside this platform are valid.

Application Period:
02-08-2021 to 13-08-2021

Assistance:
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Published on:
30-07-2021