Assistant Professor and Post-doctoral Fellow recruitment program

Recruitment Program Principles And Standards

Current Calls

Profiles and Terms of Appointment

• to conduct research on modelling and cost-effective representation of multimedia data, especially for interactive scenarios related to Cultural Heritage environments, for efficient implementations of virtual and augmented reality applications;
• to develop context-aware techniques for ambient communication, with particular emphasis on efficient data compression and/or exchange, so as to realize effective techniques for virtual and augmented reality environments related to Cultural Heritage sites;
• to implement, both theoretically and practically, remote sensing and environmental monitoring techniques for Cultural Heritage sites, involving techniques for low-impact sensor deployment and efficient networking techniques for data communication;

• representation and management of multimedia data;
• theoretical algorithms for efficient content distribution;
• information retrieval and data mining, including web data mining and mobile systems;
• environmental monitoring and control;
• system optimization and performance evaluation;
• immersive mobile computing;
• computational intelligence and multi-agent systems;
• networking and software systems for global computing

Application

• Your CV in English;
• One research paper (published or working paper);
• Copy of your Identity Document (Passport or Identity card).

• Provide names and e-mail addresses of 3 referees.
• References must be submitted by the referees directly to IMT.
• An email, with the needed instructions, will be automatically generated and sent to your referees.
• Please verify with them if they regularly receive this email. In case they don’t, please email researchers.opening@imtlucca.it.

Selection procedure

• The Director appoints a Selection Committee;
• The Selection Committee analyzes all applications on the basis of CV, research papers and reference letters;
• Selected applicants are interviewed at the Job Market Meetings the School is planning to participate in (as the ASSA Meetings - January 3-5, 2010 in Atlanta). Alternatively, individual preliminary interviews may also be conducted at IMT or by conference call. Please note that the expenses to come to Lucca for the preliminary interview will not be reimbursed;
• Short-listed candidates are invited for a Job Market Presentation opened to IMT faculty members and students. Travel expenses for the Job Market Presentation will be reimbursed (see the previous year's job market seminars).

Selection criteria

• Candidate's research activity scientific quality and scientific quality of the research paper attached to the application
• Candidate's profile and motivation
• Teaching and supervision capabilities
• Publications on Peer reviewed Journals and references

Contacts

Past Calls