Tuesday, January 28, 2020

[DMANET] Second call for 15 PhD positions and Recruitment event: GRAPES Network

Second call for applications and Recruitment event
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We are pleased to announce 15 Open PhD Positions within the European
Network GRAPES: "Learning, processing and optimising shapes", and our
Recruitment event.

GRAPES is a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Innovative Training Network in the
framework of Horizon 2020, started on December 1st, 2019, lasting for 4
years. It includes 11 sites offering 15 PhD's, 6 industrial/academic
partners, and is coordinated by ATHENA Research Center, Greece. GRAPES aims
at considerably advancing the state of the art in Mathematics,
Computer-Aided Design, and Machine Learning in order to promote game
changing approaches for generating, optimising, and learning 3D shapes,
along with a multisectoral training for young researchers.

We offer:
* Full time employment for 3 years, leading to a PhD.
* An exciting research environment including transnational visits to
academic and industrial participants, and to Network-wide events.
* A competitive salary comprising of (gross): living allowance of 3,270
€/month (country coefficient factor to be applied), mobility allowance of
600 €/month, family allowance of 500 €/month (depending on family status).

Short-listed applicants shall be invited to our Kickoff workshop and
Recruitment event

on 22-24 April 2020 at CampusX Roma,

organized by University of Rome "Tor Vergata", see
http://grapes-network.eu/event/kickoff-recruiting-event-rome/. To be
considered, interested candidates should have applied for at least one PhD
position

by 10 March 2020

following instructions here: http://grapes-network.eu/phd-positions/. About
20 selected applicants shall have the opportunity to learn of our planned
activities, meet potential advisors, and present their work in a poster
session. GRAPES shall cover travel costs, and shall offer accommodation.

Eligibility for the PhD positions is determined at the date of recruitment.
Applicants should:
* Not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.)
in the country where the PhD takes place, for more than 12 months in the 3
years immediately prior to the recruitment date - unless as part of a
procedure for obtaining refugee status under the Geneva Convention.
* Be in the first 4 years of their research career and not have a doctoral
degree.
* Have a Master's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics or Engineering
(or an equivalent diploma allowing them to pursue a PhD).

The review of applicants begins immediately and continues until positions
are filled. The ideal starting date is by September 2020, but any starting
date until November 2020 is possible.

For more information, see: http://grapes-network.eu/. Questions and
informal inquiries may be addressed at grapes@athena-innovation.gr

Ioannis Emiris
GRAPES Coordinator

~ apologies for multiple postings ~


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Ioannis Z. Emiris
Professor, Dept Informatics & Telecoms, NK U. Athens, Greece.
Adjunct Researcher, ATHENA Research Innovation Center, Greece.
http://www.di.uoa.gr/~emiris/ <http://www.di.uoa.gr/~emiris/index-eng.html>

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