Postdoc/Senior Researcher Positions in Porto, Portugal

Deadline: 20 December, 2013
Open to: Applicants should have research/publication track records in either: Human – Computer Interaction, Music Information Retrieval, Music Technology, Recommender Systems, Emerging Paradigms for TV services
Salary: 17.940€ per year / 41.035€ per year

Description

The Sound and Music Computing group and Telecommunications and Multimedia Unit at INESC Porto, and the Digital Arts Group at CITAR are happy to announce 3 research openings (2 post-doc level, 1 senior researcher level) in the context of the research program “MAT – Media Arts and Technologies” in Porto, Portugal.

Applications are welcome starting immediately, with a final deadline on 20th December 2013. The position will be filled as soon as possible.

Post-doc Research Fellowships

(1) A post-doc research fellowship
To work in the Sound and Music Computing group at INESC Porto on the general topic of “Interaction with Music Information”
Duration: 12 months, extensible until 30th June 2015
Salary: 17.940€ per year (this is the *net* amount, i.e. it is not subjected to tax nor deductions)
Position enquiry: Fabien Gouyon (fgouyon@inescporto.pt)

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(2) A post-doc research fellowship
To work in the Telecommunications and Multimedia Unit at INESC Porto on the general topic of “Social TV”
Duration: 12 months, extensible until 30th June 2015
Salary: 17.940€ per year (this is the *net* amount, i.e. it is *not* subjected to tax nor deductions)
Position enquiry: Paula Viana (paula.viana@inescporto.pt)

Senior Research Contract

(3) A senior research contract
To work at the Digital Arts Group at CITAR on the general topic of “Interaction with Music Information”
Duration: 12 months, extensible until 30th June 2015
Salary: 41.035€ per year (this is the *gross* amount, i.e. it is subjected to legal taxes and deductions)
Position enquiry: Luis Gustavo Martins (lmartins@porto.ucp.pt)

Eligibility

The applicants should have a research and publication track record in either:

  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Music Information Retrieval
  • Music Technology
  • Recommender systems
  • Emerging paradigms for TV services

The successful applicants are expected to contribute to one or several of the following research lines:

  • Computational music description
  • Interactive music systems and procedural music generation
  • Natural user interfaces (NUI, TUI, NIME, …)
  • Personalized content recommendation
  • Personalized content creation/management/adaptation
  • Social, Connected, Participatory and Interactive audiovisual services

The successful applicants will integrate an international research team and will also have opportunity to collaborate on several funded
research projects, together with a number of international partners.

All three positions are full-time, fixed-term, starting as soon as possible.
Location: Porto, Portugal
Working language: English

How to Apply?

For position enquiry please direct to the responsible contact person provided above.

For more information please check INESC Porto‘s Sound and Music Computing group and Telecommunications and Multimedia Unit (link 2, link 3), and CITAR.

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