Job offer for postdoctoral researchers at CiTIUS

Our Research Centre, the Centro Singular de Investigación en Tecnoloxías da Información (CiTIUS), is seeking postdoctoral researchers for a period of two years.

CiTIUS is part of the Campus Vida of the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC), which has been acknowledged as one from the eight International Campuses of Excellence by the Spanish Ministries of Education, Science and Innovation and it aspires to become 1 of the top 100 best biocampuses worldwide. CiTIUS, created as one of the fundamental pieces of the research strategy of Campus Vida, undertakes almost all the research activities of USC in the area of Information Technologies.

Currently, the CiTIUS hosts 32 senior researchers, which have been selected by an external scientific advisory board, and a total of 100 researchers. Since its creation in 2011, CiTIUS researchers have published more than 100 JCR papers and participated in more than 60 R&D projects, most of them in collaboration with the industry sector. CiTIUS researchers have also promoted 3 new spin-offs and 2 other entrepreneurship initiatives are now incubating.

Researcher profile

CiTIUS research lines are organized into seven Scientific Programs. Successful candidates will work in a research project in one of the following research areas:

  1. High performance computing and cloud computing
  2. e-Health
  3. Data engineering
  4. Ambient Intelligence and Multimodal interfaces
  5. Business and web intelligence
  6. Personal robots
  7. Artificial Vision

Offer research objectives are detailed in the link of each research area.

Position details

Candidates must include in their application a motivation letter with a research proposal in one of the above mentioned areas. Applications without a research proposal or not aligned with the research lines listed will not be considered.

The postdoctoral position is for a period of two years. The contract period may be extended if successful candidates comply the Marie Curie mobility rule: not have resided or carried out their main activity in the host country (Spain) for more than 12 months in the last 3 years.

Applicants will receive a gross salary of about 2.630€ per month (31.600€ per year). The estimated date of commencement is May or June 2016.

The contract includes medical care coverage and work accident insurance through the Spanish Health Care System (Social Security), providing access to the Spanish public health care system for the candidate and his/her family.

Nr of positions available: 1

Qualifications and skills

We seek highly motivated candidates with the ability to work effectively in a team environment as well as in interdisciplinary research groups.

The applicants must have received their doctoral degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related fields.  Fluent English is essential.

For more details about the Scientific Programs research lines, publications and projects*,* see below.

Selection criteria will be scientific excellence of the candidate and the interest of the research proposal described in the motivation letter.

Application

The application must contain information of research background and work experience, including:

  1. A detailed CV, including personal contact information and list of publications
  2. A motivation letter outlining background and experience
  3. A brief research proposal in one of the above mentioned topics.

Applications must be submitted by e-mail to citius.idi@usc.es with the subject: “[POSTDOCTORAL POSITION]: Research area name"

Closing date for applications: 31.03.16 at 23h59 CEST (UCT +02:00)