[Air-L] Vacancies for Research Posts - Department of Computer Science, University of Cyprus

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*** Research Posts ***

Department of Computer Science

University of Cyprus

A number of vacancies for research posts exist in the Department of
Computer Science, University of Cyprus. The location for all posts is Nicosia,
Cyprus. Each post has different application deadlines and contact information.

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Title: Special Scientist
Category: 1 Year Contract (subject to renewal)

The research laboratory of Software Engineering and Internet Technologies
(SEIT) of the Department of Computer Science, University of Cyprus,
announces one full time Special Scientist position in Technology Enhanced
Learning for two Erasmus+ projects that the SEIT Lab coordinates.

SEIT focuses its research activities on two important areas of Information
Technology, namely Software Engineering and Internet Technologies. In the
first area, SEIT focuses on Cloud Computing, Service Oriented Architectures,
Context-Aware Middleware Platforms and Smart and Mobile Computing for
the development of pervasive, self-adaptive applications and Smart IoT
services. In the second area, the Laboratory concentrates on the development
of ICT-enabled Environments, platforms and tools for implementing Health
monitoring and support services, Smart and Personalised services for Elders,
Assistive Technologies for people with disabilities and Creativity services. The
lab also pursues activities related to Technology Enhanced Learning,
E-Business, EGovernment and developing environments for elders' social
inclusion, active ageing and independent living. Finally, the lab's research is
also related to Creativity, Recommender Systems and Crowd Sourcing.

The candidate is expected to be a highly-motivated individual with proven
capability to work in a demanding multi-disciplinary research environment
and eager to be actively engaged in the demanding activities of European
projects, collaborating efficiently with the SEIT research team. The successful
candidate will also be involved in research proposals in various EU
programmes for which the SEIT Lab participates/contributes to.

Minimum requirements:
1. Masters Degree in the above mentioned areas.
2. Experience in E.U. funded projects related to ICT.
3. Proven research work in one or more of the following areas:
Technology Enhanced Learning, Educational Technologies, Digital
technologies.

A PhD degree in the above areas will be strongly considered as a favourable
qualification. Expertise in ICT, Web development, e-Government will be
considered as a favourable qualification.

The successful applicant will be primarily involved in two Erasmus+ projects,
for which the SEIT lab is the coordinating partner. The VeLoCiTy project will
develop an innovative virtual world environment, offering in this way high
quality learning opportunities for unemployed and misemployed adults to
adapt to different working environments and interviews, thus addressing
the problem of job finding in different countries with different cultures and
practices. The World-of-Physics project aims to assist students in studying
the Physics domain with the utilization of innovative technologies like virtual
reality.

The position is on a contract basis of one year, subject to renewal. The
monthly employment cost is equal to EUR 1500-1700 depending on
qualifications. Employee and employer contributions will be deducted from
the above amount. The position does not include a 13th salary bonus or
medical insurance coverage.

Interested candidates should submit the following items, in PDF format,
via e-mail to: Prof. George A. Papadopoulos, email: george at cs.ucy.ac.cy,
CC: achilleas at cs.ucy.ac.cy :

i. Cover letter that specifies their employment availability date.
ii. A detailed curriculum vitae in Greek or in English (contact address and
telephone number should be included).
iii. Copies of transcripts of MSc/PhD degree(s).
iv. The names and contact details of at least two persons that can provide
references.

Application deadline is the 29th of December 2016.

For more details and other information, interested individuals may contact:

Dr Achilleas Achilleos. By email: achilleas at cs.ucy.ac.cy
Or telephone: 22892684

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Title: Research Assistant
Category: 1 Year Contract part-time (subject to renewal)

The research laboratory of Software Engineering and Internet Technologies
(SEIT) (http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/seit/) of the Department of Computer Science,
University of Cyprus, announces 1 (one) part-time position for a Research
Assistant in Web engineering for the CEF Telecom Safer Internet CyberSafety
project.

The candidate is expected to be a highly-motivated individual with proven
capability to work in a demanding multi-disciplinary research environment
and eager to be actively engaged in the demanding activities of European
projects, collaborating efficiently with the SEIT research team.

Minimum requirements:

1. Candidates should be graduates in Computer Science or Computer
Engineering or have a Master or PhD degree in a relevant scientific area.
2. Knowledge of Software Engineering processes (Agile development, Github).
3. Strong programming skills for building Web applications (HTML5, CSS3,
JavaScript, PHP) and database management (SQL).
4. Knowledge and experience with game engines and development
environments (i.e., Unity) is strongly encouraged.
5. Very good knowledge of English.

The successful candidate will work on the CyberSafety (Safer Internet) project:
CyberSafety brings together major national stakeholders of Cyprus in order to
create a safe internet culture for young people, empowering creative,
innovative and critical citizens in the digital society. CyberSafety aims to
create an awareness platform, where actors can find resources and tools,
share experiences, expertise and best practices. At the same time, it aims to
provide qualitative and quantitative feedback at European level through the
core service platform.

Moreover, the successful candidate will be involved in research works in the
areas the SEIT lab contributes to including empirical software engineering and
web engineering and in writing scientific papers and technical reports in English.

The position is on a contract basis of one year, subject to renewal. The
monthly gross salary will be in the range of EUR 800-900 depending on
qualifications and expertise. Employee and employer contributions will be
deducted from the above amount. The position does not include a 13th salary
bonus or medical insurance coverage.

Interested candidates should submit the following items, in PDF format, via
e-mail to: Dr Georgia Kapitsaki, email: gkapi at cs.ucy.ac.cy :

i. A detailed curriculum vitae in Greek or in English (contact address and
telephone number should be included).
ii. Cover letter that specifies employment availability date.
iii. Copies of transcripts of MSc/PhD degree(s).
iv. The names and contact details of at least two persons that can provide
references.

Application deadline is the 20th of January 2017. Interviews will be held in
January.

For more details and other information, interested individuals may contact
the projects Principal Investigators: Dr Georgia Kapitsaki (gkapi at cs.ucy.ac.cy)
and Dr. Vasos Vasiliou (vasosv at cs.ucy.ac.cy).

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Title: Special Scientists Positions (Post-doctoral)
No. of Position(s): 2
Category: 1 Year Contract (subject to renewal)

Applications are invited for two full-time research positions (Postdoctoral
Special Scientist) in the Networks Research Laboratory (NetRL,
http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi5hb2lyLm9yZwlWYWNhbmNpZXMgZm9yIFJlc2VhcmNoIFBvc3RzIC0gRGVwYXJ0bWVudCBvZiBDb21wdXRlciBTY2llbmNlLCBVbml2ZXJzaXR5IG9mIEN5cHJ1cwkzCUxpc3RzCTIxMwljbGljawl5ZXMJbm8=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.NetRL.cs.ucy.ac.cy%29 and the Research Laboratory for Foundations
of Computing Systems and Theoretical Computer Science (FCS
Laboratory, http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi5hb2lyLm9yZwlWYWNhbmNpZXMgZm9yIFJlc2VhcmNoIFBvc3RzIC0gRGVwYXJ0bWVudCBvZiBDb21wdXRlciBTY2llbmNlLCBVbml2ZXJzaXR5IG9mIEN5cHJ1cwkzCUxpc3RzCTIxMwljbGljawl5ZXMJbm8=&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffcslab.cs.ucy.ac.cy%2F%29 of the Department of Computer
Science at the University of Cyprus (UCY). The successful applicants will join
the EU H2020 project VISORSURF (http://www.visorsurf.eu/), starting in
January 2017.

VISORSURF is a 3.5 year (Jan 2017 ñ June 2020) H2020 research project
funded under the very competitive FET OPEN program (4% success rate). The
project is led by the Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas-FORTH,
Greece, and the consortium includes the University of Cyprus (Departments of
Computer Science and Electrical and Computer Engineering), Cyprus,
Fraunhofer IZM, Germany, SignalGenerix Ltd, Cyprus, NanoNetworking Center
of Catalunya-UPC-N3CAT, Spain, and Aalto University, Finland.

The project will undertake the ambitious goal of providing programming
concepts and algorithms in crafting the electromagnetic/light behavior of
materials (Metamaterials). VISORSURF aims to develop a hardware platform
-the HyperSurface- that can host metasurface functionalities described in
software, enabled via a network of nanonodes (Nanonetwork) embeded in the
HyperSurface, adding the potential for hosting multiple functionalities
concurrently and adaptively.

We are seeking two highly-motivated researchers with a PhD degree in an
area related to the project, and with proven capability to work in a demanding
multi-disciplinary research environment and eager to be actively engaged in
the demanding activities of FET European projects, collaborating efficiently
with the project research teams. The two positions qualifications are as
outlined below:

Position 1: The applicants should have general knowledge in Computer
Networks, and proven research work in as many of the following areas:
Routing and dissemination protocols, Nanonetworks, Nature-Inspired
Techniques applied in Communication Networks, and Simulation
and Evaluation of Communication (Nano)Networks.

Position 2: The applicants should have general knowledge of formal methods
and expertise in model checking as well as a good knowledge of
programming languages, and distributed computing/systems. Candidates
should demonstrate strong programming and formal modelling skills and the
expertise and commitment to apply rigorous semantics to real systems.
Familiarity with nanonetworks will be helpful but is not necessary for the
position.

The position is on a contract basis of one year, subject to renewal, with a
maximum duration extending to the end of the project. The monthly
employment cost is equal to EUR 2000-3500 depending on qualifications.
Employee and employer contributions will be deducted from the
above amount. The positions do not include a 13th salary bonus or medical
insurance coverage.

Enquiries regarding Position 1 should be made to Professor Andreas
Pitsillides (Andreas.pitsillides at ucy.ac.cy) and for Position 2 to Associate
Professor Anna Philippou (annap at cs.ucy.ac.cy).

For more information visit http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi5hb2lyLm9yZwlWYWNhbmNpZXMgZm9yIFJlc2VhcmNoIFBvc3RzIC0gRGVwYXJ0bWVudCBvZiBDb21wdXRlciBTY2llbmNlLCBVbml2ZXJzaXR5IG9mIEN5cHJ1cwkzCUxpc3RzCTIxMwljbGljawl5ZXMJbm8=&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cs.ucy.ac.cy%2Findex.php%2Fnews%2Fjobs%2F852-2-special-scientists-positions-netrl-and-fcs-laboratories