Start date: 15th September 2024 | Deadline: 30th September @15.00h CEST 2024 8th October EOB 2024
Context of the Call
Three Postdoctoral Fellowship contracts are offered by the Chair “Cátedra UAB-Cruïlla”, a public private initiative in agreement from March 2024 to December 2026, contributing to the retention of talent for researchers in the early stages of their postdoctoral activity, and with the aim of promoting state-of-the-art research in Artificial Intelligence (AI) withing the context of Music and Arts. The application deadline for the first call is 30th September 2024 8th October EOB 2024. Applications must be submitted in English. The Chair envisions research about the concept of the artistic event as an ephemeral city, which is set up in a few days and quickly dismantled, to repeat the cycle in another place. Around this ephemeral city, challenges appear before, during and after the event (logistics, access control, audience monitoring, … and also artistic creation). AI is the enabling ingredient of innovation, and we want to develop and consolidate the Chair as a transmission belt between Academia and Industry. In this context, applications are welcomed for three lines of oriented research: 1) IA-CREATE, which explores the role of AI as a creative agent, 2) IA-SUPPORT, which explores the use of AI to provide aid and tools for the creation, and 3) AI-EXPERIENCE, which explores the role of AI in the engagement of the final user before, during and after the event. Please, visit our website http://catedrauabcruilla.cvc.uab.cat for further information and extended details on the application and selection process.
The programme offers one type of fellowship:
Types of Fellowships offered
- 3 Postdoctoral Fellowships (12 months): Fellows will be offered a full employment contract during the tenure, according to the employment conditions of public service in Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.
- Fellowships are aimed at early-career postdocs with less than 1 years of research experience after the receipt of their PhD degree.
- The followship is granted with gross salary of 36,080.40€, plus social security benefits.
Fellows in the project, will have the chance to:
- Develop their own research project and develop further professional development.
- Work in a multi-disciplinary team of top world researchers in AI.
- Develop in an individualized Training Programme, which includes, among other opportunities, transdisciplinary workshops, specific lectures, transferable skills courses in agile prototyping, citizen science and citizen centric-innovation and living labs.
- Have access to go on secondments to a global network of partnerships with a wide range of academic and non-academic profiles.
- In addition, all the fellows will enjoy all the benefits of belonging to the UAB community, such as access to libraries and not-public digital contents, discount access to the gym, to mention a few.
General Requirements
- A fully completed PhD in one of the CATEDRA’s lines of oriented research (IA CREATE, IA SUPPORT of IA EXPERIENCE) is required.
- Compliance with the 1-year rule: Applicants must have received their PhD degree maximum 1 year before the signature of the contract of acceptance of the fellowships.
- Applicants who did not finish their PhD yet, who are aiming at fully completing their PhD before 1st November 2024 are also welcome to submit an application and will be taken into consideration for the final granting of the fellowship.
- All the applicants must have the endorsement of at least one of the members of the research team of the Chair.
Documentation to be submitted
Compulsory for all:
- A letter of motivation for applying to the Fellowship.
- A letter of endorsement signed by at least one of the members of the research team of the Chair.
- A 4-page CV, including publications, participation in projects, technology transfer, networks, and experience in the context of the Chair’s line of work.
- A 4-page research project proposal, including Hypothesis, Objectives, Research Plan, Activity Plan, Expected Outcomes and Dissemination Plan.
Only if the applicant did not finish the PhD in the moment of the application:
- A document showing evidence of the register of the phd for its defences, and a letter of commitment signed by the applicant showing the applicant’s commitment to fully finish the PhD before 1st November 2024.
General criteria for evaluation:
- CV (publications, projects, transfer, network and experience): 60% of the final mark.
- Project proposal (Hypothesis, Objectives, Research Plan, activity plan, expected outcomes and dissemination plan): 40% of the final mark.
Timeline and evaluation process
At 15.00h CEST, The call is published
Applicants can prepare their applications and agree for endorsements.
The call is open
Applicants will be invited to submit their applications through the link (AVAILABLE 15th SEPTEMBER)
The call is clossed
All accepted applications will be assessed by the evaluation committee.
Publication of the resolution
The committee will rank all the applications and will communicate the result. The applicants will be offered the fellowship following the ranking provided by the Committee.
Contract begins
The accepted fellows will start their contract. Early incorporations are also possible.
The Chair UAB-Cruïlla
The Chair is a public-private initiative whose public partner is UAB and whose private partner is Barcelona Events Musicals, the organiser of the Cruïlla Festivals, one of the most important agents in life events in Barcelona. Cruïlla is sponsoring the Chair with 200,000.00€. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), a public Spanish University in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, contributes with 600,000.00€ granted through the “Cátedras ENIA 2022” competitive program. The funding aims at the consolidation of the Chair during the period 2024-2026, to become a sustainable joint initiative from 2027 onwards. The Chair develops activities following 4 lines of action: 1) Basic, oriented and applied research in Artificial Intelligence. 2) Support to talent an innovation in the industrial ecosystem. 3) Programme for citizen-centric innovation. 4) Capacity building, communication and social impact. More information can be found at: http://catedrauabcruilla.uab.cat
The Chair’s host University (UAB) is committed to improve its Human Resources policies in line with the European Charter for Researchers and the Code of Conduct of the Recruitment of Researchers, and in December 2014, the UAB was acknowledged with the distinction “HR Excellence in Research”. This logo reflects our commitment to continuously improve our human resources strategies in line with the European Charter for Researchers and the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers, and our commitment to guarantee a supportive research environment implementing these principles into UAB policies.
External partners and opportunities of secondment
A number of private and public institutions endorse the Chair with support and activities:
| CHAIR UAB-CRUÏLLA Centre de Visió per Computador Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Edifici O, Campus UAB 08193, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona | If you are interested in applying to the Fellowships CATEDRA UAB-Cruïlla please address your questions to: OT PUY I BAQUÉ Chair UAB-Cruïlla Project manager catedrauabcruilla@cvc.uab.es |