Postdoctoral position funded by Andalusian government

The IMSE Neuromorphic Group is looking for post-doctoral researchers willing to join the group (http://www2.imse-cnm.csic.es/neuromorphs/) at the Instituto de Microelectronica of Seville

RESEARCH TALENT RECRUITMENT PROGRAMME «EMERGIA» SUMMARY OF THE CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

Characteristics and purpose of the call

The candidates should apply for an official call of the Andalusian Government. The purpose of the call is to facilitate the incorporation of top researchers with leadership skills, of any nationality into the universities and research institutions of Andalusia.

Up to 60 grants will be awarded in order to hire experienced researchers for a maximum of 4 years.

Applicants Requirements

Candidates must hold a PhD degree obtained not earlier than 5 nor later than 12 years before the date of publication of this call in the Official Gazette (December 2021).

Features of the aid and contracts

A minimum gross salary of 35.278 EUR per year is established for the selected researchers. The candidate and the host institution are free to agree a higher remuneration. An additional contribution of up to 80,000 EUR for research costs will be granted.

Applications

We are looking for candidates interested in the design of spiking neural networks hardware and algorithms, with emphasis on vision or biomedical applications. The neuromorphic group at IMSE develops optical sensors and processors for high speed smart and cognitive processing of spike coded data. We do also research on spike based learning circuits and algorithms.

Candidates become members of the IMSE neuromorphic group (http://www2.imse-cnm.csic.es/neuromorphs/), and will have the opportunity to participate in national and international projects in cooperation with top research institutions in Europe in areas such as micro- and nano-electronics fabrication, neuromorphic computing, emerging devices and advanced VLSI design. The research will be done in the facilities available at IMSE (http://www.imse-cnm.csic.es/) located at 15 minutes walking from the city center.

IMSE is a mixed institute from the Spanish Research Council CSIC (www.csic.es) and the University of Seville (www.us.es). Therefore, successful candidates will have access to services and facilities of both institutions

The documents needed for the full application are:

1. Brief Curriculum Vitae (BCV) according to the sample available on the website of the SICA, or according to the one automatically generated from «Curriculum vitae» application, available on the website of Fundación Española de Ciencia y Tecnología (FECYT). BCV will have a maximum lenght of 4 pages.
2. A brief summary of the candidates research career, as well as his/her main research interest, highlighting up to 10 of his/her most relevant contributions detailed in the BCV, in a maximum length of  3 pages.
3. A research proposal of up to 15 pages, including details of the research that would be developed at the host institution. The research proposal must include the following sections:
   1. Outline of the proposal
   2. Background to the research
   3. Objectives of the research
   4. Methodology and work plan
   5. Expected results and impact. Dissemination and operating plan.
   6. Justified and detailed budget. In the event of subcontracting third parties, state the amount, the companies’ profiles and the research tasks the subcontracted parties would work on.

The BCV, the summary of the research career and of the research proposal can be submitted in either English or Spanish and must be written in Noto Sans HK, Times New Roman or Arial font,11-points size; side margins of 2,5 cm; top and bottom margins of 1,5 cm; and minimum single spaced.

Information about eligibility and evaluation criteria can not be amended after the call deadline. A careful reading of the call is recommended.

Applicants must register in SICA (website:https://sica2.cica.es)in order to obtain an username and a password to be able to fill in and send the application form.

Applications must be submitted via Internet using the electronic submission system of one of the following websites:

• https://sica2.cica.es
• http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/organismos/economiaconocimientoempresasyuniversidad.html
• http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/servicios/procedimientos.html

Applications submission period

Application submission deadline: From January 3 to 31, 2022

Evaluation organism

Applications will be evaluated by the Department of Evaluation and Accreditation (DEVA) of the Andalusian Knowledge Agency (/Agencia

Andaluza del Conocimiento/) of Junta de Andalucía.

Evaluation criteria

The recruitment procedure is based on competitive tendering, according to the following criteria:

• Curricular merits of the research candidate: up to 50 points.
  • Scientific publications, patents, participations in RTD projects and contracts. Up to 35 points.
  • Participation in RTD international activities. Up to 15 points
• Leadership potential of the research candidate. Up to 20 points.
• Quality and potential impact of the research proposal. Up to 30 points.

The applications must reach a score of at least 80 points must be achieved once the previous stated threshold was reached.

Procedure and deadlines

• Application submission: From January 3 to 31, 2021
• Amendment period: 10 working days after the deadline for submitting applications.
• Redress procedure after provisional awarding: 10 working days.
• Submission of incorporation agreement: period of not less than 10 days.

Incorporation deadline

• Contract formalisation with beneficiary entities: 2 months.
• Incorporation of selected researchers: 9 months.

Information

Interested candidates. Please contact: bernabe at imse-cnm.csic.es

C/ Américo Vespucio, 28

Parque Científico y Tecnológico Cartuja

41092 Sevilla. SPAIN

Ph.: +34 954 466 666 • Fax: +34 954 466 600

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