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Public notice Ref.ª CDL-CTTRI-297-SGRH/2025 — Doctor Paulo Jorge dos Santos Gonçalves Ferreira, Full Professor and Rector of the University of Aveiro, hereby announces that for a period of 10 (ten) business days, starting on the first business day following after which this notice is published, by extractive notice, in the Diário da República, an international public notice is opened for recruitment in the form of an Uncertain Term Work Contract, under the Portuguese Labour Code, a position for a Doctorate equivalent to Assistant Researcher for the exercise of activities of scientific research in the scientific area of Informatics (subarea of Human-Centered Computing) to exercise the functions of implementing and evaluating innovative solutions for health and well-being in residences, leveraging the team's multidisciplinary expertise in Human-Centered Computing, sensor-based monitoring, Machine Learning, Biomedical Engineering, and Speech Therapy, within the scope of the VITALITY project (Smart and versatile technology for an active life in today's homes). The objective is to enhance smart homes and improve people's lives, promoting active lifestyles and maintaining healthy living, funded by FEDER through COMPETE 2030, under the project COMPETE2030-FEDER-00755100 (Refª FCT: 16385) – VITALITY.

The present public notice was opened on the 18th of December 2025 by order of the Rector of the University of Aveiro, following the proposal of the Scientific Council.

The contest is governed by the provisions of Decree-Law 57/2016, August 29, that approves the rules for post-doctoral work contracts, designed to stimulate employment in science and technology in all areas of knowledge (RJEC) within the legal provisions of the Labor Code, Law no.7/2009, February 12, in its current wording and other applicable legislation and regulations.The monthly payment corresponds to 3501.28€.

1 — Admission requirements:

Any national, foreign and stateless candidate(s) who hold a doctorate degree in Informatics and a scientific and professional curriculum whose profile is suited for the activity to be performed, can submit their applications. Candidate(s) of the contest holding qualifications obtained abroad must prove the recognition, equivalence or registration of the doctor degree, in accordance with the applicable legislation. This formality must be fulfilled up to the date of signing the contract.

2 — Formalization of the applications:

2.1 — The Applications must be accompanied by the following documents:

a) Application minute for the competition addressed to the Rector of the University of Aveiro;

b) Copy of detailed curriculum vitae structured according to the items under point 5;

c) Any other documents that the applicant considers relevant, namely for the assessment of the information referred to under no. 2 of Article 5 of the RJEC.

2.2 — The curriculum vitae should contain:

a) Full name of the candidate;

b) Copy of the certificate with the respective mark or grade or another document that is legally recognized for the same purpose;

c) All pertinent information for assessing the application, considering the selection and ranking criteria of the present call, being it recommended that this information is organized according to the sub-items of the assessment described under Section 5 below.

2.3 — The compulsory application minute, to be completely filled out, dated, and signed, is available at https://www.ua.pt/file/78384.

2.4 — Submission of the application:

2.4.1 — The application may be submitted in Portuguese or English, by email, to the Human Resources Department of the University of Aveiro (sgrh-concursosdl57-2016@ua.pt), until the deadline stipulated in this Notice. The Services will issue a message proving the electronic validation of the same.

2.4.2 — Instructions for the submission of applications, in digital format, are available in the Competition and Job Offers of the Human Resources area at https://www.ua.pt/en/sgrh/pessoal-investigador-novos-concursos-e-ofertas.

2.4.3 — When formalizing the application, if a classified document is submitted that reveals a commercial or industrial secret; a secret relative to the literary, artistic, or scientific property; or that requires confidentiality, the candidate must identify the document with this information, under penalty of the work in question being unrestrictedly accessed by any of the other candidates, when consulting the process.

2.5 — Non-compliance with the deadline for submission of the application, as well as failure to submit or late submission of the documents, referred to in points 2.1 and 2.2, will lead to the disqualification of the application. Candidates will be notified of the exclusion decision by e-mail, for the hearing of interested parties, following Articles 121 et seq. of the Administrative Procedure Code.

3 — Call Jury:

3.1 — In accordance with article 13 of the RJEC the call jury has the following composition:

Chairman: Doctor António Joaquim da Silva Teixeira, Full Professor at the University of Aveiro

Jury members:

- Doctor Samuel de Sousa Silva, Assistant Professor at the University of Aveiro

- Doctor Sónia Cristina Alexandre Gouveia, Assistant Researcher at the University of Aveiro

Substitute members:

- Doctor Susana de Jesus Mota, Assistant Professor at the University of Aveiro

- Doctor Miguel Augusto Mendes Oliveira e Silva, Assistant Professor at the University of Aveiro

4 — Jury operation rules

4.1 — The deliberations are held by roll call voting requiring the absolute majority of votes of the members of the jury present at the meeting, not permitting abstentions.

4.2 — The jury deliberates approval on absolute merit, based on the merit of the overall curriculum of candidates with regards to the scientific area of the competition and also considering compliance of requirement 4.2.1 and of at least one of the requirements 4.2.2 to 4.2.4:

4.2.1 — Have a minimum of 5 (five) years of experience in the area of multimodal interaction, as well as in the design and development of interactive computational solutions applied to the domains of Health, Smart Homes, and Ambient Assisted Living, duly proven through publications.

AND

4.2.2 — Be an author or co-author of at least 30 articles in the disciplinary area for which the tender procedure is open, indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded of Clarivate Analytics’ Web of Science as document type = article, document type = conference paper, or document type = review, or in SCOPUS (SCI Verse) with the same characteristics;"

OR

4.2.3 — Have obtained a total of at least 200 citations in the Science Citation Index Expanded of Clarivate Analytics’ Web of Science or in SCOPUS SCI Verse, relating to scientific works produced in the area for which the competition is open,

OR

4.2.4 — Have an h-index, according to SCOPUS or Clarivate Analytics’ Web of Science, of at least 10 relating to scientific works produced in the scientific area for which the competition is open.

4.3 — The decision on exclusion based on absolute merit is notified to the candidates via email, for the purpose of holding the hearing of interested parties.

4.4 — Once the phase of approval based on absolute merit is concluded, the Jury initiates the assessment of the applications, considering the criteria of the present notice.

5 — Evaluation and selection:

5.1 —The selection methods are Curricular Evaluation and Interview.

5.2 — The evaluation of the scientific and curricular course focuses on relevance, quality and timeliness:

a) Of scientific, technological, cultural or artistic production in the last five years, deemed most relevant by the candidate.

b) Of applied research activities, or based on practical work, developed in the last five years, deemed most impactful by the candidate.

c) Of knowledge extension and dissemination activities developed in the last five years, namely under the scope of the promotion of culture and scientific practices, deemed most relevant by the candidate.

5.3— The five-year period mentioned above can be extended by the panel, if requested by the candidate, whenever the suspension of scientific activities is reasoned by socially protected grounds like parental leave, long-term serious illness, and other legal situations of unavailability to work.

5.4 — In the evaluation of the components referred to in items a), b), and c) of point 5.2.2, the activity developed in the above-identified domains of multimodal interaction and the development of interactive computational solutions for the areas of Health, Smart Homes, and Ambient Assisted Living will be especially weighted, with a weighting factor of 2 being applied.

6 — Curricular Evaluation. This component of the evaluation is expressed on a numerical scale from 0 to 20 taking into account the following criteria:

6.1 — Curricular evaluation criteria are:

6.1.1 - Criteria for the evaluation of the scientific performance of the last five years considered more relevant by the candidate (18 points).

- Scientific Production: Quality and quantity of scientific production in the area for which the competition is open (books, articles in journals, communications at congresses) expressed by the number and type of publications, and by the recognition given to it by the scientific community (translated into the quality of the publication venues and the citations/references made to them by other authors).

- Coordination and Implementation of Scientific Projects: Quality and quantity of scientific projects led or participated in, within the area for which the competition is open, funded on a competitive basis by public funds (through national or international agencies) or funded by companies. The evaluation of quality must consider the funding obtained, the degree of exigency of the competition, the evaluations to which the completed projects were subject, and the prototypes realized, particularly if they resulted in products or services.

- Intervention in the Scientific Community and Constitution of Scientific Teams: Assessing the capacity for intervention in the scientific community, expressed specifically through the organization of scientific congresses, participation as (co-)editor of journals, participation in project and article evaluation roles, presentation of invited lectures, participation in academic juries, as well as the recognition obtained through the attribution of awards or other distinctions and their respective impact. The supervision of students in doctoral and post-doctoral work will also be evaluated.

6.1.2 - Criteria for evaluating extension and knowledge dissemination activities developed over the past five years, in particular in the context of promoting culture and scientific practices, considered to be of greatest impact by the candidate (2 points).

- Participation in consulting activities, tests and measurements involving the private and/or the public sector. Participation as a former in vocational training courses or technological expertise directed at companies or the public sector. The evaluation of this criterion should also take into account the economic valorization of research results achieved, measured by the contracts of technology transfer and development that have resulted and contribution to the creation of spin-off companies.

- Participation in initiatives to disseminate scientific and technological knowledge under the auspices of the scientific community (for example organization of congresses and conferences) and to various audiences. Publications to disseminate science and technology. Presentation of lectures and seminars for the general public.

- Patents, registration and ownership of rights, elaboration of technical regulation and legislation. Patent authorship and co-authorship, records of ownership of intellectual property rights regarding software, mathematical methods and rules of mental activity. Participation in standardization committees and in the drafting of legislative projects and technical regulation. The evaluation of this criterion should also take into account the resulting economic valuation of patents and intellectual property rights.

6.2 — The score obtained in the curricular evaluation method is expressed on a numeric scale of 0 to 20, considering the valuation up to two decimal places.

6.3 — The jury deliberates by vote justified according to the criteria of evaluation; no abstentions are allowed.

6.4 — The classification of each candidate is obtained by averaging the scores of each of the elements of the jury.

6.5 — Upon conclusion of the Curricular Evaluation, the top 2 candidates ranked in the curricular evaluation with an average score equal to or higher than 15 points are approved for the phase of applying the subsequent evaluation method, as stated in point 5.1. In the event of a tie, the tie-breaking decision shall rest with the President of the Jury.

6.6 — Candidates ranked below 2nd place are considered excluded.

7 — Interview:

This assessment method is intended exclusively to clarify aspects related to the candidates’ research results. The jury may choose to apply it or not, whenever the outcome of this method would not be capable of altering the candidates’ final ranking, given the weighting factor assigned to this evaluation component. If this method is applied, the weightings in point 8.1 are used. Otherwise, the weightings in point 8.2 apply.

7.1 — The interview will have a maximum duration of 30 minutes.

7.2 — Interview evaluation is expressed on a numerical scale of 0 to 20, considering the candidate's scientific knowledge and ability to communicate, as well as the answers to the questions put by the jury and their development perspectives in the unit for which they are applying.

7.3 — The jury deliberates by roll call voting, not permitting abstentions.

7.4 — The classification of each candidate is also obtained by the average of the scores of the members of the jury.

8 — Ordering of candidates

8.1 — The final score of each candidate is obtained through a weighted average, by assigning a weighting factor of 90% to the curricular review note and a weighting factor of 10% to the Interview score.

8.2 — If, by the decision of the jury, it deliberates not to apply the method of selection of the session, the Curricular Evaluation will have a weight of 100%. In case of a tie, the decision of the tie-breaker shall be the responsibility of the chairman of the jury.

9 — Participation of the parties and decision:

9.1 — The final ordering project is communicated to candidates by e-mail for the purpose of their hearing.

9.2 — At the hearing of the interested parties, the jury appreciates the allegations offered and approves the final ordering list of candidates.

10 — Publication of Competition Notice

In addition to being publish in Series 2 of Diário da República the present notice is also published in:

a) The Public Employment Pool (BEP).

b) The website of the Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P., in Portuguese and English.

c) The website of the University of Aveiro, in Portuguese and English.

d) In a national newspaper.

11 — This tender is exclusively destined to fill this specify vacancy and can be terminated at any time until approval of final candidate list, expiring with the respective occupation of said vacancy.

12 — In compliance with paragraph h) of Article 9 of the Constitution of the Portuguese Republic, the Government, as the employing entity, actively promotes a policy of equal opportunities between men and women in access to employment and professional advancement, scrupulously taking measures to avoid any form of discrimination.

18 of December 2025 — The Rector, Professor DoctorPaulo Jorge dos Santos Gonçalves Ferreira..

PT Version link: https://www.ua.pt/pt/sgrh/pessoal-investigador-novos-concursos-e-ofertas