*** 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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@cs.ucy.ac.cy, CC: achilleas@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@cs.ucy.ac.cy Or telephone: 22892684 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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@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@cs.ucy.ac.cy) and Dr. Vasos Vasiliou (vasosv@cs.ucy.ac.cy). ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi5... 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=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi5... 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@ucy.ac.cy) and for Position 2 to Associate Professor Anna Philippou (annap@cs.ucy.ac.cy). For more information visit http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi5...