A research position for one Bolsa de Investigação para Mestre (1 BI Mestre) is opened at Instituto de Telecomunicações in the scope of the project "AIMHealth - AI-based mobile applications for public health response", funded by the applicable financial framework (FCT/MEC through national funds and when applicable co-funded by FEDER ? PT2020 partnership agreement). The work is in the area of smartphone-based physiological sensing for telemedicine, with special emphasis on COVID-19.
Scientific Area:
Information and Data Sciences
Group:
Pattern and Image Analysis ? Lx
Admission Requirements:
Master Degree in Biomedical Engineering or related areas; Strong knowledge in biosignal acquisition and recording, signal processing methodologies, and machine learning; Good programming skills preferably in Python and Flutter; Experience in smartphone-based physiological sensing, in particular Respiration, Photoplethysmography (PPG), Pulse Oximetry (SpO2), and Electrocardiography (ECG); Demonstrated ability to integrate multi-disciplinary teams; Good English writing skills; Self-motivation for scientific research.
Work Objectives:
The general objective of this research is to work in the area of non-intrusive data acquisition and remote patient monitoring (with special emphasis on COVID-19), physiological signal acquisition, and physiological signal processing for biomedical applications, namely: Smartphone-based acquisition and analysis of Respiration, Photoplethysmography (PPG), Pulse Oximetry (SpO2), and Electrocardiography (ECG) data; Development of supporting mobile software and hardware tools; Laboratory and real-world benchmarking data acquisition; Systematic analysis and reporting of the main findings.
Applicable legislation:
A fellowship will be celebrated according to the regulations defined by FCT, ?Regulation of Instituto de Telecomunicações? fellowships? and ? Estatuto do Bolseiro de Investigação?, according to Law no. 40/2004, dated August 18 (Status of Scientific Research Fellow), in its actual redaction, and also by Fundação para Ciência e Tecnologia, I.P. Fellowship Regulation of Fundação para Ciência e Tecnologia, I.P.
https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/docs/RegulamentoBolsasFCT2019.pdf
Place of work:
The work will be developed at the premises of Instituto de Telecomunicações at Lisbon, under the supervision of Professor Hugo Humberto Plácido da Silva
Duration:
12 months with the possibility of renewal. Start date: 01-03-2021 (or soon thereafter).
Monthly salary:
1.074,64? (net), according to the table of grant amounts awarded directly by FCT for positions held in Portugal (www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/valores). The payment will be made by bank transfer.
Selection criteria: