[ecoop-info] Several funded PhD positions in computer science in Lisbon

[Vasco Thudichum Vasconcelos]

The LASIGE research center of the University of Lisbon is looking to hire up to 10 doctoral fellows under the La Caixa Incoming Program.

This program will fund 35 PhD fellowships for early-stage researchers of any nationality to pursue their PhD studies in research centres in Portugal and Spain accredited as "excellent" by the respective national science offices.

Fellows enjoy a 3-year contract under the Portuguese labour legislation in force, respecting health and safety, and social security provisions in a stimulating research training environment, with access to appropriate equipment, facilities and opportunities.

LASIGE, https://lasige.ciencias.ulisboa.pt<https://lasige.ciencias.ulisboa.pt/>, is a research unit at the University of Lisbon evaluated as Excellent by FCT in 2018, with a perfect score of 15 points. For pursuing their PhD degree at LASIGE, candidates must have resided or carried out their main activity in Portugal for less than 12 months in the last 3 years.

Information on the different PhD subjects can be obtained at https://lasige.ciencias.ulisboa.pt/lacaixa, or by choosing “Country of the Center” (Portugal) and “Research Center” (LASIGE) in https://hosts.lacaixafellowships.org/finder.

The deadline for applications is February 4, 2020. For more information contact lasige at ciencias.ulisboa.pt<mailto:lasige at ciencias.ulisboa.pt> or the supervisor for each thesis proposal.

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The University of Lisbon (ULisboa) is the largest university in Portugal and a leading one within wider Europe.  Comprising eighteen faculties, ULisboa offers 400 degree programmes at undergraduate and postgraduate level.  Each year, it accepts more than 5,000 international students – around 10% of its total cohort – who represent 100 different countries.

ULisboa leads the main international rankings, is amongst the 200 best universities worldwide and the first in Spain-Portugal, according to the 2019 Shanghai Ranking. The CWTS Leiden ranking 2019 places ULisboa in the first place in All Sciences and the second in Mathematics and Computer Sciences within the whole peninsula.

LASIGE is a research unit at ULisboa evaluated as Excellent by the Portuguese Science Agency (FCT) in 2018, with a perfect score of 15 points.  LASIGE focuses on six research areas of excellence, namely Accessibility and Ageing, Data and Systems Intelligence, Health and Biomedical Informatics Cyber-Physical Systems, Resilient Distributed and Networked Systems, and Reliable Software Systems, on which it excels.

LASIGE closely mentors more than 100 young researchers (at masters, doctoral, and post-doctoral level), continually stimulating excellence in research. LASIGE members teach MSc and PhD level courses in Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) at ULisboa, regularly publish in top venues, and enjoy top-notch bibliometric indices. LASIGE runs a large number of international projects, boasts three spin-offs, and multiple technology transfers.

The high-level research conducted at LASIGE, the scientific background and international projection of its group leaders, the academic and industrial network to which it belongs and the experience in advanced training of its members makes LASIGE the perfect research unit to pursue a PhD degree.

If this was not enough, the city of Lisbon offers history and culture, shopping, restaurants, nearby beaches and a vibrant nightlife.