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
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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
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Competitive salary to cover living, mobility costs, social and health
insurance (according to the FP7-PEOPLE ITN2013 Marie Curie Actions
Programme regulations).
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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.
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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:
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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.
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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.
