Job summary

One Research Fellowship for MSc student is opened under the scope of the project GOLEM - Automated Programming to Revolutionize App Development (Lisboa-01-0247-Feder-045917), funded by FEDER, POR Lisboa 2020, ANI - Agência Nacional de Inovação and Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., under the following conditions: 

1.       Main research field: Computer Science

2.       Admission Requirements:  The candidates should have a BSc in Computer Science and Engineering or Similar.

3.       Work Objectives: The work plan of this scholarship consists in extending a template language for low-code domain-specific language that captures the core components of a small set of programming operations. A particular challenge is to define a way of having customizable templates that can evolve. This work contributes to the general architecture of project GOLEM, and interfaces with the natural language processing component, and the suggestion component that aims to define sound substitutions to the unknown components. Professor João Costa Seco and Professor Carla Ferreira will supervise the work plan.

4.     Applicable legislation: Lei Nº. 40/2004, de 18 de Agosto, alterado e republicado pelo Decreto-lei Nº 202/2012 de 27 de Agosto (Estatuto do Bolseiro de Investigação Científica) e alterado pelo Decreto-Lei nº 233/2012 de 29 de Outubro, pela Lei nº12/2013 de 29 de Janeiro, pelo Decreto-Lei nº 89/2013, de 9 de Julho e pelo Decreto-Lei n.º 123/2019, de 28 de Agosto; Regulamento de Bolsas de Investigação da Fundação Para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. em vigor (https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/regulamento.phtml.pt);

 5.       Place of work: NOVA Laboratory for Computer Science and Informatics (NOVA LINCS) - Departamento de Informática, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa.

6 .       Duration: The position will be contracted for 6 months, possibly renewable according to Regulation of Research Fellowships from FCT I.P.

7 .       Amount of the Fellowship: monthly payment by bank transfer of €875,98 net according to the regulations of the FCT Scientific Fellowships in Portugal (https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/regulamento.phtml.pt.

8.       Selection Method: The selection will be based on the following criteria:

i) (40%) Academic record of the candidate

ii) (60%) relevance of research experience for the development of the work plan

The jury may also decide not to assign the scholarship if none of candidates meets the required conditions.

 9.       Selection Committee:

President: Professor João Costa Seco

Members: Professor Luís Caires, Professor Carla Ferreira

Substitutes: Professor Bernardo Toninho, Professor Irene Rodrigues

10.   Communication of the results: The admitted and excluded candidates will be notified by email of the final ranking list.

11.   Applications: The call will be open from 26/04/2022 to 09/05/2022.

The application must include the following documents: motivation letter, CV, copy of academic records/certificates and proof of enrolment in an MSc or in a non-degree awarding course.

Applications should be sent to Prof. João Costa Seco (joao.seco@fct.unl.pt) with reference BM/GOLEM/2020/009.