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Project Junior Researcher „The Social Dimension of New Technologies in the Energy Sector in the Ostrava Metropolitan Area”

The Rector of the University of Ostrava is issuing a selection procedure to fill the position for Centre of excellence IT4Innovations (CE IT4I) – Institute for Research and Applications of Fuzzy Modeling (IRAFM)

  • Project Junior Researcher „The Social Dimension of New Technologies in the Energy Sector in the Ostrava Metropolitan Area”, reg. number CZ.02.01.01/00/23_021/0008591.

Job description:

  • Collaboration/engagement in the implementation of research tasks in alignment with the needs of other research team members and partner institutions.
  • Active involvement in fundamental and applied research focused on data analysis, Bayesian network, machine learning, and artificial intelligence, with an emphasis on interdisciplinary collaboration in the social and natural sciences.
  • Contribution to outputs in the form of analyses, source codes, and scientific publications.
  • Participation in data collection for specific project needs and assistance with their finalization.

Starting work:

  • February 2025, eventually based on an agreement. The contract with limited validity 1-3 years and with a potential prolongation.

Systemized place:

  • Researcher I

Assumptions:

  • Higher education in a master's degree programme: mathematics/computer science or related fields.
  • Minimal research level R1 (Ph.D. student level).
  • Field expertise: mathematics/computer science with the focus on the methods of data analysis, statistics, Bayesian network, machine learning, artificial intelligence etc.
  • Active knowledge of English language at B2 level.

Benefits:

  • 6 weeks of annual leave;
  • 5 days paid leave for medical treatment (after the probationary period);
  • part-time job with flexible working hours (0,5 FTE);
  • possibility of working from home;
  • room for creative ideas and their implementation;
  • friendly policy and culture of the organization; pleasant working environment.

Language of the selection procedure:

  • Czech, English.

Required documents for the selection procedure:

  • application form with a structured CV in PDF format, including a list of publications and evidence of participation in similar projects;
  • evidence of educational qualifications (diplomas);
  • consent to the processing of personal data

Applications:

Applications including attachments should be sent to the email address: by 6 January 2025.

The announcer reserves the right not to fill the position or to cancel the competition.

The post was created with the financial support of the European Union under the project “The Social Dimension of New Technologies in the Energy Sector in the Ostrava Metropolitan Area”, reg. number CZ.02.01.01/00/23_021/0008591.

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Contact:

Monika Javorská
University of Ostrava
Institute for Research and Applications of Fuzzy Modeling
Bráfova 7
701 03 Moravská Ostrava
Czech Republic
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