DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL and COMPUTER ENGINNERING and INFORMATICS  
Full Time Marie Curie Early Stage Researcher Position (ESR) in the field of   
New techniques for data storage and archiving of massive and complex amounts of 2D/3D/4D Cultural assets.  
Applications
 are invited from candidates who possess the necessary qualifications in
 order to fill one (1) full time Marie Curie Early Stage Researcher 
(ESR) Fellow Position in the Digital Heritage Research Lab of the  
Cyprus  University  of  Technology  (CUT) in  the  research  fields  of 
2D/3D/4D  Digitalization (automated methodologies for 2D and 3D data 
acquisition: photogrammetry, Laser Scanning, depth camera sensors, SfM 
etc.),  Computer Vision (Image processing, geometric invariant visual 
features, data-preprocessing/filtering,  Pattern  recognition),  
Computer  Graphics  (modeling),  Metadata enrichment for tangible and 
intangible Cultural Heritage, Big Data and Cloud Computing 
applications.  
The
 selected Marie Curie ESR will work for 19 months within the ITN-Digital
 Cultural Heritage (ITN-DCH) Marie Curie ITN Programme which, is the 
only EU funded programme bringing together fourteen  (14)  leading  
European  Institutions  as  full  partners  and  nine  (9)  other  as  
associated  partners  in  a  transnational  network,  aiming  at  
implementing  a  multidisciplinary  and  intersectorial  research  and  
training programme between the academic and the industrial partners.  
Description  
Cultural 
 Heritage  (CH)  is  an  integral  element  of  Europe  and  vital  for 
 the  creation  of  a  common European identity and one of the greatest 
assets for steering Europe’s social, economic development and job 
creation. However, the current research training activities in CH are 
fragmented and mostly designed to be of a single-discipline, failing to 
cover the whole lifecycle of Digital Cultural Heritage (DCH) research, 
which is by nature a multi-disciplinary and intersectorial research 
agenda. ITN-DCH brings for the first time worldwide top Universities, 
research centers, industries and CH stakeholders, end-users  and  
standardized  bodies  together  to  collaborate  in  order  to  train  
the  next  generation  of researchers in DCH. The project aims to 
analyze, design, research, develop and validate an innovative 
multi-disciplinary  and  intersectoral  research  training  framework  
that  covers  the  whole  lifecycle  of digital CH research for cost– 
effective preservation, documentation, protection and presentation of 
CH.  
ITN-DCH
 targets innovations that cover all aspects of CH ranging from tangible 
(books, newspapers, images,  drawings,  manuscripts,  uniforms,  maps,  
artifacts,  archaeological  sites,  monuments)  to intangible  content  
(e.g.,  music,  performing  arts,  folklore,  theatrical  performances) 
 and  their  inter-relationships. 
The
 project also aims to boost the added value of CH assets by re-using 
them in real application environments (protection of CH, education, 
tourism industry, advertising, fashion, films, music, publishing, video 
games and TV) through research on (i) new personalized, interactive, 
mixed and augmented reality enabled e- services, (ii) new 
recommendations in data acquisition, (iii) new forms of representations 
(3D/4D) of both tangible /intangible assets and (iv) interoperable 
metadata forms that allow easy data exchange and archiving. 
One ESR will be recruited by the host organization of the Cyprus University of Technology.
Position:  
One
 ESR to be recruited by the host organization of the Cyprus University 
of Technology in Limassol, Cyprus for the duration of 19 months under 
full employment contract. The fellow will work on:  
Development
 of Innovative methodologies for 2D, 3D and 4D Data capturing, including
 new metadata  interface  for  tangible  cultural  heritage  (2D/3D/4D  
forms),  New  metadata schemas  for  tangible/intangible  Cultural  
Heritage,  Innovative  and  automated methodologies for data storage and
 archiving of massive and complex amounts of 3D/4D cultural assets. 
Moreover, the fellowship will focus on the following objectives:  
-   Study and analysis of massive and complex amounts of multimedia 3D/4D data   
-   Study and analysis of data storage and archiving in multimedia digital libraries   
-  
 Development of Innovative methodologies for harvesting of massive and 
complex multimedia data sets in digital libraries taking into account 
object’s semantic signatures    
-   Development of Innovative methodologies for reuse of such complex structures from digital libraries.   
The monthly gross salary for this position will be 2650.50 Euro. There is no provision for 13th salary.  
In  addition,  the  fellow  will  be  entitled  to  mobility  allowance,  according  to  the  regulations  of  the  
program.  
The Applicant should:  
1. 
 Have  completed  at  least  a    four  or  five  year  education  
cycle  (e.g.  Diploma  in Engineering, Master’ s Degree etc) from a 
recognized university in Geomatics, Computer-/ Electrical Engineering 
Computer Science and/or Surveying Engineering with less than four  (4)  
years  of  continuous  full-time  research  experience  in  the  above  
fields,  with excellent  programming  skills  and  very  good  language 
 and  communication  /  implementation skills  
2. 
 At the time of recruitment, not have resided (or carried out his/her 
main activity e.g. work, studies, etc.) in Cyprus, for more than 12 
months in the last 3 years immediately prior to the reference 
recruitment date.  
3.  Excellent knowledge of the English language at a proficiency level (spoken and written) Career Stage  
Early 
 stage  researcher  or  0-4  years  of  experience  (Post  graduate)  
–   According  to  the  FP7-PEOPLE (Marie Curie Actions) Regulations. 
Eligibility rules for the Marie Curie fellows can be found at the 
FP7-PEOPLE 2013 Work programme:   
http://ec.europa.eu/research/mariecurieactions/documents/about-mca/actions/itn/marie-curie-actions-fellowships-people-wp-201301_en.pdf  
 
Research Profile  
First Stage Researcher (R1)   
Benefits  
-  
 Competitive salary to cover living, mobility costs, social and health 
insurance (according to the FP7-PEOPLE ITN2013 Marie Curie Actions 
Programme regulations).  
-  
 In  the  context  of  a  personal  Career  Development  Plan,  
opportunities  for  international collaboration and exchanges to 
world-class academic and industrial partners will take place.  
-   Opportunity to register for a PhD at the CUT, Limassol, Cyprus.  
-  
 Training  in  a  range  of  state-of-the-art  scientific  skills,  
intellectual  property  and  project management skills and visiting GR 
language courses.  
-   Secondment placements within the network’s partners (up to max. two months).
For 
 more  details  on  the  fellow  salary  and  other  
benefits/eligibility  criteria  please  refer  to  the  FP7-PEOPLE Marie
 Curie actions website at:  
http://ec.europa.eu/research/mariecurieactions/careers_en.htm 
 and  the  FP7-PEOPLE  ITN2013  work 
programme:http://ec.europa.eu/research/mariecurieactions/documents/about-mca/actions/itn/marie-curie-actions-fellowships-people-wp-201301_en.pdf  
 
Applicants are requested to submit the following:  
1.  Detailed Euro-Curriculum Vitae - 2 copies (https://europass.cedefop.europa.eu/en/documents/curriculum-vitae)   
2.  Motivation Letter - 2 copies  
3. 
 Official  certified  transcripts  of  grades  from  all  academic  
institutions  of  higher education  listed  in  his/her  application,  
certified  copies  of  degrees,  or/and certifications of fulfillment of
 the required obligations for entering a graduate PhD programme - 2 
copies  
4.  Official certified copies of titles in English language - 2 copies   
5.  Names of three referees who, upon request, can provide recommendation letters - 2 copies  
6.  Copies of any related research papers or other significant work by the applicant - 2 copies  
Applications 
 must  be  submitted  via  express  courier  in  a  closed  envelope  
marked  as “ Application  for  FP7-PEOPLE  Marie  Curie  ITN-DCH  
Research  Fellow  Position  (ESR)  –  Department of Electrical and 
Computer Engineering and Informatics”  at the premises of the Cyprus  
University  of  Technology,  Human  Resource  Department,  Limassol  
Savings  Co- 
operative 
 Bank  Building,  4th  Floor,  Arch.  Kyprianos  31,  CY-3036  Limassol 
 with  a  clearly visible  official  stamp  of  a  date  not  later  
than  15th  January  2016,  14:00  which  is  the deadline for the 
submission of the applications.    
Applicants
 are also requested to send their applications electronically to this 
email address marinos.ioannides@cut.ac.cy before the deadline of 15th of
 January 2016, 14:00, however, please  note  that  the  electronic  
submission  alone  will  not  be  considered  as  a  formal application 
 unless  the  printed  application  is  received  as  requested  in  
the  previous paragraph.  
For
 further information please contact Dr. Marinos Ioannides at email 
marinos.ioannides@cut.ac.cy and telephone number +357-25-002020 or visit
 the website www.itn-dch.eu  and www.itn-dch.org.  
Research Fields  
Computer  Science,  Geomatics,  Photogrammetry,  Computer  Vision,  Computer  Graphics,  Big  Data, Cloud Computing.  
Start of the fellowship: 1st February 2016  
It is noted that:  
- 
 The University adopts an equal opportunity policy at recruitment and 
the subsequent career stages and encourages both genders to submit an 
application for all levels of Academic and Administrative Staff.  
- 
 The  University  does  not  discriminate  in  any  way  on  the  basis 
 of  gender,  religion  or  belief, ethnic, national or social origin, 
age, physical ability, marital status and sexual orientation.