FACULTY OF TECHNOLOGY

School of Computer Science and Informatics

Marie Sklodowska-Curie ITN Early Stage Researcher
Full Time, Fixed Term Contract for 36 months
Grade RESEARCH FELLOW: 28,000 - 31,500 (subject to exchange rate
and dependant on circumstances as defined by funding body rules; see:
http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/wp/2014_2
015/main/h2020-wp1415-msca_en.pdf)
The School of Computer Science and Informatics, Faculty of Technology, is looking
for a self-motivated Early Career Researcher (ESR) to undertake research and
development on active ageing and assisted living within the EU H2020 Marie
Sklodowska-Curie ITN ACROSSING project (http://www.acrossing-itn.eu).
The ACROSSING training network aims to develop advanced technologies and
platforms for smarter assisted living by combining research expertise and
capabilities of 10 partners from 6 European countries, including research
institutes, universities and SMEs. In total 15 ESRs will be recruited and each of
them will conduct research on a specific but closely related research area. This
ESR at De Montfort University will be responsible for developing novel approaches,
architectures, technologies and tools to enable and support privacy-preserving,
standard based wellness and activity data modelling and management within
smart environments. A detailed description of the well-defined individual research
project can be found in the ACROSSING website here: http://www.acrossingitn.eu/?q=node/73. In addition to this, the ESR will also contribute to networklevel research activities, technology and system integration, deliverables, event
organisation and public engagement for dissemination and impact.
The ESR will be required to undertake PhD studies and must fulfil the
requirements of the universitys doctoral training programme. They will have
opportunities to visit other network partners for secondments, and attend the
research and training events of the network. All costs will be fully funded (100%
employment) by the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions programme which also offers
highly competitive and attractive salary and working conditions.
Applicants have to ensure compliance with the Marie-Curie mobility requirement:
at the time of recruitment, you must not have lived in the UK for more than 12
out of the past 36 months. Short stays, such as holidays, are not taken into
account. Candidates for ESR positions are expected to have less than 4 years of
full-time equivalent research experience at the proposed start date of 1 October
2016 and have not been awarded a doctoral degree.
For further details of and discussions about the research project please contact
Professor Liming Chen on (0)116 2078490 or email liming.chen@dmu.ac.uk.
To apply please visit www.dmu.ac.uk/jobs, to complete an application.

The application should contain the following documents, compiled in the following
order into a single PDF file:

Cover letter

Curriculum vitae

First degree and/or Masters degree certificate(s), transcripts of records

List of publications, including web links, if applicable

Two referees contact details, one must be form the current employer
Please note you can use the following online tool that merges and converts your
documents into a PDF file: https://online2pdf.com/
De Montfort University is committed to an inclusive culture and respecting
diversity, and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.
The university holds a Bronze Athena SWAN award which recognises our
commitment to advancing womens careers in STEMM academia.
Please quote
reference:
9495
Closing Date:

15 February 2016

Interview Date: 28 February 2016

Job Description
Job title: Marie Skodowska-Curie ITN Early Stage Researcher
Faculty/Directorate: School of Computer Science and Informatics, Faculty of Technology
Role profile: Research
Full time and Fixed term: 36 months
Duties of the role
Overall purpose
of the role

The Early Stage Researchers (ESR) will be responsible for developing novel approaches,
architectures, technologies and tools to enable and support wellbeing and activity data
modelling, activity recognition and behavioural analysis. The research will be undertaken in
the application context of assisted living within the EU Horizon 2020 Marie SklodowskaCurie Innovative Training Network ACROSSING project.
ACROSSING aims to develop advanced technologies and platforms for smarter assisted
living by combining research expertise and capabilities of 10 partners from 6 European
countries, including research institutes, universities and SMEs. In total 15 ESRs will be
recruited and each of them will conduct research on a specific but closely related research
area.
The ESR will undertake research in a well-defined individual research project refer to the
individual project descriptions in the ACROSSING website, http://www.acrossingitn.eu/?q=node/73 and also the recruitment website. In addition to this, The ESR will
contribute to network-level research activities, technology and system integration,
deliverables, event organisation and public engagement for dissemination and impact.

Main duties and

responsibilities

Conduct research on wellbeing and activity data modelling, activity recognition and
behavioural analysis.

Develop and evaluate technologies and tools in real world application scenarios.

Be capable of research planning and taking initiative, e.g. given a particular

hypothesis to examine, able to plan, design, conduct own research, incorporating
issues such as the availability of resources, deadlines, project milestones and overall
research aims.

Continuously monitor and check research results and progress. The unpredictability of
research means that daily planning needs to accommodate new developments.

Interact and closely collaborate with other ESRs in the network fully contributing to the
team effort.

Be actively engaged in the collaborative research activities and technology integration

in the network.

Coordinate with other members of the network or group to ensure objectives are met
and laboratory time is used efficiently.

Attend training and public engagement events and meetings of the network.

Disseminate research findings at conferences and journals.

Present research results to the public and industry to maximise impact.

Plan several months in advance to meet deadlines for journal publications and to
prepare presentations and papers for collaboration meetings and conferences.

Write supporting documents to contribute to and support the work of the network and

Duties of the role

also the hosting research group, e.g. progress reports, interim reports and grant
applications.

Carry out administrative roles as required, e.g. assisting organising events, liaising
with researchers, acting as secretary to research group meetings, etc.

Maintain a systematic record of activities, timesheets and scientific outcomes.

Analyse and record data to aid future research.

Any other duties, commensurate with the grade of the post

Further information:
For the full details of the work programme and how the funding is calculated in Euros please see:
http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/wp/2014_2015/main/h2020-wp1415-msca_en.pdf
For further details regarding the mobility rules, see the Model Grant Agreement and in particular Article 6
(pages 387 to 397) at:
http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/grants_manual/amga/h2020-amga_en.pdf

Person Specification
Job title: Marie Skodowska-Curie ITN Early Stage Researcher
Faculty/Directorate: School of Computer Science and Informatics, Faculty of Technology
Role profile: Research
Full time and Fixed term: 36 months
Area of
responsibility

Requirements

Essential or desirable

*Method of
assessment
A

Qualifications &
Training

Previous Work
Experience

Specific
Knowledge/Skills/A
bilities/ Motivation/
Attitude Required

Communication and
Inter-personal Skills

A good relevant honours degree in

Computer Science or Engineering

Essential

X
X

A Masters degree in Computer Science or

Engineering

Desirable

Relevant postgraduate research

experience

Desirable

Experience or knowledge of underlying

technologies, theories, methods and
algorithms, including (but not limited to)
data / information / knowledge modelling
and representation, semantic and
metadata enrichment and inference,
interoperability, repurposing and reuse,
storage techniques, standardisation, etc.

Essential

Evidence of software development skills

and experience, e.g. Java or .Net or App
in various platforms.

Essential

Experience of conducting research in a

multi-disciplinary pervasive healthcare or
assisted living area.

Desirable

Evidence of working independently and/or

collaboratively with other researchers as
part of multi-disciplinary teams.

Desirable

An aptitude for and potential of publishing

high quality research papers or equivalent
outputs.

Essential

Positive approach / attitude to

collaborative project / research work.

Essential

Ability to develop creative approaches to

problem solving.

Essential

Ability to work under pressure and to

adhere to deadlines

Essential

Effective communication skills, both

written and verbal, report writing skills,
experience of delivering presentations.

Essential

Area of
responsibility

Requirements

Essential or desirable

*Method of
assessment
A

Project Management

Ability to assess and organise resources,

and plan and progress work activities.

Additional
Requirements

A willingness to undertake further training

and professional development, as
appropriate.

Essential

Willingness to travel, or work away from

the university.

Essential

Desirable

Experience of developing and maintaining

a network of contacts throughout own
work area

*A = Application Form; I = Interview; T = Test; D = Documentary Evidence

Desirable