Full Time Marie Curie Early Stage Researcher Position at Cyprus University of Technology

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.