Research Fellowship in Computing Science, AI, Data, Environment
CONTEXT
LE STUDIUM Loire Valley Institute for Advanced Studies is recruiting an international and experienced scientist specialised in computing science with skills in machine learning for environmental data. The ideal candidate should have been involved in the development of a digital twin. The successful candidate will be invited to work for 12 months with the PRISME research team (PRISME University of Orleans/INSA – EA4229) and to join a major regional research programme called JUNON, launched in 2022. The programme aims to build digital twins and to design digital services to improve the monitoring and understanding of the environment, for better management of natural resources. It connects a well-established network of regional research partners (BRGM, INRAE, CNRS) in various domains (soil, water, atmosphere) and nonacademic partners. The ambition is to place environmental and digital research at the heart of the regional innovation strategy and to bring useful data and services to multiple socio-economic partners.
As a scientist attached to the Loire Valley institute for advanced studies, the successful candidate will be part of an outward-looking and stimulating pluri-disciplinary scientific and international community.
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH CONTEXT
The successful candidate will join the PRISME research team (IRAus department) to enhance/support the initial developments set to achieve the goals of the JUNON project.
The Images, Robotics, Automation and Signal (IRAuS) department is positioned in the Sciences of Technology, Information and Communication (https://www.univ-orleans.fr/fr/prisme).
Inside JUNON, PRISME collaborates with other laboratories from Orléans and Tours specialised in computing science and applied mathematics (LIFO, LIFAT). Other established collaborations with industrial partners and academic research teams will be further discussed during the interview process.
MISSION OF THE RESEARCH SCIENTIST
The successful candidate is expected to be creative and to produce original work and supervision during a 12-month collaboration period consisting in 3 visits of 4 months each.
The candidate will be expected to:
- Understand the DNA of the different twins in construction to be able to reformulate them as an operational package;
- Support and drive the research project managers to respect the expectation of their digital twins: a role of supervision and mentoring is expected;
- Participate in some specific developments related to a given twin;
- To produce guidelines for each digital twin explaining how it works, the afforded services, the necessary elements…
ESSENTIAL SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
LE STUDIUM Loire Valley Institute for Advanced Studies is looking to recruit a senior researcher profile with:
- Significant track records in the field of computing science:
- Preferably previous experience in developing digital twins
- and demonstrated expertise in machine learning techniques
- and demonstrated expertise in the environmental field.
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
Applicant researchers will:
- Be in possession of a Doctoral degree and at least five years of full-time equivalent research experience after PhD
- Be a national or long-term resident of a country other than France. Long-term residents are researchers who spent a period of full-time research activity of at least 5 consecutive (without breaks in research) years in a country other than France.
- Comply with the following mobility rule: applicants must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, etc.) in France for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to the deadline of application.
CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT
The position is based in Orléans, France and offers 12 months of residency to an experienced senior scientist currently residing in a country other than France. Ideally the period of residence will be split in 3 visits of 4 months each, the first one starting in May 2023.
The successful candidate will be welcomed into the JUNON Programme, PRISME research team and LE STUDIUM faculty of international research fellows.
The scientific working languages are French and English.
Entitlements detailed in the French labor contract of employment include:
• A personal salary under a French labor contract
• Rental costs of a fully furnished apartment for the candidate and her/his family.
• Logistics and administrative assistance by a member of LE STUDIUM operational team before and during the fellowship (visa, housing, bank, insurance, schooling…).
The position is expected to be filled in April or May 2023 for a first period of 4 months.
APPLICATION PROCESS
Online application via LE STUDIUM platform: Apply section
http://www.lestudium-ias.com/recruitment
The deadline for application is January 31st, 2023.
The application shall consist of three elements (in English).
• A completed online LE STUDIUM application form with personal information and details of track records;
• A curriculum vitae of maximum two pages including information not in the online application;
• A motivation letter
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