Skills/Qualifications/Admission requirements: Bachelor's Degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Informatics Engineering, or similar, enrolled in a Master's Degree course in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Informatics Engineering, or similar, or in a course not conferring an academic degree suited to the scholarship work plan. “Courses not conferring an academic degree” must be related to the research fellowship’s activity type.

“Courses not conferring an academic degree” are the courses referred to in paragraph e) of number 3 of article 4 of Decree-Law no. 74/2006, of 24 March, in the current wording, provided that they are developed in association or cooperation between the higher education institution and one or more R&D units, in accordance with the provisions of paragraph e) of article 3 of the Regulation for Research Fellowships of the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT).

Although the recipients must be enrolled in a cycle of studies leading to the attribution of an academic degree or in a course not conferring an academic degree, at the time of application it is not necessary for the candidate to have made such an enrollment, and proof of enrollment must be presented until the fellowship is contractualized. Candidates are only required to meet the requirements to enroll in the training offer. If there are candidates already enrolled (including attending a course), they compete on an equal footing with those who are not enrolled.

Work plan/ Objectives: This work contemplates the research and specification activities required for the design of a solution and processes capable of granting privacy-preserving features and high degrees of data utility to a Data Analytics Platform in the context of the project POWER.

Work Plan:

State of the art review of:

- Data Analytics Platforms employed by Telecommunications Operators.

- Data Privacy Regulations and associated technical requirements for exchange of Personally Identifiable Information (PII).

- Review and evaluation of Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PETs) capable of supporting privacy-preserving data exchanges.

- Definition of a data pipeline able to support SQL data processing and anonymization.

Regime: The attribution of the fellowship does not generate or entitle a relation of a legallabour nature, and the fellowship is undertaken in an exclusive dedication regime. The fellowship holder is awarded the Fellowship Statute of the UC, in its current wording, according to the Research Fellowship Holder Statute , and according to the Regulation for Research Fellowships of the Foundation for Science and Technology, both in their current wording.

Location: Department of Informatics Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology at the University of Coimbra.

Duration: Seis (6) months.

Renewal: Eventually renewable.

Scientific orientation: Professor Edmundo Heitor da Silva Monteiro and Doctor Paulo Miguel Guimarães da Silva.

Financial conditions: The amount of the fellowship is € 930,98 corresponding to the monthly compensation stipulated in the FCT table (https://www.fct.pt/en/financiamento/programasde-financiamento/bolsas/), plus € 1.063,47/year for tuition fees for candidates enrolled in a master's degree course (supported by own resources), social security (Seguro Social Voluntário, first level contributions) and personal accidents insurance. The payment will be made by bank transfer. This amount will not be increased during the entire period of the fellowship duration.

Selection methods: CV Analysis (50%) and Interview (50%).

Selection criteria: In the CV Analysis, the following criteria will be considered:

- Graduation average (50%);

- Absolute merit of curriculum vitae (50%).

In the interview, the following criteria will be considered:

- Demonstration of interest in the area of Cloud-to-Edge continuum and orchestration (50%);

- Motivation and interest (50%).

Jury responsible for selection: Doctor Paulo Miguel Guimarães da Silva(president), Professors Edmundo Heitor da Silva Monteiro and Marília Pascoal Curado (effective members), and Professors Vasco Nuno Sousa Simões Pereira and Karima Daniela Velasquez Castro (replacement members).

Formalization of application: Documents to be sent:

1. Motivation Letter;

2. CV;

3. Certificate of qualifications;

4. Bachelor’s degree academic transcript;

5. Enrolment in a Master's Degree Course or in a Course not conferring an academic degree (as applicable) (optional);

6. Declaration mentioned below – on the platform.

Declaration on the honor of the candidate(s) with the indication of the fellowship(s) of the typology to which the contest was held and the respective duration(s).

Applicants with academic degrees obtained abroad will be required to present a Certificate of Recognition in accordance with applicable law. This document is mandatory only in the contractualization phase.

Applications submission: Applications must be submitted at https://apply.uc.pt/IT137-23-219.

Submission of applications: Between 05/06/2023 and 19/06/2023.

Submission deadline date: 19/06/2023.

Additional information: The evaluation results will be announced within 90 working days after the end of the applications submission deadline, by notifying the applicants via email. After the announcement of the results, candidates are considered automatically notified to, if they wish to do so, comment on the results on a preliminary hearing period within 10 days after that date. After this, the selected candidates will have to declare in writing their acceptance. Unless a justification worthy of consideration is presented, if the declaration is not submitted within the referred period, it is considered that the candidate waivers the fellowship. In case of resignation or withdrawal of the selected candidate, the next candidate with the highest evaluation score will be notified immediately.

Once the selection process is completed, the fellowship contract will be drawn up in accordance with the draft contract provided by the FCT.

After the contracted period, the fellowship holder and supervisor must prepare the final report in accordance with the respective assessment criteria that were established.

Pursuant to subparagraph h) of Article 9 of the Portuguese Constitution, the University of Coimbra, as employer, actively promotes a policy of equal opportunities between men and women in access to employment and professional development, and acts to prevent each and every kind of discrimination.

Therefore, no one can be privileged, benefited, harmed or deprived of any right or immune from any duty on account of, in particular, ancestry, age, sexual orientation, gender, marital status, family, economic situation, education, origin or social condition, genetic heritage, reduced work capacity, disability, chronic illness, nationality, ethnic or racial origin, territory of origin, language, religion, political or ideological beliefs and trade union membership.

Selection reserve list: N/a.