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Research Opportunities

Research Opportunities
The Carnegie Mellon Portugal Program is an education, research and innovation ecosystem that brings together Portuguese universities, research institutions and companies, in cooperation with Carnegie Mellon University (CMU).

On this webpage you will be able to find research positions related with the Entrepreneurial Research Initiatives (ERIs), the Early Bird Projects (EBPs), carried out in the scope of the Program, which is funded by the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT). We also publicize other opportunities. If you want to announce on this page, please send us an email to news@cmuportugal.org.

CMU Portugal Doctoral Program Scholarships

Deadline for application: 2017-12-14 (CS and CS-R) 2017-12-15 (ECE) (closed)

Number of Positions available: One
Position: Dual Degree Ph. D. Scholarship
Name of the Doctoral Program: Electrical and Computer Engineering, or Computer Science, or Robotics
Research Field: Mapping between data collection from sensors in a vehicular multi-hop environment, and analysis of flow patterns, decision-making demands
Project Name: “S2MovingCity: Sensing and Serving a Moving City”
Contacts: Prof. Manuela Veloso (CMU) and Prof. Susana Sargento (IT/UA)
Funding Entity: 2017 CMU Portugal Doctoral Program Scholarships
Announcement

Deadline: 2017-12-15 (closed)

Number of Positions available: One
Position : Dual Degree Ph. D. Scholarship
Name of the Doctoral Program: Language Technologies
Research Field: Serious games for speech therapy
Project Name: “An Interactive Platform for Speech Therapy with Visual Bio-feedback”
Contacts: Prof. Maxine Eskenazi (CMU) and Prof. Sofia Cavaco (FCT/UNL)
Funding Entity: 2017 CMU Portugal Doctoral Program Scholarships
Announcement

Deadline: 2017-12-15 (closed)

Number of Positions available: Two
Position: Dual Degree Ph. D. Scholarships
Application Link for the Position: http://sml.me.cmu.edu
Name of the Doctoral Program: Doctoral Program in Computer Science-Robotics
Research Field: Printed Electronic Tattoos, Stretchable Electronics, Soft Electronics, Bio-monitoring patches, 3D printed Electroncis
Project Name: “STRETCHTRONICS: Soft and Stretchable Mechatronics for Wearable Devices: Fabrication, Implementation and Applications”
Contacts: Mahmoud Tavakoli (UC-ISR), Prof. Anibal T. de Almeida (UC-ISR) and Prof. Carmel Majidi (CMU)
Funding Entity: 2017 CMU Portugal Doctoral Program Scholarships
Announcement

Deadline: 2017-12-15 (closed)

Position: One Dual Degree Ph. D. Scholarship
Scientific Area: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Field: Image Analysis and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging
Project Name: “SCREEN-DR: Image Analysis and Machine Learning Platform for Innovation in Diabetic Retinopathy Screening”
Scientific Advisor: Prof. Asim Smailagic (CMU) and Prof. Aurélio Campilho (FEUP/UP)
Location: INESC TEC, Porto, Portugal
Funding Entity: 2017 CMU Portugal Doctoral Program Scholarships
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Other Opportunities
Deadline: 2017-12-01 (closed)

Position: Research Grant for MSc holders (BIM)
Scientific Area: Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing
Research Field: Engineering
Project Name: “ DeepSPIN: Deep Structured Prediction in Natural Language Processing”
Scientific Advisor: Prof. André Martins
Location: Instituto de Telecomunicações, Lisboa, Portugal
Funding Entity: ERC Starting Grant 2018-2023
Announcement

Deadline: 2017-12-01 (closed)

Position: Post-Doctoral Fellowship (BPD)
Scientific Area: Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing
Research Field: Engineering
Project Name: “ DeepSPIN: Deep Structured Prediction in Natural Language Processing”
Scientific Advisor: Prof. André Martins
Location: Instituto de Telecomunicações, Lisboa, Portugal
Funding Entity: ERC Starting Grant 2018-2023
Announcement

Deadline: 2017-11-15 (closed)

Position: One Postdoctoral Grant (BDP) more
Scientific Area: Engineering
Research Field: Networks and Multimedia
Project Name: “S2MovingCity: Sensing and Serving a Moving City”
Scientific Advisor: Prof. Ana Cristina Costa Aguiar (FEUP/UP)
Location: Instituto de Telecomunicações, Porto
Funding Entity: CMUP-ERI/TIC/0010/2014
Announcement

Deadline: 2017-10-31* (closed)

Snap Inc. Research Scholarship – Call 2017

The 2017 Snap Inc. Research Scholarship program is designed to recognize outstanding undergraduate or Master’s students in the areas of computer science and related areas from across the world. We aim to provide students additional resources and freedom to pursue their future careers in academia and across the industry.

The 2017 Snap Inc. Research Scholarship consists of:

– A $10,000 scholarship award (the “Scholarship”)
– An offer for a full-time paid internship on the Research team at Snap Inc. for either the Summer 2018 or Fall 2018 term (the “Internship”)

Applicants must be undergraduate or Master’s students studying Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or another related major .

Deadline for Application: * October 31, 2017 at 6:00 PM Pacific Time.

Scholarship recipients and Internship offers will be publicly announced by December 15th, 2017.

In order to be considered for the 2017 Snap Inc. Research Scholarship, students must meet the following criteria:

– Must be enrolled as a full-time undergraduate or Master’s student at a college or university in the United States for the 2017-2018 academic year
– Must remain an active, full-time undergraduate or Master’s student for the full duration of 2018
– Must be 18 years or older
– Must not be an employee, officer, or director of Snap Inc. or any of its subsidiaries, affiliates, sales representatives, distributors, licensees, or agents, nor an immediate family member of any such individual (i.e., spouse, parent, child, sibling and their respective spouses) or those living in the same household of each (whether legally related or not)

Applications must be individual and submitted online here.

For additional information or questions, please send an email to fellowship_scholarship@snapchat.com.

Deadline: 2017-10-31* (closed)

Snap Inc. Research Fellowship – Call 2017

The 2017 Snap Inc. Research Fellowship program is designed to foster a strong collaboration between Snap Inc. Research and the brightest, most driven doctoral students from across the world. We aim to provide students additional resources and freedom to pursue innovative ideas and shape them into tangible cutting-edge research and products.

The 2017 Snap Inc. Research Fellowship consists of:

– A $10,000 fellowship award (the “Fellowship”)
– An offer for a full-time paid internship on the Research team at Snap Inc. for either the Summer 2018 or Fall 2018 term (the “Internship”)

Applications must be PhD students carrying out exceptional research in areas of computer science relevant to Snap Inc., including Computer Graphics, Natural Language Processing, Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Data Mining, Speech and Audio Processing, Artificial Intelligence, or another related field .

Deadline for Application: * October 31, 2017 at 6:00 PM Pacific Time.

Scholarship recipients and Internship offers will be publicly announced by December 15th, 2017.

In order to be considered for the 2017 Snap Inc. Research Fellowship, students must meet the following criteria:

-Must be registered as a full-time PhD student at a college or university in the United States
-Must remain an active, full-time PhD student for the full duration of 2018
-Must be 18 years or older
-Must not be an employee, officer, or director of Snap Inc. or any of its subsidiaries, affiliates, sales representatives, distributors, licensees, or agents, nor an immediate family member of any such individual (i.e., spouse, parent, child, sibling and their respective spouses) or those living in the same household of each (whether legally related or not)

Applications must be individual and submitted online here.

For additional information or questions, please send an email to fellowship_scholarship@snapchat.com.

Deadline: 2017-10-27 (closed)

Position: Research Grant for MSc holders (BIM) more
Scientific Area: Engineering
Research Field: Human Machine Interaction
Project Name: “AHA: Augmented Human Assistance”
Scientific Advisor: Prof. Alexandre Bernardino (IST)
Location: Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa
Funding Entity: CMU-ERI/HCI/0046/2013 – (BL170/2017_IST-ID)
Announcement

Deadline: 2017-10-23 (closed)

Position: Research Grant for MSc holders (BIM) more
Scientific Area: Engineering
Research Field: Networks and Multimedia
Project Name: “S2MovingCity: Sensing and Serving a Moving City”
Scientific Advisor: Prof. Ana Cristina Costa Aguiar (FEUP/UP)
Location: Instituto de Telecomunicações, Porto
Funding Entity: CMUP-ERI/TIC/0010/2014
Announcement

Deadline: 2017-10-18 (closed)

Position: Research Grant for MSc holders (BIM) more
Scientific Area: Sports Science
Research Field: Serious Games for Health
Project Name: “AHA: Augmented Human Assistance”
Scientific Advisor: Prof. Élvio Rúbio Gouveia
Location: Madeira Interactive Technologies Institute, Funchal, Madeira
Funding Entity: CMUP-ERI/HCI/0046/2013

Deadline: 2017-03-22 (closed)

Position: Research Grant for MSc holders (BIM) and Undergraduates (BI) more
Scientific Area: Operations strategy for product-service start-ups
Research Field: Engineering
Project Name: “VR2Market: Towards a Mobile Wearable Health Surveillance Product for First Response and other Hazardous Professions”
Scientific Advisor: Prof. Ana Cristina Barros
Location: INESC TEC, Porto, Portugal
Funding Entity: AE2017-0047(VR2Market-1 – CESE)
Announcement

Deadline: 2017-03-22 (closed)

Position: One Postdoctoral Grant (BDP) more
Doctoral Program: Engineering, Computer Science
Research Field: Industry 4.0 in the Aeronautic Industry
Project Name: E4VALUE: Innovation Dynamics in Aeronautics and Embraer in Évora
Contact: Prof. Ana Cristina Barros, INESCTEC, Porto
Funding Entity: FCT (CMUP-ERI/TPE/0011/2013)
Announcement

Deadline: 2016-12-15 (closed)

Position: Two Dual Degree Ph.D. Scholarships more
Doctoral Program: Computer Science -Robotics
Research Field: Computer Networks
Project Name: Soft and Stretchable Mechatronics for Wearable Devices
Contact: Prof. Carmel Majidi (CMU), Prof. Mahmoud Tavakoli (UC) and Prof. Anibal T. de Almeida (UC)
Funding Entity: 2016 CMU Portugal Doctoral Program Scholarships
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Deadline: 2016-12-15 (closed)
Position: Dual Degree Ph.D. Scholarship more
Doctoral Program: Electrical and Computer Engineering, Computer Science or Computer Science – Robotics
Research Field: Computer Networks
Project Name: Sensing and Serving a Moving City
Contact: Prof. Manuela Veloso (CMU) and Prof. Ana Aguiar (FEUP/UP)
Funding Entity: 2016 CMU Portugal Doctoral Program Scholarships
Announcement

Deadline: 2016-12-15 (closed)
Position: Dual Degree Ph.D. Scholarship more
Doctoral Program: Electrical and Computer Engineering or Computer Science
Research Field: Computer Networks
Project Name: Sensing and Serving a Moving City
Contact: Prof. Peter Steenkiste (CMU) and Prof. Susana Sargento (IT/UA)
Funding Entity: 2016 CMU Portugal Doctoral Program Scholarships
Announcement
Deadline: 2016-12-15 (closed)
Position: Dual Degree Ph.D. Scholarship more
Doctoral Program: Language Technologies
Research Field: Serious games for speech therapy
Project Name: “An Interactive Platform for Speech Therapy with Visual Bio-feedback”
Contact: Prof. Maxine Eskenazi (CMU) and Prof. Sofia Cavaco (FCT/UNL)
Funding Entity: 2016 CMU Portugal Doctoral Program Scholarships
Announcement
Deadline: 2016-01-01 (closed)

Position: Dual Degree Ph.D. Scholarship more
Doctoral Program: Engineering and Public Policy
Research Field: Innovation and Value Network Dynamics in the Aeronautics Industry
Project Name: “ Innovation Dynamics in Aeronautics and Embraer in Évora: Towards a Distributed Platform for Entrepreneurial Initiatives, New Employment and Skills Development ”
Contact at INESC TEC: Prof. Ana Barros
Funding Entity: 2015 CMU Portugal Doctoral Program Scholarships
Announcement

Deadline: 2015-12-15 (closed)

Position: Dual Degree Ph.D. Scholarship more
Doctoral Program: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Field: Image Analysis and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging
Contact at INESC TEC: Prof. Aurélio Campilho
Funding Entity: 2015 CMU Portugal Doctoral Program Scholarships
Announcement

Deadline: 2015-12-15 (closed)

Position: Dual Degree Ph.D. Scholarship more
Doctoral Program: Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Field: Solutions for data collection and dissemination in a vehicular multi-hop environment.
Contact: Prof. Susana Sargento (IT Aveiro) and/or Prof. Peter Steenkiste
Funding Entity: 2015 CMU Portugal Doctoral Program Scholarships

Deadline: 2015-12-15 (closed)

Position: Dual Degree Ph.D. Scholarship more
Doctoral Program: Computer Science, Robotics,Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Field: Data analysis to identify flow patterns, decision-making demands, and unexpected events in the city through data on people, vehicles, and environment sensors.
Contact: Prof. Ana Aguiar (IT Porto) and/or Prof. Manuela Veloso (CMU)
Funding Entity: 2015 CMU Portugal Doctoral Program Scholarships

Deadline: 2015-12-15 (closed)

Position: Dual Degree Ph.D. Scholarship more
Doctoral Program: Computer Science
Research Field: Middleware for Mobile Ad-hoc Wireless Networks
Project Name: “Hyrax:Crowd-Sourcing Mobile Devices to Develop Edge Clouds”
Contact at INESC TEC: Prof. Fernando Silva
Funding Entity: 2015 CMU Portugal Doctoral Program Scholarships
Announcement

Deadline: 2015-12-09 (closed)

Position: Research Grant for MSc holders (BIM) more
Scientific Area: Engineering, Natural Language Processing
Project Name: “INSIDE: Intelligent Networked Robot Systems for Symbiotic Interaction with Children with Impaired Development”
Scientific Advisor: Prof. Luisa Coheur
Location: INESC-ID, Lisboa
Funding Entity: FCT CMUP-ERI/HCI/0051/2013

Deadline: 2015-11-23 (closed)

Position: Research Grant for MSc holders (BIM) more
Scientific Area: Integrated Master Biomedical Engineering; Electrical and Computers, Informatics, Comp. Science
Project Name: “VR2Market: Towards a Mobile Wearable Health Surveillance Product for First Response and other Hazardous Professions”
Scientific Advisor: Prof. João Paulo Cunha
Location: INESC TEC, Porto, Portugal
Funding Entity: FCT CMUP-ERI/FIA/0031/2013

Deadline: 2015-10-26 (closed)

Position: Research Grant for Undergraduates (BI) more
Scientific Area: Programming, Computer Systems, Database Management, Informatics
Project Name: “Hyrax: Crowd-Sourcing Mobile Devices to Develop Edge Clouds”
Scientific Advisor: Prof. Fernando Silva
Location: INESC Porto, Porto
Funding Entity: FCT CMUP-ERI/FIA/0048/2013

Deadline: 2015-10-12 (closed)

Position: Research Grant for MSc holders (BIM) more
Scientific Area: Electronic Engineering, Wireless Mobile Ad-hoc Networks
Project Name: “VR2Market: Towards a Mobile Wearable Health Surveillance Product for First Response and other Hazardous Professions”
Scientific Advisor: Prof. Ana Cristina Costa Aguiar
Location: I nstituto de Telecomunicações (IT), FEUP, Porto
Funding Entity: FCT CMUP-ERI/FIA/0031/2013

“Bolsas USA@PT” – Call 2016

The Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD) is awarding grants for USA speakers to participate in seminars and conferences in Portugal. Applications must be individual and submitted online here.

Applications must include the folllowing:

-The event’s schedule;
-The foreseen budget detailing expenses and financing received, mentioning the co-sponsors;
-Brief biographical note of the USA speaker.

Application deadlines for conferences, seminars and workshops in Portugal :: more information available at: http://www.flad.pt/aberto-concurso-2016-bolsas-usapt/

Results will be announced within 60 days after the closing date of the application.

“Bolsas R&D@PhD” – Call 2016

The Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD) is accepting applications for research internship grants at USA institutions, in an effort to strengthen the academic and research network between Portugal and USA. The internships should focus on innovative technological and scientific themes and shall also contribute to improve the network of knowledge between the Portugal and American Institutions, thus facilitating the development of institutional partnerships. Applications must be individual and submitted online here.

Candidates must comply to the following requirements:

– Portuguese nationality or residency;
– Hold a position of doctoral student in a Portuguese Higher Education Institution and / or research center;
– Submit an internship work plan;
– Submit a recommendation letter from the Portuguese Host Institution;
– Submit an acceptance letter by the American Host Institution where the internship will take place;
– Submit a budget, detailing the foreseen costs and the financing sources that the candidate has or will apply to, for the stay in USA.

Application deadlines for oral presentations in USA conferences :: more information available at: http://www.flad.pt/aberto-o-concurso-2016-bolsas-rdphd/

“Bolsas Papers@USA” – Call 2016

The Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD) is awarding grants for oral presentations at USA conferences, to foster the internationalization of the scientific knowledge produced in Portugal. The grants will not cover poster presentations. Applications must be individual and submitted online here.

Candidates must comply to the following requirements:

– Portuguese nationality or residency;
– English language proficiency;
– Hold a position of doctoral student, professor or researcher in a Portuguese Higher Education Institution and / or research center;
– Submit a letter of recommendation from the Portuguese Host Institution;
– Submit a proof of acceptance to present at the conference, issued by the event’s organization (if this document is not yet available at the time of application, the candidate will have 30 days after the call’s deadline to submit it).

Application deadlines for oral presentations in USA conferences :: more information available at: http://www.flad.pt/aberto-concurso-2016-bolsas-papersusa/

Results will be announced within 60 days after the closing date of the application.

Deadline: 2015-09-06 (closed)

Position: Research Grant for MSc holders (BIM) more
Scientific Area: Computer Science
Project Name: “VR2Market: Towards a Mobile Wearable Health Surveillance Product for First Response and other Hazardous Professions”
Scientific Advisor: Prof. José Maria Fernandes.
Location: IEETA, Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro
Funding Entity: FCT CMUP-ERI/FIA/0031/2013

Deadline: 2015-09-06 (closed)

Position: Research Grant for MSc holders (BIM) more
Scientific Area: Computer Science
Project Name: “VR2Market: Towards a Mobile Wearable Health Surveillance Product for First Response and other Hazardous Professions”
Scientific Advisor: Prof. José Maria Fernandes
Location: IEETA, Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro
Funding Entity: FCT CMUP-ERI/FIA/0031/2013

Deadline: 2015-08-27 (closed)

Position: Research Grant for MSc holders (BIM) more
Scientific Area: Computer Science
Project Name: “INSIDE: Intelligent Networked Robot Systems for Symbiotic Interaction with Children with Impaired Development”
Scientific Advisor: Prof. Francisco Melo
Location: Taguspark, INESC-ID, Lisbon
Funding Entity: FCT CMUP-ERI/HCI/0051/2013

Deadline: 2015-08-27 (closed)

Position: Research Grant for MSc holders (BIM) more
Scientific Area: Engineering and Public Policy
Project Name: “Innovation Dynamics in Aeronautics and Embraer in Évora: Towards a Distributed Platform for Entrepreneurial Initiatives, New Employment and Skills Development”
Scientific Advisor: Prof. Joana Mendonça
Location: IN+, IST, Lisbon
Funding Entity: FCT CMUP-ERI/TPE/011/2013 – (BL127/2015-IST-ID)

Deadline: 2015-08-14 (closed)

Position: Research Grant for Undergraduates (BI) more
Scientific Area: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Project Name: “SEAD – Statistically Enhanced Mixed-Signal and Analog Design”
Scientific Advisor: Prof. Marcelino Bicho dos Santos
Location: INESC-ID, Lisbon
Funding Entity: FCT CMUP-EPB/TIC/0038/2013

Deadline: 2015-07-27 (closed)

Position: Research Grant for MSc holders (BIM) more
Scientific Area: Computer Science
Project Name: “Hyrax: Crowd-Sourcing Mobile Devices to Develop Edge Clouds
Scientific Advisor: Prof. Manuel Eduardo Correia
Location: INESC TEC, Porto
Funding Entity: AE2015-0121 (Hyrax- CRACS) FCT (CMUP-ERI/FIA/0048/2013)

Deadline: 2015-07-24 (closed)

Position: Post-Doctoral Fellowship (BPD) more
Scientific Area: Engineering, Computer Science
Project Name: “AMOS: Algorithms for Massive Online courSes”
Scientific Advisor: Prof. Mikolas Janota
Location: INESC-ID, Lisbon
Funding Entity: FCT (CMUP-EPB/TIC/0049/2013)

Position: Two Summer Research Interns
Scientific Area: Computer Science
Location: M-ITI, Madeira
url: http://www.m-iti.org/node/3024

The ERA Chair at M-ITI seeks summer rese